RyanThunder wrote:Hey, how about we derive a means to run the planet from first principles.
You know, a sort of constitution for a hypothetical global union with the goal of being all ethical and shit. Or whatever, if you think that'd be a bad thing. I'll start a thread. That can be the first item for discussion.
Since you all probably think I'm some sort of idiot I'll just moderate the discussion instead of submitting ideas.
SO, I want this to be friendly, so let's try not to get into shouting matches. Ideally we'll all find some sort of middle ground that's agreeable on any given issue, and if not, I guess that'd be a good argument to split into states or something and we can branch off from there.
So, first item I guess would be the underlying goal of this hypothetical government.
Well, this is more about what you personally think is ethical in this context. i.e. "what do you think a good government should do?"
The goal is to find a system of government for the entire planet that we can all get behind.
That may mean a single global state. That may (and I kind of expect will) mean many states. That may mean total anarchism. There are no preconceptions here except what you bring to the discussion. So have at it.
... ideally, for me the duty of any form of government would be to ensure the fulfillement of the lowest/most fundamental levels of the pyramid/hierarchy (physiological needs and security in general - social, medical, against crimes, etc...) ; and to promote at the best of its abilities the fulfillement of higher needs.
so is this within the confines of a socio-economic system based on wage labour, buying and selling of commodities with the goal of turning a profit, and restricted access to the products of society?
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No. As far as I understand this exercise, you start by conceiving the specs of your system of governance, in that you define what it should work for / against ; and only then, after you defined what you WANT, on the most basic level, you start thinking about the HOW to achieve it.
Basically, we're starting by defining the specs, we'll later think about how to program that shit to meet the specs.
