Just when I think we have covered all possible minutia of govt, you think of something else that needs to be gone over!
I do like what you have written about the limits on what can be taken away during an “emergency”, but I particularly like this part: (d) Any emergency decree may be overturned by citizen referendum or congressional vote at any time.
It is quite unfortunate that we have to think this way, but currently if an emergency is declared anywhere in the world, my first thought is: is there actually an emergency there or is this just a power-grab or psyop by some monied “elite” group?
I don’t quite know what you mean when you say “on-chain”… I have done a lot with crypto and when someone references the technical part of “blockchain” it generally (to me) looks like a bunch of “matrix” style gobleygoop that is unreadable except for a blockchain technical expert. Why not just say that it must be easily accessible on the govts website.
Govt websites creators have so far been given unlimited freedom on what they choose to publish there or not publish. Why not have strict reporting requirements for all things in govt? And have punishments for failure to do so.
I realize you created this policy to apply to how LL is currently operating, but I wonder how an emergency would be handled under the ideal govt structure, a digital direct democracy… A citizen vote of __% to declare the emergency? A vote on a list of prepared methods on how to counteract the emergency? Who would be eligible to write the options to counteract it?
Thank you for the complement! My logic behind saying on chain is so there is an immutable record of who, what, when, where, so there cannot be any funny business. Under your logic of saying publishing on the website isn’t always updated frequently to the point where if an actual emergency were to occur it may be overlooked. We could say that it must be published in the official app instead.
Your digital direct democracy idea is certainly thought provoking, the only issue depending on the type of emergency, time could be crucial if a volcano eruption or an earthquake occurred. I want to say there should be a few different triggers particularly for natural disasters of mass destruction. It should be a small percentage that can petition it to be started because let’s say in an earthquake the entire digital infrastructure could be down and only those that are not directly impacted may be able to activate the emergency. That is a good question and there should be several ways to get the emergency declaration activated but haven’t had enough time to figure out what all options there should be yet.
I really think though that government should play a minimal role in emergencies and should only act as a liaison or a gathering central place for private businesses like the Red Cross and others to coordinate their efforts into a unified structure. I have had emergency management experience having been a county Assistant Emergency Coordinator for the Volusia County Amateur Radio Emergency Service back over a decade ago and know first hand that if the government were to step aside private charity, businesses and communities do a much better job. Where I lived at it was a rural community and people didn’t wait for others to show up they went out and cleaned the debris as soon as the hurricane left the area.