>> I got a better idea! We'll call it Nellis Island, only our Statue
>> of Liberty will be male, holding up a finger instead of a torch.
>
>Now that I could go for! :-)
>
>The world's first rational anarchy.
>
>Rules:
>
>1: Congress shall make no rule solely for the sake of having rules.

First objection - no congress
>
>2: Congress shall make no rule attempting to legislate the behaviour
>of human beings.
>
Second objection - every rule legislates the behaviour of human beings,
whether it's a rule that you must drive on the road and not over your
neighbour's property (or over your neighbour) or a rule that it's your life,
it's your responsibility

>3: Congress shall recognize that a crime constitutes a physical act
>perpetrated on a fellow human being against that second person's
>will.
>
This would be made invalid by rule no 2

>4: It's your life, it's your fault.
>
Too much thinking inside the box. If we're making our own island, then we're
making our own government.

Nellis Island will be small, so we will have basic, original democracy,
where all adults sit around and decide what we want to do and who does it.
If anyone doesn't fit in we decide whether to let them stay or make them
leave.

This system works until you have 100 adults. After that point the basic
democracy becomes unwieldy, and then we'd need to devise something else.

If we take over the world, then we'll need to come up with something that
works better than any of the current systems. This means something that
hasn't been tried before.

I propose that in our Bardroom World Order we have bases of 100. Each 100
forms a political group, called the Hundred. You prefer to belong to the 100
of your neighbourhood, but if it's full you have to join the nearest 100 you
can find.

Each 100 elects a Speaker. The Speaker deals with all local concerns, such
as our Municipalities do now. The Speakers get nothing from the public purse
except re-imbursement for trips to the Capitol and time off work. If the 100
are unsatisfied with their Speaker, they vote him or her out at any meeting.
The "non-confidence vote" The Speaker then has to remain focused on the
local issues, or else he or she is suddenly no longer Speaker.

Each 100 Speakers elects a Representative. The Representives are still
Speakers for their own 100 as well as being Representative. That means the
Representatives represent 10,000 people as well as Speaking for their own
100. Despite having to represent the concerns of a hundred 100s, they also
have to keep their own 100 satisfied or else they're suddenly not Speakers
any more, which means they're suddenly not Representatives any more, either.
They also get no renumeration from the public purse except for reimbursement
of transportation and time off work. The Representatives would be equivalent
to State Governors or Provincial Premiers.

Each 100 Representatives elects a Minister. This means each Minister is
ministering to 1,000,000 people. The number of Ministers depends on the size
of the population. The Ministers hold portfolios such as public health,
national defence, things that affect the nation as a whole. Because of this
they require sabbaticals from their jobs to be able to do their ministerial
work, because they are also still Speakers of their 100 and Representatives.
Which means if they neglect their home 100 they are no longer Speakers, or
anything else. Because they are actually off work for significant chunks of
the year they get more from the public purse - the replacement of their
wages, and housing in the capital, and transportation. When the government
is not sitting they are expected to be in their own homes, at their own
jobs, dealing with their own neighbourhoods.

The Ministers nominate 5 Public Servants. The entire population votes for
Public Servant. The one with the most votes becomes Public Servant, the
runner up Secondary Public Servant, the third becomes Tertiary Public
Servant. These three are the only ones who live full time in the capital, on
the public purse. They are the ones who appoint the Ministers to portfolios.
If the Public Servant is in office for 5 years there is an election called.
If the Public Servant cannot complete his or her term, the Secondary Public
Servant becomes Public Servant and calls an election. When the Public
Servant is out of office, he or she returns to his or her home. Each time a
Public Servant retires there is a vote held to decide how much of a
gratitude for service renumeration that person deserves. Every penny over
simple replacement of wages has to be accounted for and may not be hidden
from the public.

This means no party politics, no career politicians that lose all touch with
reality, no fat cats, no congress, no senate. People serve their country,
putting in their time in order to get things done that they want done. Less
chance of passing laws in order to look busy and justify taking copious
amounts from the public purse - the pressure will be to spend as little time
as possible sitting in government and as much time at home as possible
taking care of business.

Much harder for special interest groups to gain control of the entire system

Laurie

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