The Australian Government would look completely different. The House of Representatives would be more like a wartime operations room and the maximum age of each member would be 17 years old.
Each member of the house is sitting in front of his personal computer. It has a wide screen and 3D with a keyboard of blue flashing lights. Now and again he, or she, receives a message which prompts his own personal melody to ring out loud and clear. It’s a cacophony of noise like a disconnected orchestra. Each player, ‘cause the process is more like a game, sits inside of a sort of capsule with not only his PC, but also his Apple i-pads, one for home and one for work, and the latest release of i-phone, again one for personal and one for work. They are wearing the 3D glasses and talk to their phones via the latest release of Bluetooth. Even though they all sit next to each other, they actually don’t speak. Instead they communicate in the same way as they do with the State and Territory governments, via the World Wide Web. All of the policy documents and other research and administration resides on the ‘Web’ in a virtual office environment.
In the centre of the room there’s a model of Australia. For anybody who has played the Warhammer Games, the model is quite similar. The armies are painted blue and red with the minority, but powerful terrorists painted green. The only person in the room not ensconced in his private capsule, is standing alongside the model, and moves the armies around at the direction of the other 150 people. It’s an extremely busy and chaotic role but he is the only person who knows what is going on in the country.
There is one capsule that stands alone on the perimeter of the room and its painted gold. The king of the room is the person best able to negotiate with the world. He has a circle of 5 computers, one for each continent and is in constant communication with the UAV (Unmanned Ariel Vehicle) operator in each area. These guys are expert at operating remote controlled toys. They spy on each other’s Operations both on the ground and in the war rooms.
Voting is still at the local level but it’s not compulsory and has at long last been automated with each home connected to the Operations Room via the new fibre optic technology.
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Kerry says:
This is very free flowing Sue. Almost stream of consciousness. I understand that children love computer games but this scenario is scary. I don't like the idea of the government of the country being modelled on War Games.
Sue I like the way you tackled this problem. You brought out the technocrat likelihood that our youth would bring to governing the world. They are so engaged in their technology. But it is scary.
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