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Welcome to Stable State!
The Stable State is an evolving ruleset for people aiming at living together peacefully, respectfully and true. It is a very pure form of democracy. It is our hope that someday real communities and states will be organised according to this ruleset and, thus, become real Stable States. The entire world could be organised as 1 Stable State, so it is even a project to politically achieve what commercially, communication- and travel-wise is already a reality - we are one world.
The stable state is based on 3 ideals and laws:
which we think all people of all religions (or non-religions) and races must commit themselves to. Within these laws, we believe in the freedom of everybody to achieve a happy and prosperous life.
News and Discussions
2020-08-29: Trump
Introduction: We know him. The way he speaks and acts should be reason enough to question why single human being should politically have such enormous power. With our modern communication means, this is simply no longer needed. Every citizen shall have equal political regulation power - a pure direct democracy shall be established. Educated grown-up human beings do not need a leader or guru to follow. The elected state officials must be pure executives of the collectively agreed rules. They must 100% comply to those and the 3 laws and ideals; there is no such thing as immunity.
Questions and answers:
Q: But not all grown-ups in all countries are (well) educated. What about these?
Our answers/comments: Unfortunately, this is true. A community or geographic region where some 20 or so percent of all grown-ups are not educated according to the Stable State's standards (btw: reading and writing is a requirement but not sufficient) cannot properly function according to the Stable State rules. Education, practical competences and justified self-confidence are a must for citizens as we require them.
Q: Are you sure that all single details of decrees and regulations must be voted on by all?
Our answers/comments: Yes, if all people are impacted. There can be industry- or science-specific topics, e.g. in medicine, construction, transportation, ... where it is foreseen that the decisions are made by the community of the certified professionals. Note by ALL professionals democratically, not by some committee. Again, the modern communication means are such that it is NOT necessary to 'elect' or 'nominate' a small number of people. It is exactly this process of delegation of power and control that introduces security and corruption leaks into any system.
Q: But companies are more successful when a boss organises all, is responsible and the employees obey - why should this be different for a state/community?
Our answers/comments: Because you can choose to be employee of a company and 'quit the game'. But not with the state or community which by definition is a monopolistic organisation governing monopolistic processes and, hence, must be under the control of all. The laws and rules are the "boss" and the state representatives are the employees. Companies can work in whatever mode they want - provided their services/products comply to the promises. And among companies there is competition, this is also not true for the state. A state's objectives are not to be innovative, successful, ... but simply to assure, not the least by applying the armed forces monopoly-- that the ideals of truth, respect and peace shall be maximised for all in its confines.
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Rules
With all people fully understanding the 3 laws and adhering to them in their thoughts and deeds, no further rules would be necessary to achieve stable and prosperous communities (as prosperous as natures forces allow). But the reality shows that, first, not all people equally understand and, second, adhere to these laws. Hence, some rules are in need according to which states, i.e. people living together, are organised.
In contrast to the 3 ideals and laws, the rules are subject to change and optimization towards achieving the ideals. The stable state organises its rules in 7 domains and the meta-rules. Each rule must fulfill the latter. An integral part of the rules are definitions, contained in our glossary and parameters, contained in our parameters list. Rules, definitions and parameters are defined, modified and removed by democratic processes. All citizens form the legislative power and participate in the process and there are no elections in which the legislative power can be delegated.
The 7 domains are:
- Constitution
- Persons Administration
- Science, Culture and Sports
- Inner Security
- Justice
- Exterior Security
- Finances
State Design Principles
The state is defined as people geographically living together. While each person has the right to travel and move, still, at a given point in time, each lives at a defined geographical location (somewhere). This means that we are geographcally forced to live and deal with other people; the closest, i.e. in the same home, hopefully carefully self-chosen and most others are more or less not self-chosen. Within these people, we distinguish between (1) the permanent residents that are grown-up, i.e. the citizens, (2) the visitors and (3) many more persons-categories in-between and around (1) and (2).
A state is the set of persons living geographically together and their mandatory interventions (events and actions) to get organised towards the ideals and laws.
Freedom and self-responsibility: We believe that state interventions should be minimal and the freedom and self-responsibility of each person should be maximised.
Assured equal rights and minimal standard of living: At the same time equal rights and a community-defined minimal standard of living for all persons must be assured.
Visitors are not citizens: Visitors (short-time immigrants) are very welcome with fair but reduced rights compared to the ones of the citizens.
Permanent immigrants have the right to become citizens: If visitors become permanent immigrants, they shall be given the opportunity and under some conditions be forced to become full citizens; the definition of 'permanent' again in the realm of the community.
The Agile State
Stable State basic decisions (elections and votes) are agile i.e. not delayable and taken at a given pace, the so-called state-cycles. Also, they are taken involving each community member equally. Hence, the Stable State is also known as Agile State and Agile Democracy. Also, the state's "event handling", i.e. the state's officials and/or automated devices acting according to the laws and rules is always timed. There must be NO options to "play games" with delaying actions or decisions.