group ("tribe") authority, and The State legitimacy
Zenaan Harkness
zen at freedbms.net
Thu Sep 22 02:36:41 PDT 2016
In the mind of the middle of the bell curve, the state has legitimacy in
the exercise of its authority, to a fair degree.
This perceived legitimacy arises from the group:
- the perceived consent of the group/ majority
- the input/vote by the "governed" or "controlled"
The state loses legitimacy due to
- exercise of power beyond moral foundation
- abuse of power by officers of the authority
- duopoly: two parties both funded by the same oligarchs
The legitimacy of any social order/ system arises from the shared,
implied / tacit and or explicit, consent of the "governed".
Consent can be:
- implicit/ tacit
- the people don't protest / object
- the people vote at elections, and the rest is taken as a "mandate"
for the winning party
- explicit vote on every issue
- like Switzerland
- direct democracy style
Possible foundations / principles / thought hooks:
- delegated power and authority, by people, to an external authority
- duration of delegation of any authority (duration of a parliament
until the next election, vs duration as voted on by the people)
- every activity is lawful except that a supermajority votes against it
- every activity on the commons is unlawful except that a law voted by
a supermajority allows it
- When must a majority be merely a majority (50%+),
- when must it be a supermajority (50%+ across all sub groups,
or e.g. 60% or 75% across all voters)?
Divisions of power and authority:
- individual
- family, small group
- large group, corporation, state
- geographic vs intention/ agreement to group
- home level, street level, suburb, city, state, nation
No authority except by consent of he who shall be imposed upon.
Any change will require a concensus - speak your hierarchy of principles
in a way Joe Sixpack can hear you.
Choose a grand goal, but carefully consider the steps between now,
and the end goal, and how to obtain agreement or mutual consent in
conversation with Joe to a ladder of principles which ultimately
achieves desired end goal.
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