This government power grab that we are experiencing is the worst parts of Communist China spreading throughout the world like a...virus.
One silver lining in all of this is that people are at home, not making any money, no income, no money for governments. Hopefully this means the crumbling of governments along with the crumbling of the economy.
So instead of complaining or whining about government, it is necessary to provide an alternative solution that is better.
Sure, plenty of people will come to this threat propping up their shitcoin "my coin that I invested in and want to get rich off of allows for governance and voting, so you should buy some so I can sell it and buy a lambo with fiat!".
But we need an innovative decentralized blockchain solution for local governments that local governments would want to adopt or find it necessary to adopt as they begin struggling with revenue.
It could certainly start small. The most basic function of government is protection of life and property. This could be done with an opt-in "insurance" that you pay which adds you to a list of people that are protected. The protection company would consist of two different companies.
The first company is threat management such as the private company
Threat Management Center. This company already exists in Detroit. They are paid by businesses and wealthy people which subsidize lower income families in the same area (the idea being that if crime is kept down overall, then the businesses and wealthy benefit from a crime free area...criminals are discouraged from moving into the area).
Detroit's Threat Management Center sends someone out to do exactly as advertised...manage threats. If there is an immediate concern they are called to the scene. They usually arrive before the police and de-escalate the situation. They show up to stop a husband beating his wife, someone breaking into the property, a fight, etc. That's all they need to do. Just manage the threat and make sure things have stopped.
The second company would be private detectives. They are the ones that gather evidence, find proof of the crime, find out whom did what to whom. They gather the evidence for the victim.
Both companies could certainly exist under current law, there is no interference with current police forces but they could certainly exist without it. Communities would feel safe and threats to life and property would be managed.
There could then be similar decentralized versions of jury trials (augur prediction market, private arbitration, etc.). Jails could either fall under the current structure or some system of compensation for the victims via contract could be put into place (which is still under the current system). If people contractually agree to follow the decentralized rules then those that violate those rules could be put into jail under this same system while still being under current laws.
There are several options for allowing for management of these companies. Some sort of contractual agreement or services that you pay for (I like Threat management company A so I'll pay them instead of company B who I am no longer satisfied with).
We used to have private detectives, they used to be prevalent. A decentralized way of paying detective insurance, linking the detectives with victims could provide a resurgence.
Of course it would need to be super easy for each person in the community to be involved even if it's Grandma sending a check in the mail to a payment processor that converts things to the tokens used for the system.
Self moderated to keep out the troll.
