Richard barrett the evolution of democracy

THE EVOLUTION
OF DEMOCRACY:
WHAT’S NEXT?
Richard Barrett
Barrett Academy for the
Advancement of Human
Values (www.aahv.global)
From People Awareness to
Humanity Awareness

President of the Academy
for the Advancement of
Human Values
To discover, incubate and develop ideas
and concepts that support the evolution
of human consciousness.www.
aahv.
global

President of the Academy
for the Advancement of
Human Values
Governance Systems.
Evolution of Human
Consciousness.
Humanity Awareness
Initiative.
TODAY’S
TOPICS

AUTHORITARIA
N REGIME
HYBRID
REGIME
FLAWED
DEMOCRACY
FULL
DEMOCRACY
Nations where
there is no political
pluralism.
Absolute monar-
chies or dictator-
ships. Abuses of
civil liberties. Media
normally State-
owned. No
independent
judiciary. Censor-
ship and
suppression of
governmental
criticism.
Corruption.
Nations where
elections are not
fair and free.
Commonly have
governments that
apply pressure on
political opposition.
Non-independent
judiciaries. Wide-
spread corrupt-ion,
harassment.
Pressure placed on
the media,
questionable rule of
law.
Nations where
elections are fair
and free.
Basic civil liberties
are honored. May
have issues such
as under-
developed political
culture, low levels
of participation,
and functioning of
governance
system due to
manipulation and
corruption.
Nations where civil
liberties and
fundamental
political freedoms
are respected.
Reinforced by a
political culture
conducive to the
thriving of
democratic
principles and
freedom from
religious and ethnic
discrimination for
all. .
TYPES OF GOVERNANCE
SYSTEM
ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE
UNIT

Type of democracy
No. of
Countries
% of
Countries
% of World
Population
Full democracies 22 13.2 5.7
Flawed democracies 54 32.3 42.7
Hybrid Regimes 37 22.2 16.0
Authoritarian regimes 54 32.3 35.6
LESS THAN 6% OF PEOPLE LIVE IN FULL DEMOCRACIES

“The type of
Governance
system a nation
adopts depends on
the dominant
worldview of the
people.”

“Since the arrival of Homo
sapiens on the evolutionary
scene 200,000 years ago,
six worldviews have
emerged. Each new
worldview was precipitated
by changes in human living
conditions that triggered new
stages of collective human
psychological
development.”

“Since the arrival of Homo
sapiens on the evolutionary
scene 200,000 years ago,
six worldviews have
emerged. Each new
worldview was precipitated
by changes in human living
conditions that triggered new
stages of collective human
psychological
development.”
EVOLUTION OF
WORLDVIEWS
CLAN
AWARENESS
TRIBE
AWARENESS
STATE
AWARENESS
NATION
AWARENESS
WEALTH
AWARENESS
PEOPLE
AWARENESS
HUMANITY
AWARENESS
“The worldview of Humanity
Awareness which is now
emerging represents the
seventh worldview. The
survival of our species is
dependent on the adoption
of this worldview.”

Survival through sharing
and reciprocity
CLAN AWARENESS
GOVERNANCE
Participatory. Based on
rules, rituals and traditions
focused on survival.
COSMOLOGY
Nature spirits. Earth is the
divine mother. Shamanic
practices.
GENDER
Gender roles defined
by nature and the
needs of the clan.
LEADERSHIP
Situational depending
on experience and
competence.
FOCUS ON
NEEDS OF
CLAN

TRIBE AWARENESS
Safety through belonging
and loyalty
GOVERNANCE
Chief and Council of
elders. Ethnic
discrimination.
COSMOLOGY
Focus on spirit world and
ancestors. Magic potions.
Evil spirits.
GENDER
Gender roles defined by
needs of the tribe.
LEADERSHIP
Chief or big man.
Status through wealth
and possessions.
FOCUS ON
NEEDS OF
TRIBE

STATE AWARENESS
Security through power
and strength
GOVERNANCE
Authoritarian.
Control of people.
Ideological discrimination.
COSMOLOGY
Various. Single God or
Pantheon of Gods based
on forces of nature.
GENDER
Women have no rights.
Treated as sexual
objects.
LEADERSHIP
Repressive. No trust.
Secret police.
Lack of freedom
FOCUS ON
NEEDS OF
LEADER

NATION AWARENESS
Security through authority
and education
GOVERNANCE
Flawed democracy.
Possible that not everyone
gets to vote.
COSMOLOGY
Monotheistic. Christian.
Islam. Moral conduct.
Systemic discrimination.
GENDER
Women are second-class
citizens, controlled
by men.
LEADERSHIP
Elected leader.
Manipulates rules to stay in
power.
Divine right to rule.
FOCUS ON
NEEDS OF
MONARCH,
LAND
OWNERS &
ELECTED
ELITES

WEALTH AWARENESS
Security through status
and influence
GOVERNANCE
Full democracy.
Two party systems.
Wealth discrimination.
COSMOLOGY
Science. No God.
Evolution based on
random mutations.
GENDER
Women do not have full
equality. Can’t get past
glass ceiling.
LEADERSHIP
Status and influence
seeking political
and business elites.
FOCUS ON
NEEDS OF
BUSINESS
AND
WEALTHY
ELITES

PEOPLE AWARENESS
Freedom through equality
and accountability
GOVERNANCE
Liberal democracy.
Coalition governments.
Consensus building.
COSMOLOGY
Spirituality. No
discrimination.
GENDER
Full equality.
No discrimination.
LEADERSHIP
Women leaders. Values-
based decision-making.
Political correctness.
FOCUS ON
BASIC
NEEDS
(WELL-
BEING)
OF ALL
CITIZENS

HUMANITY AWARENESS
Self-expression through the
exploration of creativity
GOVERNANCE
Direct representation by
age groups. No ideological
political parties.
COSMOLOGY
Soul awareness.
GENDER
Full equality.
LEADERSHIP
Transnational and
global. Female
role models.
FOCUS ON
BASIC AND
GROWTH
NEEDS (FULL
WELL-BEING)
OF HUMANITY

As the level of consciousness of a group
of people expands, their worldview
increases, and the governance system
changes to reflect the new worldview.
The new worldview
becomes more inclusive

WHAT LIES BEYOND
HUMANITY AWARENESS?

EARTH AWARENESS
Making a difference through
connection and empathy.
Preserving the planet
FOCUS ON
NEEDS
(WELL-BEING)
OF PLANET
AND ALL
LIVING
SYSTEMS
GOVERNANCE
Direct representation by
age groups. No ideological
political parties.
COSMOLOGY
Spirit awareness.
GENDER
Full equality.
LEADERSHIP
Global. Female
dominated.

UNITY AWARENESS
Preserving for the universe
through service and
compassion.
FOCUS ON
NEEDS
(WELL-BEING)
OF PLANET
AND ALL
LIVING
SYSTEMS
GOVERNANCE
Too soon to tell.
COSMOLOGY
Spirit awareness.
GENDER
Full equality.
LEADERSHIP
Global.

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100
200
300
400
500
600
700
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FULL
DEMOCRACY
FLAWED
DEMOCRACY
HYBRID
REGIME
AUTHORITARIAN
REGIME
PEOPLE AWARENESS
WEALTH AWARENESS
NATION AWARENESS
STATE AWARENESS 1
STATE AWARENESS 2
STATE AWARENESS 3
GCI SCORE VS DEMOCRACY INDEX
GCI Score for 145 NationsWELL-BEING
DEMOCRACY INDEXGOVERNANCE

0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
GCI Score
FULL
DEMOCRACY
FLAWED
DEMOCRACY
HYBRID
REGIME
AUTHORITARIAN
REGIME
GOVERNANCE
FULL
DEMOCRACY
FLAWED
DEMOCRACY
HYBRID
REGIME
AUTHORITARIAN
REGIME
ONLY WORLDVIEWS OF PEOPLE AND WEALTH
AWARENESS HAVE FULL DEMOCRACIES
MOST NATIONS WITH A WORLDVIEW OF NATION
AWARENESS HAVE FLAWED DEMOCRACIES
NATIONS WITH A WORLDVIEW OF STATE
AWARENESS HAVE FLAWED DEMOCRACIES, HYBRID
REGIMES OR AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES
DEMOCRACY INDEX
GCI Score for 145 NationsWELL-BEING
PEOPLE AWARENESS
WEALTH AWARENESS
NATION AWARENESS
STATE AWARENESS 1
STATE AWARENESS 2
STATE AWARENESS 3

0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
DEMOCRACY INDEX
GCI ScoreWELL-BEING
GOVERNANCE
FULL
DEMOCRACY
FLAWED
DEMOCRACY
HYBRID
REGIME
AUTHORITARIAN
REGIME
LEVEL OF DEMOCRACY
LEVELOFWELL-BEING
BASED ON 17
GLOBAL
INDICATORS

Focus of 17 Global Indicators
(1) Corruption
(2) Health infrastructure
(3) Economic performance
(4) Personal safety
(5) Level of peace/violence
(6) Education
(7) Business support
Deficiency Needs
STAGES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT
For more
information see:
https://www.barrett
academy.com/global
-consciousness-
indicator

(8) Individual freedom
(9) Level of democracy
(10) Press freedom
(11) Gender Equality
Transformation
Needs
DEVELOPMENT
For more
information see:
https://www.barrett
academy.com/global
-consciousness-
indicator

(12) Social cohesion
(13) Social progress
(14) Environment quality
(15) Environment
protection
(16) Strength, stability and
legitimacy of State
(17) Happiness
Growth Needs
For more
information see:
https://www.barrett
academy.com/global
-consciousness-
indicator
DEVELOPMENT

Focus of Worldviews
WEALTH AWARENESS
NATION AWARENESS
STATE AWARENESS
Deficiency
Needs
DEVELOPMENT

Focus of Worldviews
DEVELOPMENT
PEOPLE AWARNESS
Transformatio
n Needs

Focus of Worldviews
DEVELOPMENT
HUMANITY AWARNESS
Growth
Needs

Worldviews and Nations
DEVELOPMENT
There are no nations
currently operating from the
worldview of Humanity
Awareness but there are
nations operating from the
worldview of People
Awareness that have
adopted some policies similar
to Humanity Awareness.
Growth
Needs
HUMANITY
AWARNESS

DEVELOPMENT
Transformation
Needs
Switzerland
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Iceland
New Zealand
FULL
DEMOCRACI
ES
PEOPLE
AWARNESS

DEVELOPMENT
WEALTH
AWARENESS
Deficiency
Needs
FULL
DEMOCRACI
ESIreland
Luxembourg
Austria
Netherlands
Canada
Germany
Austria
UK

NATION
AWARENESS
Deficiency
Needs
Uruguay
Spain
Costa Rica
France
Chile
Portugal
South Korea
Japan
USA
Malta
Estonia
Czech R.
Belgium
Cyprus
Italy
Slovenia
Lithuania
Latvia
Slovakia
Poland
Singapore
Hong Kong
FULL
DEMOCRACI
ES
FLAWED
DEMOCRACI
ES
DEVELOPMENT

STATE
AWARENESS
Israel
Greece
Malaysia
Trinidad
Panama
Bulgaria
Argentina
Suriname
Jamaica
Brazil
Hungary
Peru
Croatia
Mongolia
Romania
Indonesia
Serbia
Ecuador
FLAWED
DEMOCRACI
ES
DEVELOPMENT
Botswana
South Africa
Colombia
India
Tunisia
Philippines
Ghana
Dominican R.
Namibia
Thailand
Sri Lanka
Paraguay
Guyana
El Salvador
Mexico
FLAWED
DEMOCRACI
ES
Deficiency
Needs

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE
OF A GOVERNANCE
SYSTEM?
A way of deciding “WHO” gets
“WHAT.”

Deficiency Needs
for the
POWERFUL
STATE
AWARENESS
“WHAT” NEEDS for “WHO”
1. SURVIVAL
3. SECURITY
2. SAFETY

Deficiency Needs
for the
GOVERNING
ELITES
NATION
AWARENESS
1. SURVIVAL
3. SECURITY
2. SAFETY

Deficiency Needs
for the
WEALTHY
ELITES
WEALTH
AWARENESS
1. SURVIVAL
3. SECURITY
2. SAFETY

Transformation
Needs for
EVERYONE
PEOPLE
AWARENESS
4. EQUALITY
1. SURVIVAL
3. SECURITY
2. SAFETY

Growth Needs for
EVERYONE
HUMANITY
AWARENESS
5. SELF-EXPRESSION
4. EQUALITY
1. SURVIVAL
3. SECURITY
2. SAFETY

SHARED
CITIZENSHIP
Country
Language
PEOPLE AWARNESS
GLUE OF IDENTITY
SHARED
CLASS
Wealth
Status
WEALTH AWARNESS
SHARED
NATIONALITY
Race
Religion
NATION AWARNESS
SHARED
HUMANITY
Transnational
Soul
Awareness
HUMANITY WARNESS

EQUALIITY/FREEDOM
SOCIAL
WELFARE
ENVIRONMENTAL
AWARENESS
LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
CITIZENSHIP
IDENTITY
PEOPLE
AWARENESS
“FROM” and “TO”
INEQUALITY
GENDER
DISCRIMINATION
ENIVRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION
DEMOCRACY
STATUS/INFLUENCE
IDENTITY
WEALTH
AWARENESS
INEQUALITY
RELIGIOUS
DISCRIMINATION
GENDER/ETHNIC
DISCRIMIINATION
FLAWED
DEMOCRACY
CLASS SYSTEM
IDENTITY
NATION
AWARENESS

PEOPLE AWARNESSWEALTH
AWARNESS
HAS THIS EVER
HAPPENED BEFORE?
NATION AWARNESS

PEOPLE AWARNESSWEALTH
AWARNESS
HAS THIS EVER
HAPPENED BEFORE?
NATION AWARNESS
YES!

Deficiency Needs
for the
GOVERNING
ELITES
NATION
AWARENESS
(1860)
1. SURVIVAL
3. SECURITY
2. SAFETY
“NORDIC BILDUNG”
NORDIC
NATIONS
1860 TO 1930

Transformation
Needs for
EVERYONE
PEOPLE
AWARENESS
(1930)
1. SURVIVAL
3. SECURITY
2. SAFETY
“NORDIC BILDUNG”
4. EQUALITY
NORDIC
NATIONS
1860 TO 1930

From being at the very bottom of the
European economy in 1860, the
Nordic nations climbed to the top in
the 1930s and have remained
prosperous and progressive ever
since. Finland made a similar journey
after 1918.
The population needed to develop a
sense of collective identity at the
level of the nation –they needed
moral, emotional and cognitive
development.
The leaders wanted the population to
‘author’ their own lives and take part
in the authoring of a new society.
THE BILDUNG PROGRAM OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
This program took young people from focusing on their basic
needs to focusing on their growth needss

PEOPLE AWARENESS
WEALTH AWARENESS
NATION AWARENESS
STATE AWARENESS 1, 2, 3
WORLD VALUES TRAJECTORY
HUMANITY AWARENESS

“NORDIC BILDUNG NEXT
STEPS”
PYSCHOLOGICAL
WELFARE
SELF-EXPRESSION
FAIRNESS
ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP
PURE DEMOCRACY
TRANSNATIONAL
IDENTITY
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
HUMANITY
AWARENESS
SOCIAL WELFARE
FREEDOM
EQUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL
AWARENESS
LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
CITIZENSHIP IDENTITY
NATIONAL SOLUTIONS
PEOPLE
AWARENESS

A
GLOBAL
“BILDUNG”
HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE

VISION
To create a world where
all living beings can
thrive.
HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
MISSION
To build curricula and
create training programs
that transform human
society.
PURPOSE
The Humanity Awareness
Initiative seeks to
accelerate the evolution
of human consciousness
by building curricula and
creating training
programs that support the
emergence of the
worldview of Humanity
Awareness.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
OBJECTIVES
1. Create and provide curricula for the education of children, teenagers, and
young adults to support them in transitioning through the early stages of their
development.
2. Create and provide curricula for the training of young leaders to support them
in transitioning through the individuating stage of development and preparing them
for the self-actualizing stage of development.
3. Create and provide curricula for business and political leaders to support
them in transitioning through the individuating, self-actualizing, and integrating
stages of development.
4. Create and provide train-the-trainer programs for 1, 2 and 3 above.
Provide support for the implementation of the above four objectives

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
OBJECTIVES
1. Create and provide curricula for the education of
children, teenagers, and young adults to support
them in transitioning through the differentiating stage of
their development.
2. Create and provide curricula for the training of young
leaders to support them in transitioning through the
individuating stage of development and preparing them
for the self-actualizing stage of development.
3. Create and provide curricula for the training of
business and political leaders to support them in
transitioning through the individuating, self-actualizing,
and integrating stages of development.
4. Create and provide train-the-trainer programs for 1, 2
and 3 above.
INDIVIDUATING
DIFERENTIAT ING
SELF-ACTUALIZING
INTEGRATING

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
IMPLEMENTATION
CORE TEAM
Promotes the vision globally.
Creates curricula and designs training programs.
Provides trainers for train-the-trainer programs.
Coordinates funding.
COUNTRY TEAMS
Promotes the vision locally.
Coordinates, customizes and distributes curricula and
training programs to public sector, private sector and NGO’s.
Oversees implementation.
Provides feedback to core team.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
WORLDVIEW
“Whereas the core purpose of the
worldview of People Awareness was to
find ways to satisfy our deficiency needs
in a national framework of existence,
the core purpose of the worldview of
Humanity Awareness is to find ways to
satisfy our growth (psychological)
needs in a global framework of
existence.”

TRIGGERING EVENTS
The emergence of new worldviews can
be frequently traced back to a triggering
event – a tipping point – that occurred
decades or centuries earlier.
The triggering event throws into relief the
limitations of the dominant worldview,
thereby precipitating a shift in conscious
awareness that challenges the status quo
and leads to the emergence of a new
worldview.

TRIGGERING EVENTS
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Triggering a shift from Nation and Wealth Awareness
to People Awareness (Equality).
CIMATE CRISIS
Triggering a shift from People Awareness to
Humanity Awareness (Global Survival).
COVID-19
Accelerating the shift from People Awareness to
Humanity Awareness (Global Survival).

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
HEALTH EDUCATION LEADERSHIP BUSINESS
JUSTICE THE ARTS GENDER FINANCEENVIRONME
NT
GOVERNANC
E
What will the Worldview of Humanity
Awareness bring to these sectors?

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
GOVERNAN
CE In the worldview of Humanity
Awareness, we will move into direct
representation by the people around the
core idea of providing well-being for
everyone, where well-being is defined
as the ability to meet the needs of the
stage of development you are at.
Professional politicians will be replaced
by local and national delegates of
different age groups.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
HEALTH
In the worldview of Humanity
Awareness, we will move into
psychotherapeutic and energy
approaches to healing as well as health
maintenance and disease prevention.
This will come about through a deeper
understanding of the impact of ego–soul
dynamics on the human energy field and
the importance of cultural and
environmental factors on physical and
mental well-being.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
EDUCATIO
N In the worldview of Humanity
Awareness, we will move into child-
centered values-based education
programs that support children in
staying close to their souls. Such
programs will seek to support the
development of children’s natural gifts
and talents; to connect with others in
unconditional loving relationships, and
to contribute to the well-being of the
world.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
LEADERSHI
P In the worldview of Humanity Awareness,
we will see have more full-spectrum
leaders who have the courage to face
their fears, challenge the status quo,
persevere when things get tough, risk
everything for the cause they believe in,
and do all these things without any
regard for personal gain. They want to be
the best for the world, not the best in the
world.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
LEADERSHI
P
“Unless we address today’s dominant
yet outdated worldview and the
leadership logic that flows from it, then
all our best endeavors for new ways of
working and more sustainable, ethical
and inclusive business models will be
short-lived.” Donella Meadows,
Scientist.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
BUSINESS
Awareness, the focus of business will
be on creating a meaningful economy –
one that allows people to thrive in
psychologically healthy cultures with
work that supports full human evolution
and the ecology of the planet. To this
end, all businesses will embrace the
UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
JUSTICE
Awareness, the focus of the justice
system will be on restoring people to
wholeness. All those who commit
crimes will be supported in their
psychological rehabilitation. Every
prisoner will be assigned a
mentor/coach – someone they can turn
to for support as they attempt to
individuate and self-actualize.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
THE ARTS
The Arts holds the key to the flourishing
of Humanity Awareness, because it is
the key to self-expression. The Arts
provide an avenue for us to express our
unique gifts and talents in service to the
growth and well-being of humanity. In
the worldview of Humanity Awareness,
children and teenagers are encouraged
to express their natural skills and
talents.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
GENDER
The key to gender relations in the
worldview of Humanity Awareness is
not external equality (that is, what we
learned in People Awareness),
but internal equality – each gender
becoming whole through the integration
of female energies of Yin in the male,
and the integration of male energies of
Yang in the female.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
ENVIRONMENT
Awareness, we will learn to steward the
Earth and conserve its natural resources.
We will make sure all our plans take
account of the needs of future
generations. We will design our
businesses and our homes to harness
natural energy and generate zero waste.
We will go beyond sustainability to focus
on ecological resilience.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
FINANCE
In the worldview of Humanity Awareness,
we will apply our higher consciousness to
use of financial capital. Capital will
become a resource for supporting the
well-being of society and the planet. We
will build new economic and financial
systems that bring prosperity to all and
ensure that everyone is cared for and the
birthright of future generations is
preserved.

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
HEALTH EDUCATION LEADERSHIP BUSINESS
JUSTICE THE ARTS GENDER FINANCEENVIRONME
NT
GOVERNANC
E
WEB SITE
www.aahv.global
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E-LEARNING
COURSE
www.aahv.global
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Worldview
Dynamics

HUMANITY AWARENESS
INITIATIVE
This important and timely work
asks the vital question: How can
political, institutional and
organizational leaders understand
and hold the space for the diverse
developmental needs of their
citizens, supporters and
employees by developing
governance practices and policies
that enable people to live fulfilling
and meaningful lives?

For more information
www.aahv.global
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