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A Free Citizen's Declaration of Personal Sovereignty. |
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Definitions of key words |
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[Note: This note is intended to help us be very clear on our assumptions
as invididual members of a society. Many of the remaining arguments arise
more naturally if this is agreed upon]
Human rights arise from the
following principles:
Our existence is separate
The chain of events leading to my birth, essentially unrelated in any way
to the
political boundaries that I see today, places me in the environs of a
particular
society, to which I am related essentially through my parents. But
ultimately,
I am an independent link of the chain, that will one day break away like a
leaf
falling from the tree, existing today for reasons best defined by me and
understood by me, alone. I alone can actually feel pain when I nick
myself, not
my nation, nor even my family. I alone can think for myself. Not my
nation, nor
even my family.
My compact with society, government, nation
I had powers of existence defined unto me the moment I was born,
and my parents through the society had protected this
power through a contract, restraining those who would diminish this power
in any way, and enabling those who would cherish and
further it so that I was safe while I grew into myself. That contract was
for the creation and support of a government and
consequently of a nation, through transfering my task of self-defence to
other free citizens in lieu of payment. The nation was
created by us, through our joint acquiescence, thus, primarily to protect
ourselves, and its sanctity remains as long as this
fundamental compact is honored.
Loaning additional powers
Further, all of us, jointly, through mutual discussion and debate,
temporarily authorize the government from time to time to do
what we consider as being "good" for us and our families, such as
providing common services and goods which we cannot
profitably provide as individuals to ourselves. But those are not part of
the essential, inter-generational national contract
and such additionalities are subject to review based on new information
and new technology.
Fair Society:
I work toward a society where able bodied persons work in legally and
socially acceptable occupations for their self-interest
and are rewarded for their contributions in proportion to the quality, and
effort expended, the measure of which is the
mutually determined demand for that labor through bidding of services in
open competition. That society is called a "Fair"
society since it is equitable in terms of reward being fully and mutually
determined. Those that are not able, by virtue of
their physical or mental limitations, nevertheless are equally deserving
of the merits of the efforts in comparable proportion
to that which they might reasonably obtain if their limitations were
removed.
Everything that existed in the past existed without my permission. I can
do nothing about it. But any existing arrangement that
desires to exist while I am aware must get my permission to exist from
that moment, either explicitly, or, as is more common,
implicitly. If I do not wish to permit it to exist, I can use the powers
of voice to challenge it, and with mutual consent of
my fellow sojourners, change it. That is my chosen obligation and the only
mutually acceptable method available. Should my
efforts, and those of other like-minded persons, fail to achieve such
change, I remain obligated to maintain the existing
arrangement without losing the right to continue my efforts to get it
changed.
My obligation to others
I have no obligation to tend for other humans in my nation once I have
paid the dues mutually determined. That does not mean
that I become uncivic. I retain the right, as a free citizen, to
contribute in cash or in kind, over and above the taxes I pay,
to help causes which I believe as being good for the society in which I
wish to live.
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DRAFT MANIFESTO |
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Frontispiece | |||
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The Free Citizen; the Fair Society | |||
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Long Term Vision | |||
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Preamble | |||
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Major Concerns | |||
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Manifesto | |||
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Agenda | |||
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Plan of Action | |||
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Code of Conduct | |||
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