It matters, just a twee, what these people already know. Where do they come from? What culture(s) are they from? What is their history? What are their expectations? What skills do they have?
Political control implies a bureaucratic apparatus and elements of some kind of police. I’m assuming these are people I have been working and training with for decades in preparation for this event.
In fact, now that I think about it, the people who “popped into existence” have also been training for this adventure for a long time. They have gone through a selection process and have been chosen based on a demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of consensus-building techniques. In addition, there is a cadre who also have demonstrated fast-acting decision-making in response to rapidly-changing events.
The rule is that no organization may grow larger than around one thousand people. If it does, it must split up within a year or be dissolved permanently. No one may own a weapon that can exert deadly force at a distance of over fifteen feet. All such weapons must be kept under communal lock and key and can only be opened with a dual key system.
Any piece of technology that is capable of being used to kill people may not be privately owned.
There will be private ownership, but it will be more restrictive than in the US. More like Sweden.
There will be no state religion, however there will be publicly sponsored spiritual practices. No dogma. Just practice.
It will be against the law to tell someone else they “should” do anything at all unless a committee of twenty all agrees and there are no more than five people dissenting anywhere within the community of one thousand.
Most of these determinations can happen instantly using internet technologies. All issues can be voted on, but not all issues will be brought to a vote by the entire community. Each community will determine its own process of how things get determined by the entire community. If the entire community votes on something, the vote must be passed by a two-thirds majority, and in some circumstances, an even larger majority.
People may apply to leave a community, but must have acceptance in another community already arranged. Only people who have had ten votes go against them in the course of a year are eligible to leave the community for political reasons. People may leave at any time for logistical reasons such as employment, change of scenery, vacation, family needs, etc. There will be no questioning of a person’s stated reasons for moving. I.e., you can use other reasons to move if you don’t want to go through the political process. However, there are certain advantages to moving for political reasons if you want to go through the process. These have to do with political capital and ability to get things done in your new community.
As soon as the system is running, I will be removed from office and will live anonymously in a community of my choice. There will be no more supreme leaders.
Communities may form alliances and close economic ties, but may not offer each other tax advantages. They may also not share accounting information other than that necessary to keep the books correctly. If they share proprietary information, they will forfeit profits to the league of communities. They may also be dissolved and all members will have to find new communities. In such a case, each family must go to a separate community and may only keep assets equal to the amount necessary to live for seven years at the median inter-community standard of living. Anything in excess of that will become the property of the League of Communities. Any family that does not have at least two years of median level assets will receive funds to bring them up to that level from a redistribution from the rest of the dissolved community unless sufficient assets do not exist. There’s more to this, but I won’t bore you with it.
I’m going to stop here. Community building could take a huge chunk of time out of one’s day. Or week. Or year.
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