People Power Revolution
From People Power Revolution
- Our representatives no longer server us.
A democracy needs three basic resources to function: reliable information, free commons for the development of legislation, and a credible polling system. The Ice-9 website will provide these resources and support the people power revolution in order to supplement and facilitate the democratic systems in California and the USA.
The 633 thousand endorsements needed to get an initiative on California's ballot is an insurmountable obstacle to an individual who may have a good idea but does not have the backing of special interest groups with the resources necessary to gather that many signatures. Ice-9 can eliminate this obstacle to democracy and will facilitate the endorsement of initiatives based on their merit not their backers resources.
- Go to the Legislation Building Section to submit your ideas
- Go to the Polling Section to vote on ideas already submitted
[edit] The Ice-9 Metaphor
In Kurt Vonnegut's book Cat's Cradle, Ice-nine is an alternative structure of water that is solid at room temperature. When a crystal of ice-nine is brought into contact with liquid water, it becomes a seed that 'teaches' the molecules of liquid water to arrange themselves into the solid form, ice-nine; this is similiar to the actual process of freezing of normal water. However in the case of 'ice-nine' this process is not easily reversible, as the melting point of ice-nine is 114.4 degrees Fahrenheit. We are naming this website Ice-9 because we hope that it is a structure that will facilitate development of a self organizing government. A government that is under the direct control of the people
The Value of Democracy by Bodhi Mark
[edit] What is The People Power Revolution?
The People Power Revolution's name is actually take from The People Power Revolution which happened in 1986. This was a nonviolent people power revolution that was commonly known as, "the revolution that surprised the world." Our People Power Revolution will surprise the world as well. We hope to make it easier for the common man to have his say in our country. People Power Revolution offers easy-to-use tools for writing legislation, voting on legislation, and sharing ideas.
