>It sounds like this is a for-profit business. I'm very leery of the trend towards private prisons.
(I completely agree, and sare the same concerns - Especially given the precedent of US incarceration and private entity involvement, which many would consider slavery. However...)
On a long term scale, I believe that Capitalism will become more trustworthy and aligned with demand than government.
Or at the very least, Capitalism will 'pave the road', and hand off to a socialist system upon maturity and consensus.
While the free market is (in its pure form) money driven (ignoring externalities), we appear to be in a new age of enlightenment. I believe that this is bringing about a new form of capitalism which provides a platform for ethics.
In essence, this boils down to "Government is too slow to legislate and bring about change, and doesn't accurately reflect views. The people are tired of waiting and not being listened to, and will turn to the free market for the supply they want".
If Promise and other companies are able to hold themselves accountable to their customers, governing bodies (eventually), but most importantly the population at large (contributing in a meritocratic way), I can see this a) working very well, b) far more quickly than any other system, and c) innovating and maturing components ready for adoption by government.
The alternative could be waiting 50 years or an entire lifetime to get the change people want.
Plan B to me would be governments launching online platforms for democratic (and later, technocratic/meritocratic) referendum systems on a local/small level, then with trust delegating decisions more and more to citizens.
Hard to justify all the above succinctly, so I presume this will not be convincing to all.
Would love to hear Promise's opinions on this.
(I completely agree, and sare the same concerns - Especially given the precedent of US incarceration and private entity involvement, which many would consider slavery. However...)
On a long term scale, I believe that Capitalism will become more trustworthy and aligned with demand than government.
Or at the very least, Capitalism will 'pave the road', and hand off to a socialist system upon maturity and consensus.
While the free market is (in its pure form) money driven (ignoring externalities), we appear to be in a new age of enlightenment. I believe that this is bringing about a new form of capitalism which provides a platform for ethics.
In essence, this boils down to "Government is too slow to legislate and bring about change, and doesn't accurately reflect views. The people are tired of waiting and not being listened to, and will turn to the free market for the supply they want".
If Promise and other companies are able to hold themselves accountable to their customers, governing bodies (eventually), but most importantly the population at large (contributing in a meritocratic way), I can see this a) working very well, b) far more quickly than any other system, and c) innovating and maturing components ready for adoption by government.
The alternative could be waiting 50 years or an entire lifetime to get the change people want. Plan B to me would be governments launching online platforms for democratic (and later, technocratic/meritocratic) referendum systems on a local/small level, then with trust delegating decisions more and more to citizens.
Hard to justify all the above succinctly, so I presume this will not be convincing to all. Would love to hear Promise's opinions on this.