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Gaia
a New World Order
is born today
the 14 August 2054
Racial conflicts
ideological conflicts
religious conflicts
territorial conflicts
belong to the past
Every man is a world citizen
subject to the same law
The Internet has driven the change
spreading communication
knowledge
and organization at a planetary level
The Pyramids of Egypt
the Colosseum of Rome
the Church of the Holy Wisdom
are demonstrations of power
The Roman Empire lasts for centuries
because of its road network
the “cursus publicus”
Genghis Khan creates a network of horsemen
to have real time information
from everywhere in his empire
the greatest of all times
and to be able to concentrate
in a few days
all its military force on a single point
Savonarola
a monk from Ferrara
that anticipated Martin Luther
and John Calvin
invents the “open letters”
printed in thousand of copies
and distributed to the citizens of Florence
The French Revolution walks on the legs of the ideas
of the Diderot and D’Alembert’s Enciclopèdie
and of the Voltaire’s Dictionnarie Philosophique
Benito Mussolini
uses the radio to communicate with the people
who gather together in all the squares of Italy
The movies of Leni Riefenstahl
give a great popularity to Adolf Hitler
The first live transmission
of the sessions of the House of Commons
in the United Kingdom
is broadcast by BBC radio in 1975
At the beginning of the 21st century
the fate of the world is still determined
by masonic, religious and financial groups
130 of the most influential personalities of the world
the Bildeberg group
have a private meeeting every year
to discuss the future of the world economy
Before the Net
communication
knowledge
and organization
belonged to the power
With the Net
they belong to all the people
1998: MoveOn
a political site
launches a campaign in favour of Bill Clinton
with a million emails
sent to the Congress of the US
1999: In Seattle
thousands of activists
protest against WTO
thanks to the Internet
2002: A “coup d’état” in Venezuela fails
Chavez is back as president
because of the information
diffused on the Internet and via SMS
2004: Howard Dean
an unknown governor of Vermont
becomes a pretender to the White House
He creates a worldwide network of supporters
with the Internet platform MeetUp
and communicates with millions of persons
through his blog blogforamerica.com
In many States like China
Iran
Malaysia
and Singapore
the Net is under control
2007: In Italy
V Day is the biggest political event
that has ever been brought together
by using the Internet
It’s coordinated through the blog
of the famous Italian comedian
Beppe Grillo
Two million people pour out onto the streets
to demonstrate in favour of a “clean up” in Parliament
2008: Obama wins the primary elections
against Hilary Clinton
He collects more funds
than any other candidate
directly from the citizens
using the Net
Obama wins the US presidential elections
At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco
Al Gore declares that the problems of the world
like the global warming
can be solved only by the cooperative intelligence
of the people on the Internet
2018: The World is divided into two main areas
The West with direct democracy
and free access to Internet
China
Russia
and the Middle East with orwellian dictatorship
and controlled access to the Internet
2020: Beginning of the Third world War
that lasts 20 years
Destruction of the symbols of the West
Saint Peter’s Square
Notre-Dame de Reims
Sagrada Família
Use of bacteriological weapons
Acceleration of climate change
and rising of the seas of 12 metres
Starvation
End of the fossil fuel era
Reduction of the world population
to one billion people
2040: The West wins
Net democracies triumph
2043: Grassroots movements
emerge all over the world
to manage local problems
related to energy
food
environment
health
The planet is split into thousands of communities
linked by the Net
2047: Everyone has his identity
in a world social network
created by Google
called Earthlink
To be
you must be in Earthlink
or be not
No passport is required anymore
2050: BrainTrust
a collective social intelligence
allows people to solve complex problems
in a matter of days
sharing any kind of information and data on line
2051: A world referendum is held on the Net
to abolish the death penalty
2054: First world elections on the Net
A World Government
called Gaia
is elected
Secret organizations are banned
Every human can become president
and control the actions of the government
through the Net
In Gaia
parties
politics
ideologies
religions
disappear
Man is the only owner
of his destiny
Collective knowledge
is the new politics