Vote Rationale

Now, what if we vote no? Well, let me paint that picture: we go back to the drawing board, spend months debating commas and semicolons, whether we should use "shall" or 'will', "ada" or ADA, lovelace or #"shoelaces" (And don't even get me started on equitable and fairly...) Meanwhile, other blockchains will be moving forward. The beauty of this Constitution is that it's not in an ancient scroll surrounded by people with powdered wigs protecting it. It's got an amendment process built in and we've got governance workshops planned for 2025. And let's talk about that amendment process for a second. It's not like the old days where you'd need to find someone with a fancy quill pen to make changes. We can actually update this thing without having to organize a continental congress or whatever they did back in the day. Though I guess a continental congress would make for some interesting Zoom calls...

In my experience, the best systems aren't born perfect - they evolve. Remember when JavaScript was just that thing you used to make annoying pop-ups? Look at it now. (Though some might argue it's still just for making annoying pop-ups, but that's a debate for another day.) The Cardano Constitution is our chance to start with something good and make it better over time. It's like launching any new project - you start with something solid and improve it based on real feedback. If we wait for perfect, we'll be waiting forever. So yeah, I vote YES. Not because it's perfect - it's not even close. I vote YES because it's good, it's solid, and most importantly, it's improvable. We're not carving this in stone tablets or writing it with those fancy feather pens. We're writing it in a format that can evolve with our community.

Think of it this way: if Web 1.0 developers had waited for the perfect solution, we'd still be arguing about whether this whole "internet thing" was going to catch on. Sometimes you need to get started and trust in your ability to improve things over time.