Prologue: The Mind is a Battlefield
The vote has ended.
A decision has been made from fragments of conversations flickered across screens
…like grenades that break apart and fly in all directions
And in the in aftermath of debris of emotions & mental shells
…there will be another splinter…shrapnel of decisions
Scheduled to vote.
Chapter 1: Perception and the Framing of Reality
→ The mind is a fragile vessel, grasping at fragments, caught in the crossfire of fractured thoughts.
If a decision is a matter of choice, dependent on the information the mind receives…and the brain perceives…
Then a person with an information gap is unable to distinguish between a subjective reality…and a programmed response.
And if perception is based upon how information is processed, organized & interpreted…
Then a person without informational context is unable to distinguish between a biased truth…and a conditioned reaction.
But if everyone has an information gap
…if everyone is without informational context.
Then did we have a choice?
When our decisions are governed by the unknown…
Chapter 2: Cognitive Dissonance and DoubleThink
→ The mind is bent to reconcile dissonance by self-repression, where conflicting thoughts are swallowed into the abyss of the subconscious.
In 1914, the outbreak of World War I was met with enthusiastic pride, nationalism, and a sense of adventurous honor across Europe.
- Propaganda painted the war as a glorious endeavor, and young men eagerly enlisted, convinced they would be home by Christmas.
→ But by the end of the War in 1918 the atmosphere across Europe turned into exhaustion, devastation, and disillusionment.
The Western Front, stretching through France and Belgium, was left in ruins:
- villages destroyed, fields reduced to mud and craters and entire cities leveled.
In France, soldiers and civilians alike greeted the ceasefire with mixed emotions:
- relief that the bloodshed had stopped, but also grief for the staggering loss of life.
Over 9 million soldiers and 10 million civilians had died, leaving both physical and psychological scars.
- Soldiers returned traumatized (PTSD, then called “shell shock”), leading to widespread disillusionment with traditional authority.
→ The war’s brutality shattered faith in aristocratic leadership,
…paving the way for new political & socio-economic ideologies like democracy & decentralization.
Post-WWI Chain Reaction Timeline
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1919–1924 → The War Aftermath: Fragile Democracies & Economic Instability
- Duration: 5 years
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1924-1929 → The Roaring Twenties: Industrial Economic Boom & Social Change
- Duration: 5 years
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1929–1939 → The Great Depression: Economic Breakdown & Rise of Authoritarianism
- Duration: 10 years
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1939–1945 → World War II: The Battle Between Democracy & Totalitarianism
- Duration: 6 years
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1945–1991 → Post-WWII + The Cold War: The Redefinition of Democracy & the Seeds of Decentralization
- Duration: 46 years
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1991–2000 → The Globalization Era & Rise of the Internet
- Duration: 9 years
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2001–2010 → Terrorism [9/11] , Financial Crashes, Digital Awakening of Social Media & The Birth of Bitcoin
- Duration: 9 years
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2011–2020 → Crypto Adoption, Data Wars, Political & Global Health [ COVID] Unrest
- Duration: 9 years
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2021–2025/Present → Crypto Boom-Collapse-Recovery & the Struggle for Decentralization
- Duration: 4 years
- Duration: 4 years
Jupiter Governance:
→The votes were cast, the results were forgotten, the narrative became reality. Governance was a revolving script, rewritten as often as needed.
- Have our democratic & economic structures evolved?
- Have our systems of governance & decentralization been innovated?
OR
→ Are we defending failed democratic & economic structures because we don’t want to confront the depth of their failures?
→ Are we doubling down on bad governance & decentralizing systems because we’re blinded by ideology over practicality?
If we refuse to acknowledge the failures & flaws embedded within our systems & structures,
- are we truly upholding democracy and decentralization, or are we only sustaining an illusion of governance?
The conversation cannot begin and end with ideals…
- we must ask whether these frameworks genuinely empower individuals or simply redistribute authority in ways that maintain the status quo.
Democracy → A political system where people participate in decision-making, often through voting and representation.
→ It focuses on who has power and how decisions are made.
Decentralization → A structural concept that involves distributing power away from a central authority.
→ It focuses on where power is located and how it is managed.
Jupiter Governance: Mentally Fill in the Blank [ If You Can… ]
NB. Democracy vs. Decentralization: A Critical Distinction
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A democracy can be centralized → An individual or group of people controls most decisions, even if elected.
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A decentralized system can be undemocratic → Power may be spread out but controlled by unelected individuals or entities.
Many systems present themselves as decentralized,
→ yet they merely redistribute authority & control to a select few, often behind a facade of collective decision-making.
Conversely, democratic structures can still be highly centralized, limiting the actual influence & power of voters.
→ The challenge lies not just in spreading power but in ensuring that it remains accountable, transparent, and truly representative.
Fundamentally, Jupiter’s governance is a deeply flawed experiment in building a decentralized democracy.
→ it operates and functions as a deficient paid polling system not true governance.
Typical Structure of a Paid Polling System
Payment Model
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Flat Fee Per Vote → Participants receive a fixed amount per vote cast.
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Tiered Rewards → Guaranteed compensation that varies based on the depth & magnitude of participation, contribution or engagement.
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Token-Based System → Users are rewarded with digital assets, tokens, or platform credits.
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Entry Fee Model → Users must pay to vote, and rewards are distributed from the collected funds.
Voting Mechanism
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Single Choice or Multiple Choice Polls → Users select one or more options.
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Ranked Choice Voting → Participants rank options in order of preference.
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Weighted Voting → Votes carry different weights based on user contribution, stake, or other factors.
Verification & Fraud Prevention
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Identity Verification → KYC (Know Your Customer) or blockchain-based identity systems prevent manipulation.
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Anti-Sybil Measures → Prevents individuals from voting multiple times fraudulently.
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Vote Auditing & Transparency → Publicly verifiable or cryptographically secure logs ensure fair results.
Result Processing & Payouts
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Automated Reward Distribution → Payments are made instantly upon vote submission.
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Batch Processing → Rewards are distributed at the end of the polling period.
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Smart Contracts (for Blockchain-based Polling) → Automates voting and payout without central authority control.
Jupiter Governance: Mentally Fill in the Blank [ If You Can… ]
Why Jupiter’s Paid Polling System is Deficient
→ A paid polling system allows token holders to vote, but voting alone does not equal governance.
Pay-to-Vote
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Wealth vs. Equity: Token ownership should represent a stake & share in the network and ecosystem, but in a Pay-to-Vote system, it becomes skewed towards short-term wealth rather than long-term equity.
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Financial Incentives vs. Economic Motives: Token ownership should represent a conviction & commitment to the network and ecosystem, but in a Pay-to-Vote system, it becomes falsely driven by expedited financial gains rather than evolving economic returns.
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Trading vs. Investing: Token ownership should represent partnering with the vision and mission of the network and ecosystem, but in a Pay-to-Vote system, it becomes misdirected towards transactional speculation rather than strategic transformation.
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Monetary Resources vs. Capital Assets: Token ownership should represent a purpose & function within the network and ecosystem, but in a Pay-to-Vote system, it becomes distorted towards being a cash flow stream rather than a currency depository trust or a treasury vault fund.
One-Dimensional Voting
Quantitative vs. Qualitative Questioning: Governance voting should reflect the logic, reasoning, intentions, motives, dispositions, perceptions etc. of the community not just their final answer.
→ A polling system reduces complex community sentiment into a simple binary choice, stripping away the layers of thought & emotion that make governance important, significant, meaningful & impactful…leaving governance blind to the direct contexts, conflicts, beliefs & values driving those decisions.
Single Endpoint vs. Multi Touchpoint Decision Making: Governance voting should reflect a comprehensive journey over an extensive timeline there should be diversified evidence of multiple micro & macro community-centered decisions not just an end decision.
→ A polling system reduces complex ecosystem decisions to a momentary snapshot, ignoring the layers of insight, discernment, knowledge, wisdom etc. that develop over time and stripping away the innovative & evolutionary process that should inform, influence & impact community-centered decisions.
Linear Polarity vs. Circular Spectrum Feedback: Governance voting should reflect a fluid and iterative process, where feedback circles back into the decision-making cycle, ensuring that governance is adaptable to changing community problems & needs & accommodates shifting priorities.
→ A polling system reduces the governance process to a static polarizing point, where conversations are confined to opposing debates, arguments & conflicts rather than inspirational, motivational & transformational discussions.
Single Stage Surface-Level vs. In-Depth Multi-Phased Solutions: Governance voting should reflect a continuous, multi-step process that facilitates deep analysis, iterative development, and evolving community input rather than a shallow, one-off decision.
→ A polling system reduces governance to a single point answer, failing to capture the complexity of a decision-making process that spans multiple phases of input and refinement.
Chapter 3: The Illusion of Choice, Freedom vs. Submission
→ The mind is a maze that ends where it begins…a mirror fractured by truths it dared not face.
A system that withholds authority controls the narrative
…and dictates the outcome.
Working groups were never meant to challenge power, only to work beneath it.
They are designed to function, but never to lead.
→ They work, but they do not decide.
Never truly challenging the system that controls them.
→ That’s why they stagnate, why work seems meaningless, why governance remains untouched.
This is not a flaw—it is by design. Power remains concentrated while responsibility is scattered.
That changes now.
→ No more meaningless actions. No more wasted effort.
If we are to build something real, we must break free from systems that keep us mentally occupied but powerless.
→ This is more than an upgrade—it is a revolution in how decentralized governance functions.
This is no longer just participation—it is power.
→ Working Councils are not another structure—they are a reckoning.
- A powerhouse that establishes, enforces and empowers. This is the next evolution.
Working Councils change the equation—uniting execution with authority, innovation with decision-making.
| Aspect | Working Councils | [ Trial ] Working Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Combines industry governance (models) with project management (systems). | Focuses purely on project management. |
| Funding | Procurement Model: purchases services from providers. [ Unlimited diverse categories/types ] | Grant Model: provides financial support to a group. |
Eg. Service: Governance & Economic Model Systems  Governance Architect, Behavioral Economist Systems Engineer Business Intelligence/Research Analyst Operational Strategist UX/UI Designer Platform Developer Data Scientist Workflow/Performance Specialist |
[ Limited to a specific category/type ] → Eg. Design/Art Group, Developer Group - Generalists, Animators, Illustrators, Designers, Developers | |
| Positioning | The DAO needs a service to solve a problem and is willing to pay for it. → Focused on problem-solving: A problem is something broken, damaged, destroyed and/or dysfunctional that demands innovation & evolution in order for it to be resolved. - Problem-solving focuses on transforming [ can be ] | The group needs support to do a job & the DAO is willing to help financially. → Focused on addressing needs: A need is an essential requirement that exists for something to be maintained, supported, sustained and/or managed in order for it to function & operate. Addressing needs focuses on existing [ as is ] |
| Eg.) The DAO has a fundamental valuation problem. → There is no systematic model for assessing, evaluating, analysing & measuring its monetary, functional, psychological & social value. Solution: Build a systematic valuation model. |
Eg.) The DAO needs “dedicated design support to Working Groups, Regional Initiatives, and Grantees to maintain Jupiter’s brand identity.” | |
| Eg.) $Jup has a fundamental behavioral-economic problem. → There is no systematic model for assessing, evaluating, analysing & measuring its monetary, functional, psychological & social incentives. Solution: Build a systematic behavioral-economic model. |
The DAO Working Groups, Regional Initiatives, and Grantees need “support to manage creating high-quality visuals that align with Jupiter’s existing brand identity.” |
The Working Council Model System
In every organization, there are tasks—and there are turning points.
There are projects—and then there are problems so fundamental, they define the future.
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These aren’t solved by everyday teams.
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They aren’t fixed by mere discussions & votes.
These deep-rooted problems demand something greater.
Working Councils are expert-led problem-solving units, designed to tackle deeply-complex, high-stakes problems
They operate outside the bureaucracy & hierarchy , circumventing the dysfunction & brokenness of the system they’re purposed to transform.
A Tactical Governance Model
Working Councils transform how we lead.
Each council operates within a responsive governance structure that prioritizes purpose, function, and outcome.
This governance framework is modular, dynamic, and fully adaptable.
Assemble, organize, expand, replicate & deconstruct as needed.
→ Flexible Duration Period: Timelines are adaptable and can shift short or long term based on evolving goals or external conditions.
→ Fluid Development Phases: Adaptive workflow where council roles and goals evolve in response to performance & evaluative data.
→ Free-flowing Personnel: Council members can move between roles or tasks based on skills, interest, or project demands.
No hidden protection for ineffective leadership.
No undeserved influence granted to underperforming teams.
No vague decision-making processes with no demonstrable value or impact for the community.
This is behavioral intelligence for democratic models.
A Strategic Economic System
Working Councils don’t just transform how we govern.
They change how we fund, compensate, and measure value.
Each council operates under a standardized economic framework that brings clarity to cost, output, and performance.
→ Fixed-Scale Budgets: Transparent, auditable, and scalable across any initiative.
→ Tiered Expert System: Members are classified into 3 strategic tiers based on skill and scope.
→ Phased Payouts: Payments are tied to milestone completions, performance evaluations, and measurable outcomes.
No bailouts for failed leadership.
No overpayments for underperforming teams.
No budget black holes with no measurable community returns.
This is economic intelligence for decentralized systems.
Designed for Transformation. Built for Impact.
Working Councils are precision-assembled to solve the impossible.
When systems collapse under their own illusions, what remains are those who never surrendered.
The system can bend narratives, manipulate sentiment, twist perception.
But there is no greater force than a unit of aligned minds who refuse to subject themselves to deception.
Working Councils are born from the principle of truth.
When truth is under siege, courage becomes power.
Every era of decline is followed by a reckoning — a restoration led not by institutions, but by organized minds with the courage to rebuild.
Working Councils are that formation. The first order of the revolution.
Epilogue: The Mind is where Wars are Fought & Won…Or Lost
“We Fought for Silence”
By Thomas Everleigh, formerly Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers WWI December 5, 1946 – London, England
They called it a “new world.”
But the streets still smell like soot and ash with the stench of grief & death.
I sit in the back of a ration line on Old Kent Road, clutching my cane like a rifle, though my war ended twenty-eight years ago. The woman in front of me is no older than my daughter might’ve been—if I’d had the courage to come home whole.
The papers speak of democracy now. Victory. Liberty. A Europe reborn after the nightmare of Hitler. But I’ve seen liberty before. I watched it get dragged through the mud in the trenches of Passchendaele.
1917, Ypres. Belgium. I watched my closest mate, Danny Whitmore, bleed out in the craters of No Man’s Land after an artillery blast threw us both into a ditch.
He whispered, “Tell them we died for something.”
I told him I would. I lied.
June 1945, the war ends again.
Flags go up. Churchill waves to the crowd.
The Americans throw chocolate at children in Paris. Stalin smokes victory like a cigar, and in London, they hand out ballots like salvation.
I didn’t vote. Not in ‘45. Not after all we saw.
You see, after the first war, they said it too. “Never again.” “The war to end all wars.”
But empires don’t die from bullets.
They rot slowly, from within. And in the hollow, democracy blooms like weeds in craters.
Now they call it “representative government.”
They pass acts in Parliament and say we’re shaping our destiny.
But when I walk past Westminster, I still see smoke rising from the rubble.
I see the ghosts of decisions made by men who never felt mud in their teeth or heard the whimper of gas-choked boys.
They didn’t win peace. They just learned how to dress the war in suits.
In Berlin, they say democracy is rising from the ashes.
In Paris, they speak of liberté again.
In Moscow, they whisper revolution with iron fists.
And here in London, ration books and ballots sit side by side—proof of order, not freedom.
I hear young lads talk of change, of building something better.
And I want to believe them.
I truly do. But when I close my eyes at night,
I still hear the screams of horses drowning in the mud.
I still see the trench walls breathing. I still wake up yelling at shadows that never left France.
Maybe the world has changed.
Maybe democracy is real this time.
But for those of us who remember the first lie, Hope doesn’t come easy.
We fought for something.
We just never found out what it was.
The Votes Are Coffins Now
Each vote is a nail in a box
We build around our hope.
They hand us hammers,
And call it freedom.
But every strike is the distant sound of war.
To Vote Is to Forget
The guns have stopped.
The bodies buried.
But now begins the quieter war.
They let us speak,
So we forget how to scream.
They let us vote,
So we forget what was taken.
We fill the box—
And empty ourselves.
Like Postcards from the Republic
We died in trenches for this?
A ballot and a broken breadline?
They promised us a voice,
But gave us slogans,
Painted in victory dust.
And when we scream,
They quote our own vote back at us.
Freedom Is Measured in Silence
They don’t need your faith,
Only your quiet obedience.
A tick in a box.
A nod to the script.
You think you speak?
They taught you the words.
You think you choose?
They gave you the options.
The Democracy Machine
Clock in. Vote. Clock out.
The gears don’t stop spinning.
No matter who we choose—
The machine runs.
Greased with consent.
Fueled by memory loss.
And we,
The willing cogs.
The Paper Ballot
They said the war made men free—
Yet here I stand in line,
Ink on fingers, fear in breath,
Chained to choice by design.
The names are new, the power old,
Their faces swapped with ease,
But freedom whispered in my ear
Was just a cough in the breeze.
A Vote for the Void
You cast it like it matters.
Folded neat. Slipped in with pride.
But behind the curtain, truth is torn—
The victors long have lied.
They gave you war, then gave you voice,
But only to pretend,
That power shared is power lost—
Not power made to bend.
The Ballot Lie
“Choose,” they said.
So I did.
And they smiled,
Because both choices were the same outcome.
1984 
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