Nr.2: System comparison: Apartheid vs Electric Technocracy
- Mike Miller
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 6 days ago
„Apartheid - state racism as a system: Why exclusion is never sustainable"
I. Definition: What is apartheid?
Apartheid is a state-organized system of racial segregation in which people are institutionally disadvantaged, disenfranchised and marginalized because of their ethnicity, skin color or origin. The term comes from Afrikaans and literally means "separateness".
Apartheid is not just an ideology, but a concrete state apparatus with legal discrimination that systematically violates human rights.
II. Characteristics of apartheid rule
Forcibly segregated residential areas, schools, transportation and public facilities
Different laws for different ethnic groups
Denial of political rights (e.g. no voting rights for non-whites)
Restrictions on education, property, movement and career choices
Violent enforcement by police, military and secret services
Dehumanization through propaganda and institutional contempt
III. Historical examples
1. South Africa (1948-1994)
White minority ruled the country despite a black majority
Black people were disenfranchised, displaced, oppressed
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison for his resistance
International sanctions, boycotts and massive civil society pressure ended the regime
2. Israel/Palestine (controversial modern parallel)
UN and numerous human rights organizations speak of apartheid-like conditions
Different rights for Israelis and Palestinians in occupied territories
Restrictions on freedom of movement, expropriations, military law for Palestinians
3. USA - Racial segregation (Jim Crow, 1877-1964)
Unofficial apartheid through racial laws in southern states
Segregation in schools, buses, elections and courts
Civil rights movement had to contend with violence, murders and arrests
IV. Systemic weaknesses and crimes
Inhumanity as a state principle: Apartheid is systemically immoral and fundamentally contradicts every human right.
Social destruction: Divides peoples, destroys education, the economy and trust - often for generations.
Extremely high level of violence: Can only be maintained through repression - including torture, internment and mass murder.
Breach of international law: Apartheid is a crime against humanity according to the UN Convention of 1973.
V. Contrast with Electric Technocracy
Apartheid | Elektronische Technokratie |
Separation by origin | Equality through access to information |
Systemic inequality | Data-based justice |
Exclusion & repression | Inclusion & Collaboration |
Violence to maintain power | Transparency to control power |
The Electronic Technocracy is based on a fair, global operating system that does not recognize differences between ethnicities or origins, but guarantees everyone the same digital and social rights - through verifiable fairness, open source and participatory governance.
VI. Conclusion
Apartheid is a monument to barbarism that shows where nationalism, racism and greed for power lead. Any form of government that systematically excludes people cannot be reformed and should be abolished.
The future calls for systems that put what unites before what divides - and that is exactly what Electronic Technocracy promises.
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