Fred. One of the beauties of the TDG is that it only needs 1% of the population to start building it. We should not be worried about what the other 99% thinks or wants. As time passes, the TDG will build credibility. More people will join.

You might be interested in my Pascal's Wager approach to building the TDG.

https://medium.com/tiered-democratic-governance/pascals-wager-and-an-alternative-democracy-6933aa7f0945