Why ICANN Needs Fresh Blood

scubacuda writes "Akash Kapur of CircleID has written an editorial, Why ICANN Needs Fresh Blood: A Deeper View . Kapur writes, "ICANN was born amid the heady days of Internet euphoria. Its early promise to be the world's first global democracy (not to mention an entirely new form of governance) was a product of that euphoria. But like so many dot-coms, ICANN quickly succumbed to the hubris of its own vision. If ICANN has been a troubled organization from the start, then that is in no small measure because it over-promised at the start....What's needed is fresh blood -- new personalities, and new ideas to break the ideological impasse." Kapur lists cancelled at-large elections, the authoritarianism and secrecy of ICANN discussion, and the narrowing possibility that ICANN could represent a new model of governance as indicators that global democracy has failed."

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[HBI]

Get a gun if you want to have clout, ideas are meaningless, representative republics are the same kind of opiate for the masses that religion once was.

The illusion of public control of its destiny is deceiving.

All the government has ever done in my life is take away, never give. Anything not protected by the Constitution (and some that are) are fair game.

By the time the situation is put aright by courts or legislation, years have passed. As Keynes said, in the long run, we're all dead. Therefore, get a gun. Learn how to use it.