1. Actual Situation in 2024: NRW Has Not Learned from the Past!
As a plaintiff, I must note after my political application against the Ukraine war and without the possibility of legal representation that remote control by the state of NRW and the failure to provide assistance to me as an entrepreneur create unbearable risks if I continue to offer alternatives to gatekeeper concepts. A past that has not been addressed remains unresolved, as seen in the lawsuit 10 C 367/23 (Amtsgericht Krefeld). The resulting complaint to the ECtHR was not accepted for decision.
The state of NRW sees no way to act against:
- Digital dependency (on US platforms) undermining democratic processes (e.g., disinformation, polarization).
- Lack of digital participation (e.g., due to monopolies like Google) exacerbating social division and economic damage.
- Loss of pre-digital achievements (e.g., anonymity, data protection, equality) that must be preserved in digitization.
2. Development Without Obstruction: Focus on Pre-Digital Achievements
I proved to the Ministry of Justice, Dr. Buschmann (who provided positive feedback), that special digital legislation is not necessary (e.g., for age restrictions in social media), if instead a framework is created for the economy that protects the pre-digital democratic systems successfully developed over decades. Replicating this concept in the digital space leads to sustainable value creation.
At this point, GISAD should function as a clearing house for the economy, ensuring compliance with pre-digital legislation within the Trusted WEB 4.0. An additional grassroots democratic component would emerge through the evaluators in getmysense.
3. A Look from the Future (2026): Limited Digital Government Competence!
After World War II, democracies made significant progress. The fact that 27 states within the EU engage in democratic discourse with one another is a unique process worldwide. This system should therefore continue to exist in the future.
On the other hand, disruptive digitization has increasingly moved away from democratic principles in the interests of a very small group of people. Individuals are exhausting. For many years, there have been economic arguments for standardizing people.
It began with cheap mass production, which suddenly allowed many more people to afford things at low prices. In return, they willingly gave up a bit of individualism. Further standardization occurred through advertising. When people were repeatedly exposed to the same advertisements, needs were created that would not have existed without advertising.
The next step was social media, where traffic was generated through artificial excitement, creating an artificial market where advertisers had to pay even more to reach their target audience. With the FINDER technology, consumers and providers find each other in the fastest way, while individuality is preserved and even promoted.
Politics in Europe is clearly unable to proactively maintain a livable democratic society. Its legislation always tries to prevent the worst in hindsight. Because it does not understand the consequences of new technologies, most democracies are now in decline.
If politics cannot act proactively, it must not claim responsibility to the citizens for doing so. This is precisely why we have political disillusionment.
4. GAP 2024: Lack of Digital Democracy Understanding!
Carryover from Previous Years:
- 2000: Mannesmann takeover – €133 billion (loss of European sovereignty)
- 2001–2007: Unemployment due to GraTeach blockade – €18 billion
- 2004–2006: Revenue losses due to US platforms – €54.3 billion
- 2003–2023: Loss of trust in economy & digitization – €31.541 trillion
- 2008: Financial crisis (10% of €5.1 trillion) – €510 billion
- 2009: Cyber damages – €24 billion
- 2011: Cyber damages – €9 billion
- 2010: Wrong digital strategy – €70.5 billion
- 2010: GDP decline in the EU – €200 billion
- 2011: Cyber damages – €9 billion
- 2012: Cyberattacks – €24 billion
GAP 2024:
- Loss of trust (24% of 2024 GDP: €17.1 trillion) – €4.104 trillion
Total GAP 2024: €36.6878 trillion
Trusted WEB 4.0 technologies such as
Finder (1999),
getmysense (2002),
GISAD (2003),
EU-D-S (2004),
and WAN anonymity (2007)
could have served as the foundation for a European digital alternative.
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