Some minor developments to report in the progress of Tiered Democratic Governance.
I'm nearing my fourth year of promoting the TDG on Medium. My readership is down; readership seems to be down for a lot of Medium writers. But I am getting a more thoughtful engagement with my fewer readers. .
Two other Medium writers wrote articles referencing the TDG. This hasn't happened before:
https://awjuliani.medium.com/the-five-tier-hierarchical-parliament-2a79a7401a5
https://amtoyumtimmy.medium.com/the-ancient-african-republics-of-igboland-19ff9fbfd545
I've had a few comments that building a new democracy will time most people don't have. So I wrote an article explaining that lots and lots of time is not necessary (or even desired) to build this new democracy. This has become my second-most important article on Medium: :
https://medium.com/tiered-democratic-governance/a-kinder-wiser-democracy-78778c87819e
In 2022, I sold 11 TDG books. In January, I sold five. So I thought a good trend was happening for 2023. In February, the sales numbers went down to one. At least I got two consecutive months with a sale.
I have recently joined the new internet forum called Mastodon. Mastodon seems like an intelligent version of Twitter. ; I can link my many Medium articles to Mastodon. We shall soon see what happens. You can find me on Mastodon at @davevolek
Let's hope that I can provide positive news on a more regular basis. In the meantime, each month we delay in starting the TDG means it will take a month later to implement it. This world seems to be getting crazier with each passing year. We really need a new way of governing ourselves. I just don't see other viable ideas out there. Do you?
Dave Volek
