Some thoughts on how I think the world should be, and how to possibly achieve it.
General Summary
Society should be split off into small meaningful free-thinking groups (“clades”), and these groups should be supported by a higher resource-based state. The state manages global resources (housing, food, infrastructure) and is made up of representatives from each clade.
Small Towns, High Representation
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Everyone should live in a clade of about 100-1000 people¹. A small village where you can form meaningful relationships with those around you. If it gets toxic, then you can move to another separate clade more suitable to your interests/needs. You can still maintain long-distance relationships with people outside the clade.
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Clade’s come in many different flavours: some are farmer-wholesome, libertarian-militaristic, techno-capitalism, etc, etc. You choose the one that makes the most sense to you. Born into a techno-commie clade and want to move out of your tree-tent and into a bigger house? Move to a meritocratic-capitalism clade and pray that you come out at the top.
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Clade’s can deny anyone entry, but every eligible² person must vote as determined by the State. Some clades might have propaganda/media campaigns to sway voters, but the choice is ultimately up to the person. At the end of the day it’s a maximum of 1000 people that can vote, so even if 40% go unrepresented, it’s only 400 disgruntled people (who can leave to another more compatible one, or petition the State to create a new one).
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Clade’s should ideally not exceed a boundary size limit of 3 square kilometers and should be roughly equilateral in shape (no long 0.1 km x 30 km stretches that cover some favourable terrain). This is so that the disgruntled members of a clade can split off and form their own nearby without having to forsake too much unfavorable terrain.
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Clade’s can freely trade with one another, though often this is just luxury goods since the State provides all other resources. Clade’s can refuse resources (e.g. their beliefs, or better local product) but must prove that their citizens are receiving the bare minimum living standard.
State Provides For All
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The State manages and determines essential resources such as housing and food. Each Clade is assigned food and housing as determined by how many people occupy a Clade. Larger Clade’s get more resources, but the resource per capita remains the same throughout.
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State’s are managed by a completely random member from each state. This should ideally mitigate corruption, and should (by the power of uniform distributions) pick a fairly representative member of that clade.
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Member’s serve the state for a period of 2-10 years, depending on what the term for a current state member is as determined previously by vote by the member from the last state. This should allow enough time for members to develop competency and experience.
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The State cannot intervene on Clade matters, unless a clade enacts harm on another clade. This could mean that children might be susceptible to abuse from their parents, but even children have the overriding freedom to leave their Clade.
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The State gathers resources mostly through automation (farming, mining, factories, etc) though if there is a shortage of physical labor, then laborers are sampled randomly over all clades. Anyone can reject a summon with good reason.
1: Loosely based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar’s_number
2: A basic voting competency must be passed. E.g. “Who is Mr. X and what are their policies?”
Nah, the sex is bad and the 24hr livestream makes it difficult to perform. We really do need better trained professionals up here.