Are you following this so far? Hang on this is about to get really deep. What if this newly formed Alliance of Free Nations invited each other country on earth to adopt this same constitution of humanity, and participate in The Universal Alliance of Free Nations? Suppose the newly Formed Universal Alliance of Free Nations, informed all of the other world’s governments, “If you refuse to adopt The Universal Constituti…
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#52You might look at Peter Thiel's presentations on radical philanthropy or venture philanthropy for a similar view on how philanthropy at the institutional level might be changed. He's been arguing for years that the balance of risk and how money is put to use in the philanthropic world is well out of line with the goal of achieving meaningful results, changing the world rather than just propping up present situations,…
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#55In The Free Human Society, each person’s level of success will depend on the amount of effort, and personal drive they put forth in life. If a person sets goals to accomplish great feats in life, they will find the doors to success unlocked, and easily opened. If a person chooses not to be a leader, that is fine. The world needs human workers. If everyone tries to lead, nothing will ever get done. Common Human worker…
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well put. I'm happy to face the frailties of old age if I can just spend the hear-and-now trying to do something that matters for people less fortunate than me. If we ever got to a point where some people had greatly extended their lives and/or eliminated death for themselves whilst others still faced premature death from a basic lack of the necessities of life, well then, we'd be an even more narcissistic race than…
Isn't this argument along the same lines of why explore space while people are starving on earth? There are 7 billion people on the planet. We all shouldn't simply sit by idling until all the basic problems are fixed. Solving the "basic necessities" problem might be more economic related or come down to creating technology to create cheap, clean energy, for example.
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#57To entice thought, and heighten your curiosity, we will now briefly describe the Free Human Societies plan for the economy, and our governments. In the free human society, government’s primary roll will be to make a plan for the future of humanity, and then fund it. Elected officials will create budgets which provide equally and fairly for the entire world’s population. Government will not be limited to what they can spend, because there will be enough currency available to fund any project.
It is time to introduce another new term. The Free Human Government (FHG) is the Government of The Free Human Society. It will be formed to replace all existing governments. Exactly how we will do this peacefully is detailed in this publication. The Elected Officials of The Free Human Government (FHG) would swear to protect and defend the Universal Constitution of Humanity, which guarantees equal Freedom for all, and peace forever. This means that every elected official in The Free Human Government (FHG) will be responsible for equally serving the best interest of every living human beings. Elected Officials in the Free Human Government will be the highest paid people, and will be held in the highest of regard of all people in the Free Human Society. These independent patriots of an Equalistic Society must put aside their personal ideals in order to protect humanity forever.
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#58Ok, here goes. You are going to be asked to close your eyes and think again, but this time it will be pleasant. Try to imagine a government that is freely elected by the population, and is totally funded by itself. This government is totally efficient, because all that it does is what governments do best; spend money. To entice thought, and heighten your curiosity, we will now briefly describe the Free Human Societie…