To date, the world has experienced multiple forms of governance: monarchy, theocracy, oligarchy, and autocracy, among others. In the current world order, democracy has emerged as the preferred system of governance; however, it too has limitations. In the words of Winston Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government—except for all the others that have been tried.
Say a vehicle is supposed to take us from station A to station B. Upon arrival at station B, the vehicle has fulfilled its purpose. At that point we have no other choice but to disembark and board another vehicle to continue to the next station.
It is not that democracy or other forms of governance are undesirable; after all, they have led us this far. Be that as it may, everything in this world has an expiry date. This is as far as the current state of mind can take us. We are in dire need of a new form of governance because failure to move on will result in stagnation. Look around: a lot of damage has already occurred.
This is where Neocracy comes into play. It is the much-needed change of vehicle required to take us onward to the next station. This chapter explores why sincerity has failed to rise under democracy, how Neocracy enables it, and why this system is scalable from village to world level, seamlessly.
Yeats would say that an aged man is a tattered coat upon a stick whose heart is fastened to a dying animal. So, let’s sail to the holy city of Byzantium—if we may.
