OutlinesOutlines

These are outlines/ideas for chapters

As (if?) each idea fleshes out, it becomes its own chapter.

Haves and havenots

This distinction is to be eliminated. It creates nearly all of the conflict in human dealings.

Minimum income

No matter anyone's circumstance, they will garner a minimum income. We are now (at least in most developed nations) at the stage (with mechanization, robots, etc.) where not everyone could be employed. I'm betting that, on average, individuals always want to contribute in some positive way. If a particular individual's contribution does not have any monetory value to others, that does not indicate their efforts are worthless.

Companies or entities which conduct "business"

  • the term "business" becomes a verb only; i.e. companies conduct business; any endeavor which produces things or provides services is called a "company" (i.e. companions who share a common purpose)
  • the term "corporation" is obsolete; in today's environment, a "corporation" typically is notionally independent of people; here, this construct is not possible
  • a "company" may comprise a heirarchy of accountability to individuals (i.e. no "LLC" or similar protections; people are accountable for those policies they implement)
  • no individual within a defined company may earn more than 50% more than the lowest wage earner within that same company; through the recognition that the company cannot exist without everyone's contribution, any earnings above the 150% marker gets divied up to everyone earning less than that individual
  • some construct is needed to ensure that one company cannot charge unreasonably for its products/services; perhaps divide company expenses into human and non-human costs, and cap the costs for products/services so all those costs are covered, and no more

Differences resolution

Preface: There is a huge tempation to invoke the term "judgement" here. However, employing/including current ideas around judgement effectively defeats the purpose of the ideas presented here.

  • all differences are inter/personal ("business" entities are obsolete and have/can play no role in any dispute(s))
  • all decisions are based "the better good" and are explicitly recognized to be subjective (perhaps as it applies only to the current situation, is time-sensitive, et al); while broad categories ("precedents") exist to speed up this process, anyone with sufficient information for why a particular difference may fall outside of such broad categories would be provided with a venue to exhibit/present such information
  • where "the better good" is not in play, the golden rule sits on top; i.e. if someone shows behaviour to(wards) another which is demonstrably not to "the better good", they shall have a similar/equivalent action produced against them (monetary equivalence is abolished; i.e. no more "fines")
  • where "companies" are concerned, how this may be put into practice may not be clear; perhaps an example: The Flint Michigan water debacle. Every person who played a role in/for not implementing reparations as soon as the problem became known must partake of the same water source in the same quantaties as those more directly affected. I.e. If you "cause" others to consequences, you participate in those same consequences. The movie "Erin Brockovich" provides an illustrative, partial example of how this could work. There is a scene where "We had that water brought in special for you folks [PG&E's defense attorneys]". (Watch the movie. Worth Every. Single. Second.) Only difference would be those same defense attorneys would have been required to drink that water if they in any way impede the problem's immediate resolution.
  • "eye-witness" is no longer viable (cite reports, studies, et al)
  • "lawyers" no longer exist

Financial support

Everyone voluntarily provides an agreed-upon percentage of all of their income to projects/endeavours which benefit everyone (previously known as "social programs and/or infrastructure"). I'd like to see a new term for this (taxation, income tax, etc. currently have far too many negative connotations).