One thing I am quite certain of is that everyone in our sphere, indeed, every American, knows the taste of failure at this point. Some have been eating it for so long that their digestion doesn't work without it. Others have convinced themselves that failure is the goal and are horrified by even the hint of success. It is incredibly gay to luxuriate in the memories of past failures, to relish in “not making it,” to pretend it is good to do a bad job . But you also have to keep the lessons of your failures close enough to remind you of what's at stake, and to guide you past previous pitfalls.
The DR1 have an impressive string of failures, but the only one that matters, the only one we should ever talk about at length, was the total failure to have even a barebones GOV.0 Operating System of Governance in the chamber for a possible Trump victory in 2016. It is true that few expected him to win, but I don't see that as a valid excuse. There are hundreds of companies pouring thousands of hours and millions of dollars into products that they know won't make it. Even filtering out all of the ones that are just systematized corruption2, there is still an abundance of guaranteed Failures To Launch, Failures To Rise, and Failures To Land, all making their way through the startup life cycle. The reason this isn't a complete waste of time or talent is because the lessons and patents that come out of this process feed directly into the rare ones that actually take off, soar, and land successfully. This is why we should have had something ready to be shared in Autumn of 2016, and why it is imperative that we have something ready by 01 November 2024.
The following is my contribution to this effort. I know it is stillborn. I know there is a lot missing. I know that calling it “whimsical” would be excessively charitable. But I also am fairly confident that it is a viable substrate for someone fitter, healthier, and more productive to swoop in, take the parts that can work, and put them into something that will work. I encourage everyone reading this to go through the exercise of putting together a government-on-paper to replace the one that is currently expanding and collapsing before our eyes. If you actually do this, you will realize the enormity of the task in a practical, as opposed to theoretical, way, but you may also come to some valuable conclusions because you will exercise a very useful part of the spirit + brain complex, and you may even gain a bit of humility and openness for when you interact with someone who is actually worthy and able when they bring their plan to the table.
Completing the Coup
Here follows a rough outline of the structure of the new government. It is divided into a FEDERAL System and a STATE system. The Federal System is the interface between Amerika and the world. The State System is how Society is governed within the country. The Federal System is a “High King”3 type system, meaning it sets the exception at a “global” level but has very bright lines in terms of applicable domain; it is over and not a part of. The Federal System has a few responsibilities, lots of power to fulfill them, and high walls between it and the State System. The State System has more responsibilities than the Federal System, but relative to the current regime it is minuscule.
FEDERAL SYSTEM
1 President: 2 term limit, term is 10 years
13 member cabinet: at will of President
Each cabinet member has 100 appointment slots
Each appointment is a proxy of their appointer
100 Senators: 2 term limit, term is 5 years
Each senator has 100 appointment slots
Each appointment is a proxy of their appointer
The federal system is on the inside pointing outward. Their reason for existing is to be the lens through which the outside world sees and interacts with the Citizenry.
STATE SYSTEM
50 Governors: term limit by state, term is 10 years
Each governor has 200 appointment slots
Each appointment is a proxy of their appointer
The state system is on the outside pointing in. The sole purpose of the state system is to multiply peace and prosperity such that large families putting down deep roots is the rule, not the exception.
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The JUDICIAL System is the last stop before the execution of systematized justice, or the application of formal retribution. There should be a score of off ramps before any incident gets anywhere near the Judicial System, including but not limited to dueling and mob violence. It is a framework nested within the State System, not separate from it or above it.
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
10 appointments by each governor must be Adjudicators.
Adjudicators will be bound to a particular, definable, and static region, responsible for all adjudication within that region. They may have staff of any size, but every position is voluntary, regardless of scope of commitment, duration, or challenges.
The Law of the Land will have 3 components: Law of Leaders, Law of Elites, Law of Commons. Each component is a collection of guidelines paired with iron laws of conduct regarding the core responsibilities of each class of Citizen. The Law will be general and brief. The Law shall be pointed only at matters of physical crime, explicit acts, and a constrained body of statements per the custom of the Governor's remit (State). Matters of business, agreements, beliefs, and being are not matters of justice until the conduct of the participants rise to such a level. It is not for the State to administer contracts, draw lines of parcels, set prices, decide the content of media or food, or judge speech outside of the Select Statements of the State (oaths, threats, and demands & requests of sedition, rebellion, unorganized or unsanctioned or irrational violence, and threats to the persons, properties, and wards of the members of State, their proxies, and their particular wards and guardians).
There are 3 classes of punishment available to Adjudicators to apply: Whipping or Fining, Exile, and Death.
Whipping shall be performed in public, and shall be the extent of the punishment. Once stripes are delivered, the violator has paid in full. The nature of the crime dictates the placement of the stripes, and the amount of the stripes are reflected by the severity of the violation. Fining shall be done as a percentage of the Whole Value of the damage caused by the offender, and levied by a tenth, or a half, or a whole. No exceptions. If value can’t be assessed, neither can a fine. One is whipped or fined, not both.
Exile shall be applied upon the ruling of the Adjudicator immediately, in person, and on foot by walking from the border until no longer within sight of the Adjudicator or their proxy. Violation of the terms of expulsion will be punishable by death in all cases, no exceptions, and delivered and documented in the sight of the public immediately. Expulsion can be for one month, one year, one decade, or one lifetime (70 years), with no partial amounts, and commutation only by a Governor, the President, and 99 Senators altogether.
Death shall be delivered immediately upon sentencing by the Adjudicator and not a proxy. Death may come in the form of a State mandate, a Federal mandate, or an offender's request dependent upon the violation, the State’s law, or the will of the violated. The Death Exception shall be the donation of one's corporeal form to scientific experiment, space exploration, medical research or necessity, or warfare. When death is demanded, a life must be rendered, and the only exception shall be when certain death is avoided, explicable or otherwise, twice in circumstances where death is deemed unavoidable. After the second miracle, the offense shall be deemed paid in full, and the offender shall be stripped of name, rank, and all forms of identity, expelled from the land for 2 years and 1 day, after which their life is their own to do with what they will.
Each of the 3 Punishments shall be scaled in proportion to the violation by the judgement of the Adjudicator such that the offender may be punished, the offender and their dependents and/or guardians may be punished, the offender and their dependents and/or guardians and/or neighbors may be punished. A scaled punishment shall be rendered as a whole, whether it is whipping-or-fine, expulsion, or death, with no combinations of the separate punishments.
Proof of a violation shall be brought to an Adjudicator by any citizen. He shall judge the merits, then demand an audience of the accuser, the accused, and at least one member of the public unattached to the involved persons and events willing and able to observe from within the confines of his remit. The specific law and/or guidelines shall be read aloud, the accuser shall demonstrate the proof of the violation, and the accused shall argue against the demonstration. The Adjudicator shall consider both accounts, make his ruling, then ask either accuser or accused of they demand reconsideration or redirection. If any of the directly involved parties demands such, the process will be repeated in full. This can be done for as long as the Adjudicator permits, no less than twice. After two full explications, it is the sole discretion of the Adjudicator to continue the process or not. Once the Process is declared Complete, the ruling shall be carried out immediately in the sight of God, Nature, and man. It shall not be delayed, relocated, or cancelled for any reason whatsoever, as true justice is swift, permanent, and not delayed.
There shall be no use of proxies in the administration of Justice, neither by the Adjudicator, the Accuser, nor the Accused.
TAX SYSTEM
Only citizens pay taxes, and only citizens reap benefits & privileges conferred by the State System. Taxes are collected every 2 years at a maximum of 10% of the net worth of the person. The Governor can set the tax rate to any level under the 10% cap. The State Tax is the only tax paid by citizens. The Federal Tax is paid by Presidents, Senators, Governors, and their Proxies. Federal Tax is paid yearly and is set by consensus between the payers. The tax is calculated in two ways concurrently: the net worth of the Leader, and the net worth of the Leaders Remit. The former is a static tax agreed upon by the Consensus. The latter is paid at the discretion of the payer, and can be deferred for any or no reason, with the caveat that the president can call in the debt and demand that the tab be settled should the circumstances arise. If the President calls in the tab, and the Senator or Governor or Cabineter or the proxies thereof decline, the President may call a one off, on-that-day plebiscite of the citizens of the remit in question. The Question to be decided: shall the Leader be compelled, or will the Citizenry cover the debt? The voting shall commence upon the asking, and continue until 72 hours has passed or all of the able citizens have cast a vote.
The currency shall be hard, and backed by precious metals, and each Governor and the President shall be allowed to adopt a specie in their remit. Adoption of a currency requires the equivalent base, in precious metals, to be collected, stored, and viewable by the Citizenry that shall be required to use the currency.
CITIZENSHIP
Citizen status is conferred by ethnos, geography, and oath altogether. A citizen must own property within 1 of the 50 states to be a Federal Citizen. A Citizen must claim a State, and the state citizenship qualifications shall be determined by the Governor for the duration of their rule with the 3 Core Elements (ethnos/geography/oath) being the minimum requirement.
…and that’s where I leave it for now. It’s a work in progress. Would you live there?
Decidedly Reactionary
~90% of feature film, most public policy, and over half of all bureaucrat positions at the local through federal levels
Ard Rí
i always appreciate your willingness to stand for something, and your consistency + evolution over the years. thank you.