In Japan, right now, there is a character called Hatsune Miku, someone I'm sure many of you are familiar with. Miss Miku, for the unfamiliar, is a pop-star who has concerts all over Japan and is quite famous. She's also entirely digital. Hatsune's digital character is sometimes mocked by outsiders, but those who follow are quick to defend that there is nothing "real" about the lives of many flesh-and-blood pop stars, and stars from other fields, especially in the wake of manufactured groups like the Backstreet Boys and individuals like Justin Beiber, none of whom were "real" in the sense of anything about their public life being anything less than crafted by the media specialists of the companies that created them. I've been thinking, though: People accept this a lot. There's fake celebrities and brand characters who all represent something or another. All a representative is, is a being who stands for a certain collective of ideals and implementing them. This begs the inevitable question, of course: Why not fake politicians? After all, politicians are just people put in place as representatives of the will of the people. Why not allow people to vote in a fake politician, who has the backing of a group of individuals for their policies instead of being a single, corruptible entity? This group would choose the policy, be it big or small, allowing the intelligent to pair nicely with the charismatic and create a forged identity that has all their strengths and none of their weaknesses. Moving into the realm of Eclipse Phase, what about creating a blanket AGI? Cyberdemocracy allows everyone to vote on everything, but staying so well-informed can be difficult, so why not allow people to vote on big-ticket issues and create a gestalt entity that seeks to enforce these ideals? Not to ramble, but what do people think of Muses voting on various issues in cyberdemocracies for their owners, based on their master's views? I sort of got off point, but I think you can see what I'm saying: If we can have meta-celebrities, why not meta-politicians?