Introduction To A Democratic Approach

Welcome to what we can call a united confederation of districts.  In short, it is taken herein that society suffers from a public awareness gap which needs to be permanently filled.  It is estimated that a tiny percentage of people will always exhibit high levels of political awareness, and that this tiny percentage will suffice in providing permanent infrastructure for overcoming this gap.  I estimate that awareness and participation levels will be orders of magnitude greater under the present political circumstances.

This proposition is to form an independent, voluntary organization, which holds the human individual above all else by way of its democratic formation.  As a promise to every human being, this organization will be owned by no one.  In short, it will form local, autonomous, equal-population districts across the country, and each will send forth one delegate to a common legislature.  That body will hold itself to write and vote upon propositions of the following defined types, as "claims", "campaigns", and "redresses":

    1) Stated “Claims” of discrepancies between the actions of our government, and what we, the people, call moral, ethical, and just, including the evidence which supports the Claim;

    2) stated “Campaigns”, or statements of areas and objectives for organized operations, for Redress deemed necessary to end specified Claims;

    3) stated “Redress” serving specified Campaigns, to be carried out by member-volunteers, as led by elected Campaign leadership.

To remove partisan and preferential proposals, at least 2/3 support is required to pass a claim proposal.  We need only to act together on common cause, on matters of which we universally agree.  I’ve seen evidence to support such claims, and I have faith that we will be able to agree upon what evidence of injustice that I have seen.

It is estimated that alternative news readers number into the tens of millions and will make excellent stock for recruiting.  Anyone with historical evidence, such as from email or social media, of speaking out on injustices may receive an immediate promotion to trusted member.  It is estimated that people who do not like conspiracies or conspiracy theorists will not wish to be associated with this.  It is relied upon that the number of good people will greatly outnumber any lackeys being paid to oppose this effort.

I spent six months pondering concerns related to the creation of this democratic structure.  My bucket list includes locally knocking on every door in this country, introducing ourselves to our neighbors, and handing out brochures.  As follows are links to the related discourse.

How To Fix The Government is the long introduction, with a section on related political philosophy, with context examples, and a method section, which is all about the rules, i.e. architecture.  Architectural Values adds to the philosophy behind this design. There is a little more architectural discourse in City, County, and State.

The three types of legislation listed above are reviewed in the original paper and expounded upon much to follow. Related discourse can be found in The Definition in Greater Detail, The Nature of Simultaneous Campaigns, and Claims and Redresses.  

I do believe tens of millions of Americans are presently sitting on their hands, in need of democratic leadership, waiting to restore themselves and their society in community and politics.  I believe this will only be possible by way of democratic leaders.  If you do not see yourself as a leader, you can help by introducing this approach to someone you know and may want to have in a leadership position, or who will also continue to share.

Sincerely,

Mark G. Meyers