What is Colocracy?
Colocracy is a system of government that models collaboration, embraces diversity, creates social inclusiveness, allows proportional representation including the disenfranchised, can be implemented as a plug-in replacement for any government without rebellion or civil disobedience and is largely immune to the vicious cycle of monied influence. Welcome to the future of government.
BECAUSE DEMOCRACY IS NOT A COMPETITION.
What’s This Booklet About?
Colocracy: The Best Government Money Can't Buy is an introduction to what’s broken in modern governance—and importantly how easy it is to build something better.
What's Inside
- Chapter 1 – A World on the Brink: Why electoral democracy is failing to meet society’s most urgent needs.
- Chapter 2 – The Fatal Flaw of Electoral Democracy: How co-petition is far superior to the corruption of competitive government.
- Chapter 3 – The Alternative We Were Never Taught: Reclaiming our capacity to govern collaboratively and equitably—a return to true democracy.
- Chapter 4 – The New Model—How Colocracy Works:
- Proportional Demographic Selection (PDS)
- The Boule and the Assembly
- Impartial decision-making and policy development
- No career politicians or elite capture
- Chapter 5 – A Government That Resolves, Not Rules:
- Replacing narrow authority with consensual authority
- Transparent oversight and ethical review
- Adaptive policy instead of rigid lawmaking
- Chapter 6 – Decentralizing Power:
- Ending political careers through rotation
- Eliminating institutional capture
- Building a society without rulers
- Chapter 7 – From Grassroots to Governance:
- Why Colocracy must be built in parallel to the status quo
- How Internet Native Organizations (INOs) play a key role
- The roadmap to peaceful, scalable implementation
- Conclusion – The Time for Change Is Now: A call to action for those ready to build the future together.
Who Is This Booklet For?
- 🧱 People tired of voting for the lesser evil
If you're done pretending ballots fix systems built for power, this book is for you. - ⚖️ Civic-minded individuals who still believe in public good
You haven’t given up on governance—but you’ve given up on governments. Good. - 👩💻 DAO builders, activists, educators, and changemakers
If you’re trying to build something new—without repeating the mistakes of the past—this will feel like finding a missing piece. - 🤐 The silent majority who feel betrayed by both sides
Left, right, or “none of the above”—this book isn’t about ideology. It’s about function. Power that works for people. - 🌱 Anyone who wants to make the world better… without becoming a politician
If you’ve ever thought “there has to be a better way,” you were right. This is it.
About the Author
With a background in computing, conflict resolution and psychology, John represents the new breed of philosophers who not only conceptualise transformative systems, but engineer them.