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[Serious] The revolution was successful! The old government is gone. You get to help write the new Constitution. What do you put into it? (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

I actually started writing up a a new constitution a while ago as a sort of thought experiment. It's not finished yet but some of the highlights thus far include:

  • A unicameral congress, with uncapped membership
  • A right to privacy, free education, internet, and government transparency
  • Freedom from religion clauses
  • Constitutionally limited intellectual property: Copyright is 15 years for corporations, life for individuals.
  • Uncapped supreme court, 2 appointments per presidential term
  • Score voting for the president
  • Proportional representation for congress
  • No term limits
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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    @fcSolar These are good additions to the existing constitution.

    One thing I would like to add in terms of IP and Patent law is that you are free to reproduce Patented and otherwise protected physical items to any end, provided you make no profit in doing so.

    This, coupled with 3D printing and future manufacturing tech, creates the foundation for a library/sharing/anarchic economy
    @pinkdrunkenelephants

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    free to reproduce Patented and otherwise protected physical items to any end, provided you make no profit in doing so.

    How would you prevent a company with gains from other means coming in and destroying a competitor only to start charging for their version after the other company goes under?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Corporations should honestly be banned outright. There's no actual reason to have them. Have workers' guilds do collective labor if it's that damn important, and ban the guilds from doing any of the evil shit corporations do.

    That's just my opinion. I have a whole-ass treatise about what I'd put in a constitution and I might share it in the thread if people want to hear it.

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