At 23:00 CET, Russian television broadcasts President Putin's declaration of war on Ukraine. NATO's reaction: it tries to convene an emergency meeting for 08:30 the next day.
One can easily imagine Vladimir Putin trembling before this reaction. But that is not the topic here, rather the question, what connection does this geopolitical process have with LegalTech and the development of democratic legal systems?
Quite simply, even in 2022 the fast eat the slow. And even if there is no public discourse about it, there are parallel processes. For example, the enforcement of small claims, which have largely migrated from the courts to dispute resolution systems such as Ebay. Does anyone wonder if this abandonment of state authority is actually desirable? No, we are drowning in ethical discussions about blockchain, even though it has the potential to further erode the democratically legitimized rule of law.
Deluded warlords and technological developments have surprising things in common: Those who usurp the law of action have a clear advantage. Contemporary democratic structures tend to be at a disadvantage.
