#lawandorder
Residents of the Global Village maintain law and order using universal approval ratings (UAR). Policing is no longer required. Every Resident has the right to identify, report, and rate any activity they find offensive. If a majority of Residents rate that activity with three stars or less, the offending Resident(s) must report to the Global Village Tribunal. Privacy Rules prevent the offender(s) from asking what caused the low rating.
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The Tribunal delivers a verdict based on the average of the stars posted. If the average is 3 stars, offenders may get probation. Access to the GV Internet is restricted to work or education uses for 30 days. If the average is 2 stars, offenders lose all personal access to the GV Internet for 30 days. If the average is 1 star or this is a repeat offense, offenders may lose permanent access to the GV Internet. They become "wards of the Global Village" and must wear a body cam that reports every move they make 24/7 for the life of the offender. Any communication with Residents must be tagged with this caveat:
Secrets are lies! Sharing is caring! Privacy is theft!
In the transition from the Industrial Park to the Global Village, Residents found these cultural shifts difficult. Many could not envision a society without written laws and policing. However, once they saw that every Resident had an equal voice in determining the cultural mores, they embraced it. Older Residents who had experienced the law & order caos of the Industrial Park era liked it the best. They recalled the law and order days of the Industrial Park. Then, everyone seemed to believe that, "laws were made to be broken". Many laws gave lip service to the poor but favored the wealthy. Enforcement of the law often varied over time. Violation of identical drug-possession laws might put one person in prison for life and another for a couple of months. It all depended on who you knew and the skill of the attorney you could afford to hire.
The use of global approval ratings was a game changer. Favorable approval ratings could propel anyone into a position of honor and celebrity. Unfavorable ratings acted like an early-warning system to shape up or be shut down.
That's just the way it is in the Global Village.
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