Postmodern humans or robotic automatons?

I think we need to entirely reconsider national political systems and how they operate in the new postmodern world. What are the criteria required to be an elected leader, which leaders have most influence on our globalised lives?

Do we need to demand a whole new system in order to hold global elections for certain leaders? Nationhood is no longer as narrow as the borders of a particular group of people, or cultures and languages.

The world is shrinking. For example, leaders from the USA or China make decisions about my life and my future. How will my life be affected when I have no power or means to vote for them, or access to information about who will or will not benefit from their decisions?  Economic and political benefits flow to a few very powerful and influential people who tell politicians what to do and how to act.

Why is it that the life of a United States citizen, when it comes to health or safety, is considered more valuable than the lives of those who live in rural, remote or poor regions of the planet?  Why are many invisible and irrelevant?

We must strongly reject and condemn with all the weight of civilised society’s laws those who commit acts of terrorism or are involved in such activities. However, at the same time, we must use our sense of individual and group responsibility to prevent acts of terrorism.

But how? What can I do as an individual who does not count when it comes to elect those who will decide my destiny?

I suspect that behind terrorism there is much of this frustration. This leads vulnerable individuals to exploitation by the new globalised anti-powers of our post-modern world, who label all under "terrorism". But how do we distinguish and separate them?

Persons like the leaders of the United States, Russia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, India and England are no longer state leaders only. They are global leaders who decide on the lives of most people on the planet. So why is it that we don’t have anything to do with their elections or appointments?

Political leaders in smaller nations are becoming irrelevant. They cannot be in a position to guide the citizens of their countries to choose their way of life. Often, they are directed by someone who does not know what impact their decisions will have on the lives of millions, so we are converted into robotic automatons.

Solutions

We need to develop global solutions for new global problems; however, the solutions cannot be decided by small groups of persons with their own particular interests only.

So how do we include all members of the global community? How do we count them and make them visible in order that they may have a say in their own destiny?