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by smogzer 4877 days ago
Better than democracy, where a majority can impose rules on a few, it would be better we had a strict laws that could be learned by 5 year old in under 5 minutes, like, "thou shall not impose your will or arm another".

And then have groups of people that just get together to grow and/or share on some ideals.

github > democracy > republic.
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CodeMage 4877 days ago
Impossible by definition. Any adult can find scores of loopholes in anything that is codified in a way so simple that a 5 year old can learn it in under 5 minutes. If your law is riddled with loopholes, then it can't be "strict" for any definition of the word.
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Tloewald 4877 days ago
Putting "thou" in the law isn't a good start. Aside from being faux biblical it implies the rule is written in older language which might no longer mean what it seems to mean today.

The big difference between Code Napoleon and Common Law legal systems is the system of precedent. In Sweden you can read and understand the rules, in the US what's important is how the laws have been interpreted by the courts in past "similar" cases.

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Radim 4877 days ago
Sounds cute, but imposing one's will is a necessary (defining?) component of living organisms. Rocks and minerals don't impose will.

Also, github is a commercial company. Can you elaborate on what you mean by ">"? The relation between a group of people sharing ideals and a republic vs. democracy is not clear to me.

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arethuza 4877 days ago
"thou shall not impose your will or arm another"

Looks like you failed there - I presume you meant harm there, but you wrote arm.

Having a law that prevents arming others seems a bit odd...

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smogzer 4877 days ago
What i mean is that democracy can be "hacked", e.g.:

1)First empoverish people, them give them presents (like a government job) and then just keep them at those (sheep) jobs voting for whatever your will, or else they lose their jobs. This is to what i see as the current trend.

Solutions: 1) 6 hours max work hours, instead of 8. More creativity, no unemployment and more happiness, health and society involment (e.g. making friends and "art").

2) Simple law, like the one i proposed before, and easy to learn. Test it with a 6 year old. When people start an ecosystem around crime it will only generate more crime, since the ecosystem wants to thrive.

3) a github like collaborative space for science, cities, etc. Goal, e.g. : to establish a moon colony, or to eliminate diseases or pain, or get to immortality. Btw dear rich people you will die someday and your statistical chances are to reincarnate in some baby in a poor country.

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