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—for all of us.
Beyond Competition for Power
What’s This Booklet About?
Colocracy: Government Without the Bullshit is a short guide to what’s broken in modern governance—and most importantly how we can build something much better.
What's Inside
- Chapter 1 – A World on the Brink: Why today's democracies are failing to meet society’s most urgent needs.
- Chapter 2 – The Fatal Flaw of Electoral Democracy: How competition, not co-petition, has corrupted governance.
- Chapter 3 – The Alternative We Were Never Taught: Reclaiming our capacity to govern collaboratively and equitably.
- 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 authority with structured conflict resolution
- 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.