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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 some day 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 can and must commit themselves to. Within these laws, we believe in the freedom of everybody to achieve a happy and prosperous life. Also, these laws never change, they cannot be changed. A Stable State's constitution, hence, is very simple "The state of XY is the people in its confines. It persues truth, respect and peace among the people, the nature and visitors. XY is true, respectful and peaceful towards its neigbour states and all states of this world. It assures to never attack or occupy land outside its confines and is open to peacefully and democratically merge with other Stable States."

All the organisational and processual details to achieve these ideals are defined with so called rules.

News and Discussions

2021-08-19: Corona

Introduction: The Corona (COVID-19 and variants thereafter) pandemic has shaken the world from February/March 2020 until now, August 2021. And it's not over yet. Because the stable state is based on Truth, foremost in the meaning of science, there is the requirement that science gives the answers to fight against a pandemic disease such as Corona. Also, with the principle of Respect, there is a requirement for all people to keep appropriate distance from each other. And the principle of Peace, requires nobody to infect others with violating the science-based rules.

Also, the stable state pushes a maximum of responsibility to the individuals. But would never force businesses to close. Instead, there would be:

The medicine industry immediately asked (with financial subsidies) to:

develop tests
develop treatments
develop prevention measures (like vaccination)
organise additional (helper) capacity for the (over)loaded hospitals

Have clear well-defined measurements:

death rates (per age group - distinguishing Corona-only and With-Corona)
hospital (over)load rates
infection rates - but non-biased measured per region, e.g. using waste-water sampling or random persons sampling using free tests

and the state would organise/finance the development and execution of these measurements using its community based organisation with the science responsibles and helpers.

And finally, the science-based prevention rules would be clearly and simply stated per region (and house) - without complicated exemptions:

wash hands
keep distance
wear a mask in public indoor places
get vaccinated (once a well-tested effective vaccine is available at sufficient capacity) - per risk group and only if health-wise possible
do not meet persons from other households without being vaccinated/tested-antibodies - the state/community would issue the (electronic) proof for this and provide the proof-checking infrastucture.

With very clear and severe violation punishments. Especially, there can be a rule in place that hospital costs must be paid by the patients (fully or partly) instead of being paid by the state. This is the ultimate "push" to adhere to the prevention rules - especially to keep the distance. As soon as hospital load rates are low, such a rule can be released.

Questions and answers:

Q: Why is travelling not restricted?

A: It is sufficient to state the 'keep distance' and 'do not meet persons ..' rules. If you adhere to them, why not travelling? Maybe an airplane can only be filled 30% or less. Maybe at the airport or train stations you must wait in long 'distancing' queues. But we would never forbid.

Q: Do you mean getting vaccinated can be made mandatory by the community? (with health-driven exemptions)

A: Yes. Of course, in the stable state all community rules are democratically decided.

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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.

Rules encompass (a) the meta-rules, (b) definitions (contained in our glossary), (c) parameters and (d) regulations grouped in the 7 domains of:

In contrast to the 3 ideals and laws, the rules are subject to change and optimization towards achieving the ideals. Rules are defined, modified and removed by democratic processes that must involve all citizens. There are no elections in which the legislative power can be delegated. Also, each rule must fulfill the meta-rules.

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 has its home 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 before, in-between and around (1) and (2).

A state is the set of persons living geographically together and the mandatory interactions (events and actions) to get organised towards the ideals and laws of truth, respect and peace.

Freedom and self-responsibility: We believe that state interactions should be minimised 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. The minimal standard of living is defined by the available natural ressources and human-made and maintained systems.

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.

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