We will change the space. We're believe this.  W/ cagri1177

Hola Asgardianos, Soy Francisco. Espero que juntos podamos formar una nueva sociedad mas justa, ya sea aquí en la tierra o en el espacio. Cuenten conmigo, cuento con ustedes.

Hello Asgardians, i´m Francisco. I hope we can make a new fair society, either on Earth or Space. Count on me, i count on you.

Let me start off by saying I am none too thrilled about how the current Constitution vote is being handled. Like many of our fellow Asgardians on the Constitution thread, I feel the manner in which this vote is being conducted leaves much to be desired. Besides my initial peeves at spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, I found that the ease with which people could participate in the creation/review of the constitution was lacking. The interface that asgardia.space presented, as well as the manner in which they worded the initial email regarding the vote, put an emphasis on ratifying the Constitution then getting on with your day. I feel that this is not only shady in the short run, but also detrimental in the long run for our new space nation. My post here is to cover how we can avoid these detrimental effects, and perhaps how we can reorganize our constitutional efforts in the near future.

The primary issue is the vote's form of affirmation: "I accept the Constitution" and... nothing else. While I understand that the Constitution is not currently in effect, I find it incredibly odd that the ratification of the Constitution in no way follows the voting procedures outlined therein. A simple yes/no option would be much more enlightening, as the current form doesn't even allow submission if you don't approve of the Constitution as-is. This makes it impossible to differentiate between those who don't approve of the constitution and those who simply did not vote. Diagnosing any issues if there is not a majority of approvals then becomes a major issue, other than a large amount of people dissenting the proposed Constitution. We can solve these, and many other democratic problems, by expecting more from our nation.

In general, we should not expect a well-educated citizen to look upon the title of a document, or even a short summary, then expect them to vote on it. This is especially true of our Constitution, and therefore we should not even provide that as an option. I propose that in order to vote on this issue, and perhaps others, that we citizens must read the document at hand. This may be out of hand for longer documents we may encounter in the future, but even a fleeting scroll-through requirement will improve the exposure of these proposals and procedures to the populous. In the world today, we have lawmakers that do not even read through documents they vote on or talk about, and I believe there is a way that at least we can fix it before it becomes a larger issue.

Open communication and contribution is also an important issue in regards to sweeping legislation and the laws of the land. A representative assembly can certainly manage this issue with more ease than the almost quarter of a million Asgardians throughout the world, but we at least need to figure out how to address these concerns. While these forums and other third-party sites exist to host this sort of discourse, there are more open and impactful ways to help the average Asgardian engage in this very important debate. Engaging every citizen should be a primary goal in a democratic society.

Overall I feel that, with more input from the community, this constitutional roll out could be going a lot smoother and fairer. We need to implement easier access to debate and discourse, incentivize Asgardians to educate themselves about issues that will effect them, and involve the citizenry in these reveals and reviews for the future of our nation.

Thank you for your time, fellow Asgardians.