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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

How to do voting even is a big question. The really representative systems tend to end up with razor thin coalitions full of smallish parties that play brinkmanship. There's got to be a way to discourage that, but I don't know what it is yet.

More controversially, it should probably address economic inequality in some way.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Let the robots be in charge. They can't do any worse.

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Land value tax, election by sortition for the legislative branch, bodily autonomy

[-] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Does everyone have to like it or do I just get to pick one and everyone has to live with it? If the latter, I might give technocracy a try…

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Any form of political corruption should be severly punished.

Any political office should have a limit of two terms.

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago
  • sovereignty, and the necessary respect for mutual sovereignty, are the cornerstone of law
  • government may have absolute authority over is own services, but may not determine what services a citizen subscribes to
  • a decent portion of taxes must be self-directed
  • taxes apply equally to all valid legal entities
  • all legal entities receive UBI from those taxes
  • the only act of compulsion permissible by the government is to reduce compulsion, and may only be applied to the compelling party.
  • contribution of time, energy, effort, and attention may not be compelled
  • isolation may not be denied
  • strict separation of church and state
  • strict separation of government and bon-government financial interests
  • government pay is proportional to average income
[-] Anti_Weeb_Penguin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Remember, no English downloadfile

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Actual human rights

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