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Inspired by: other IGOs » Empowered internet users take the political power from the old political parties

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Originally submitted by: Tuomo Kuosa
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unpublished

Source of inspiration

Other International inter-governmental organisations (e.g. OECD, UNESCO, APEC)

The source of the Wild Card is

Eco-radicalism. leads to eco-terrorism

Headline

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Empowered internet users take the political power from the old political parties

Description

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Please describe the Wild Card (approx. 150 words)

Empowered by the internet, individuals wield influence over critical issues formerly influenced exclusively by the government. Empowered internet users form new types of social movents that utilize the wishdom of crowds and flash social media. Finally they form strong political groups that demand direct power to vast number of societal issues.

Keywords

internet, political parties, social media, empowerment, wishdom of crowds, social movement

Type of event

Unplanned consequence of events/trends/situations (e.g. financial crisis, accidental breakthrough)

Type of emergence

	please select	(if any) describe related trend or situation
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A new development/situation (e.g. a Romani state is established in central Europe; A message from an alien civilisation existing on a distant planet is received and understood, etc.

Type of systems affected

Human-built Systems - E.g. organisations, processes, technologies, etc.

Classification

Mixed

Importance

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Level 3: important for the European Union

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