QAnon: It's on, don't panic ii

The only way this works is if the voters themselves control the system, else it is simply another form of control.

It's a shame that in this day and age we have the largest access to timely data than at any other time in human history, and it's been ruined by misinfo, lies, fake news, fake videos, and draconian censorship by faceless corporations. People should be more informed about things, but they'd rather play Candy crush or look at cat/dog pics. For those who want to research any given topic, the first hundred or so websites that Google shows are all leftists agenda driven. Any attempt to get unbiased information is drowned by the constant morass of opinion and punditry. For anyone with critical thinking skills, it becomes downright frustrating.

The 41 second video was nice, but did anyone read the description below the video? I think it may be what Q was pointing us to and may be a part of the outcome.

On the 23rd June 2016 the UK held a referendum to decide whether it should withdraw from the European Union. When the result was announced on 24th June, it shocked the world - The UK had voted to leave the EU, leaving many with a sense of sheer disbelief.

Chaos ensued on global financial markets, trillions of dollars were wiped off the value of shares worldwide, the pound experienced one of the sharpest falls of any currency in history and the UK lost its Triple A rating.

The referendum result was seen as a snub by the UK to its European partners and the opened the eyes of the world to some shocking aspects of the UK it had not previously seen. British businesses and universities issued warnings about their futures and worse still, the UK faced the prospect of Scotland seeking its own independence and Northern Ireland uniting with the Republic of Ireland. The UK entered political turmoil at a time of a financial and constitutional crisis culminating in Prime Minister David Cameron's resignation.

As initial jubilation faded, recriminations began to set in. Firstly it emerged that just after the polls had closed, the most popular Google search in the UK was "What is the EU?", suggesting that large numbers of people had voted about something they didn't even understand.

This was followed by a significant proportion of Leave voters complaining that the media had misled them and had deliberately failed provide adequate clear unbiased information allowing them make a well informed decision. Many complained they not had not understood the ramifications of their choice.

It also emerged that many Leave voters had been driven by misty-eyed nostalgia, patriotism and even xenophobia and that many leave voters had even blamed the EU for problems it was not responsible for. By Saturday 25th it was reported that significant numbers of Leave voters were ruing their decision and were joining calls for a second referendum.

On the morning of Friday 24th June, the victorious Leave campaign leaders, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, gave a by now infamous press conference where, coming to terms with the shock of their win, it then emerged they had no plans in place for managing the UK's exit from the EU. This led to anger and condemnation across the UK.

The chaos that unfolded was the direct result of the manner in which the referendum had been conducted. Instead of cool-heads engaging in a detailed critical analysis of the pros and cons of the proposal, what actually occurred bore a striking resemblance to the ochlocracy that occasionally gripped Ancient Greece.

Another type of man-made disaster, environmental destruction, is the central theme of the 2008 movie The Day The World Stood Still. In the movie, an alien civilization sends Klaatu to save the Earth from mankind. In the clip above, Klaatu explains mankind's technology is not the problem, it's our behaviour as a species that is. In response, Professor Karl Barnhardt, Nobel Prize winner and leading expert in Biological Altruism, explains that mankind could change for the better if the consequences of its self-inflicted crisis were fully demonstrated to it firsthand.

In the real world, if we are to prevent a repetition of the Brexit disaster then we must change too, in particular we must change the way our democracy works. Bullshit must never be allowed to triumph over reason ever gain.

Contemporary politicians hold up democracy as a shining panacea, but what they won't tell you is that Socrates, Plato and other Ancient Greek philosophers all saw its dangers. What occurred during the EU Referendum was a prime example of what they had warned against - paid shills and power hungry demagogues whipped up large sections of the public into an adrenaline-filled vendetta which disregarded facts and treated experts with disdain.

At the time of the referendum, just as in Ancient Greece, not one voter was tested for their understanding of the issues before they cast their vote. Regardless of how much or how little each knew, each voter had an equal say. However unlike like Ancient Greece, we now have the means to banish ignorance from the arena of democracy, it's called Competency-Based Voting ('MeritVote').

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In Competency-Based Voting, each voter's influence in proportion to their competence.

The second video, that is linked at the bottom of the description, may be important in the future.

I don't think this should be a TLDR

The only way this works is if the voters themselves control the system, else it is simply another form of control.