DEMOSCIOCRACY/ DEMOSCIOCRATIE

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Demosciocracy

This is an important development: automation must not make human beings uniform; it must give them back time and therefore greater freedom in how they lead their lives.

Principle — Freeing human time

Robotisation and the use of androids aim to gradually free human beings from arduous, repetitive work or work necessary solely to satisfy material needs.

The time thus freed belongs to human beings.

Everyone must be able to choose to deepen their knowledge, study throughout their life, research, invent, create and help improve society, the environment and the technologies that serve humanity.

Those who wish to devote more of their lives to knowledge and research must have the means to do so.

Those who simply aspire to a more peaceful family, cultural, artistic, sporting or contemplative life must enjoy the same dignity and the same rights.

Knowledge does not create a superior class. It creates a responsibility towards others.

Androids and artificial intelligences remain tools at the service of humanity. Their increased productivity must benefit the entire population rather than lead to the concentration of wealth and power in a few hands.

Progress is then measured not by the quantity of goods consumed, but by improvements in knowledge, freedom, peace of mind and the living conditions of all human beings, within the limits of the resources the planet can sustainably provide.

Learning would no longer be reserved for those who had the opportunity to study when young. With machines taking on a large share of material work, a person could learn at 20, 50 or 80 and continue to contribute their experience and knowledge to the community.

This gradually provides a genuine philosophy of civilisation to be placed after the fundamental constitutional principles.

Demosciocracy is a form of social organisation based on the power of the people, knowledge, experience, competence, responsibility and the pursuit of the common good.

It organises society from its base: the citizen, human activities, the district and the territory.

Power is neither a profession nor property. Representing the population is a temporary mission. Management is entrusted to people recruited for their skills, experience and results.

Every responsibility entails oversight. Every person in charge must account for their actions and may be replaced or removed.

Demosciocracy rests on three fundamental principles:

FREEDOM — EQUALITY — TRUTH

ARTICLE 1 — THE PEOPLE AND SOVEREIGNTY

1.1 — Principle of sovereignty

Sovereignty belongs to the people.

No person, family, organisation, professional body, company, economic power or financial power may appropriate it or exercise it permanently in their place.

Demosciocracy organises power from the base (the territory) upwards.

Citizens participate in collective life through their district, the first unit of representation of the population and professional bodies.

Representation is not a profession. It is a temporary mission carried out in the service of the community.

The management of institutions is entrusted to people recruited for their skills, experience and results, under the permanent oversight of representatives of the people and professional bodies.

No power is acquired once and for all. Every person in charge must account for their actions and may be replaced or removed according to the rules of Demosciocracy.

1.2 — General organisation of power

The country is organised into:

• 7,040 districts;
• 352 territories;
• 20 districts per territory.

The district is the basic unit of representation.

The territory is the fundamental unit of management and the main foundation of Demosciocracy.

Power is built according to the following principle:

Citizens and professional bodies → Districts → Territorial Councils → People’s Chamber and Chamber of Professional Bodies → National Leadership.

Information, needs and proposals rise from citizens and professional bodies to the Territorial Councils and then to the two Chambers.

National policy directions follow a separate route through which they are transmitted and coordinated towards the territories.

The national authority must manage and define the broad outlines of general policy for the country and foreign relations, but must not take on what territories are capable of organising and managing themselves.

Power comes from the base; management is entrusted to competence; oversight remains in the hands of the people and their representatives.

ARTICLE 2 — THE DISTRICT AND REPRESENTATION

2.1 — The district

Each territory comprises 20 districts.

Each district selects by lot:

• one representative of the people;
• one representative of professional bodies and activities.

They represent their district on the Territorial Council, which will be the foundation of Demosciocracy.

2.2 — Duration of representation

Representation is exercised for one year.

A person who has held this role cannot be selected for the same role again until twenty years have passed.

This rotation enables the population to participate directly in collective life and prevents representation from becoming a profession.

2.3 — Participation in the Council

Representatives take part in the work of the Territorial Council, including a weekly meeting.

They receive an allowance corresponding to the time devoted and the expenses necessary to carry out their mission.

ARTICLE 3 — THE TERRITORIAL COUNCIL

3.1 — Composition

Each Territorial Council comprises 40 members:

• 20 representatives of the people — 50%;
• 20 representatives of professional bodies — 50%.

Equality between these two forms of representation is a fundamental principle of Demosciocracy.

3.2 — Mission

The Council gathers needs, proposals and information from the 20 districts.

It determines the territory’s policy directions, priorities and needs.

It oversees their implementation.

The Territorial Council is the eye and hand of Demosciocracy in the territory.

3.3 — Professional management of the territory

The Council recruits a General Director of the Territory.

The General Director is not a representative. They are a professional recruited for their skills, experience and management ability.

They direct the territory’s services, recruit their staff and implement the policy directions decided by the Council.

They recruit the professional managers required for the territory to operate.

They remain in office as long as their actions and results satisfy the Council and the population, and they respect the fundamental principles of Demosciocracy.

They may be replaced or removed at any time in the event of dissatisfaction, mismanagement, serious misconduct or failure to respect these principles.

The Council represents, sets direction and oversees.

The General Director leads, manages and implements.

ARTICLE 4 — AUTONOMY, BUDGET AND BALANCE BETWEEN TERRITORIES

4.1 — Autonomy

The territory has broad autonomy in organising and managing the responsibilities entrusted to it.

It retains control over the use of its resources, in accordance with the Constitution and the country’s common rules.

Responsibility must be exercised at the level closest possible to citizens.

The national authority provides all territories with an identical budget, allowing large structures to be decentralised; it must under no circumstances take on what the territory must effectively organise and manage itself.

4.2 — Territorial allocation

Each territory receives an annual national allocation calculated according to a rule common to all 352 territories.

This allocation takes particular account of two fundamental elements:

• the territory’s population;
• the territory’s surface area.

Population accounts for the number of citizens to whom services must be provided.

Surface area accounts for distances, infrastructure, networks, travel and the costs associated with the territory’s extent.

Equality between territories therefore does not mean allocating an identical amount, but an equal amount according to criteria to be defined. It means applying the same calculation rule to every territory.

Each year, the two Chambers determine the resources available for the following year, according to the country’s resources.

The calculation and distribution formula must be public, simple and verifiable by everyone.

4.3 — Freedom of management

Once its allocation has been assigned, the territory retains control over its use.

The Territorial Council sets its priorities according to the needs expressed by districts, citizens and professional bodies.

The General Director organises and carries out this management under the Council’s oversight.

The territory receives according to a common rule and manages according to its own circumstances and needs.

4.4 — Positive competition between territories

Demosciocracy encourages positive competition between the 352 territories.

The quality of their management is assessed in particular according to:

• quality of life;
• public satisfaction;
• quality of services;
• management efficiency;
• savings actually achieved;
• economic and human development;
• the condition of infrastructure;
• environmental quality.

The five territories with the best results receive an additional bonus the following year.

This bonus rewards management quality and cannot be financed by reducing other territories’ normal allocation.

Demosciocracy does not put citizens into competition; it encourages territories to improve the quality of their management.

4.5 — Equality of citizens throughout the country

Territorial autonomy cannot create fundamental inequalities between citizens.

Every citizen must be able to live, work, study, run a business and travel freely throughout the country, regardless of their district or territory of origin.

Fundamental rights and freedoms are identical throughout the country.

Every citizen must be able to benefit from an equitable level of essential services, particularly health, education, security, justice, mobility and access to collective services.

The distribution of resources between territories must help maintain this balance.

Citizens who leave one territory to live in another retain the same rights, freedoms and fundamental protections.

Territories are autonomous in their management; citizens remain equal throughout the country.

ARTICLE 5 — THE TWO NATIONAL CHAMBERS

5.1 — Formation

Each Territorial Council appoints from among its members:

• one representative to the People’s Chamber;
• one representative to the Chamber of Professional Bodies and Services.

Each of the two Chambers therefore comprises 352 representatives.

5.2 — People’s Chamber

The People’s Chamber represents citizens and territories.

It conveys to the National Leadership the needs, difficulties, expectations and assessments coming from the territories.

It oversees the actions of the National Leadership together with the other chamber of professional bodies.

5.3 — Chamber of Professional Bodies and Services

The Chamber of Professional Bodies and Services represents occupations, activities, businesses, services, practical skills, sciences, technologies and other active forces in the country.

It gathers the territories’ needs and proposals from the governmental team, and helps develop the rules necessary for the country to function.

5.4 — Joint authority

The two Chambers jointly oversee the National Leadership.

Fundamental decisions committing the country require their joint participation.

They may retain or remove the National Leadership according to the rules of Demosciocracy.

ARTICLE 6 — THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP

6.1 — Candidate teams

The National Leadership is provided by a team of 24 people.

Candidate teams are made up of citizens wishing to place their skills at the service of the country.

Each team presents:

• its programme;
• its objectives;
• its means;
• its national policy directions;
• its foreign policy directions.

6.2 — Choice by the population

Candidate teams are put to a single-round vote by universal suffrage.

The four leading teams are retained.

6.3 — Selection of the National Leadership

The two Chambers examine the four teams and their programmes.

To be selected, a team must obtain at least 75% of the votes under the rules common to both Chambers.

The population thus determines the four main options, and the territories’ representatives choose from among them the team entrusted with the National Leadership.

6.4 — Duration, oversight and removal

The National Leadership may plan its work over a period of between five and ten years to allow the time necessary to implement its programme.

This duration gives it no automatic right to remain in office.

The National Leadership remains under the permanent oversight of the two Chambers.

It may be removed if its programme is not respected, its direction is profoundly changed without agreement, it commits serious misconduct or it loses the necessary confidence.

Time allows construction; results and confidence allow continuation.

ARTICLE 7 — THE FLOW OF POWER AND INFORMATION

Two complementary channels organise Demosciocracy.

From the population to the National Leadership

Citizens and professional bodies → Districts → Territorial Councils → Two Chambers → National Leadership.

This channel allows circumstances, needs, proposals and difficulties to rise from the population.

From the National Leadership to the territories

Policy directions necessary for the country as a whole are transmitted to the territories through a coordination organisation.

Those responsible for this coordination do not replace either the Territorial Councils or the General Directors.

They ensure the transmission, coordination and oversight of missions common to the country.

The two channels must remain distinct so that the upward expression of citizens’ wishes is never confused with the transmission of decisions made by the National Leadership.

ARTICLE 8 — THE TERRITORY’S RESPONSIBILITIES

The territory directly assumes responsibilities that can be exercised effectively at its level.

In particular, it organises the services necessary for:

• security;
• health;
• education;
• the economy;
• infrastructure;
• the environment;
• social life;
• prevention;
• mobility;
• and the other essential needs of its population.

The territory adapts its organisation to its circumstances while respecting the fundamental rights common to all citizens.

National structures must not replace territories when the latter can exercise a responsibility effectively.

ARTICLE 9 — JUSTICE, SECURITY AND COMMON RULES

Justice and security must be accessible as close to the population as possible.

The territory participates directly in their organisation and has the resources needed for them to function.

Fundamental freedoms, equality between citizens and the principles of Demosciocracy remain common throughout the country.

No territorial rule may undermine these principles.

Proximity gives the territory the ability to act; the Constitution guarantees citizens equal rights everywhere in the country.

ARTICLE 10 — COMMON DEFENCE

Defence is a responsibility shared by the whole country.

It nevertheless maintains a permanent connection with territories and their populations.

Its human and material resources are distributed across the territories according to need while remaining nationally coordinated.

Citizens working in defence professions are an integral part of professional bodies and may participate in their representation under the same principles as other activities.

Defence coordination takes place under the oversight of Demosciocracy’s national institutions.

ARTICLE 11 — RESPONSIBILITY, OVERSIGHT AND REMOVAL

Everyone holding responsibility must account for their actions.

Professional managers remain in office while their actions are positive, their results satisfactory, they retain the necessary confidence and they respect Demosciocracy’s fundamental principles.

Dissatisfaction from Councils, Chambers or the population may lead to a review of their continuation in office.

Serious misconduct, corruption, abuse of power or violation of fundamental principles may lead to removal through a procedure that establishes the facts.

No responsibility confers a permanent right to exercise power.

ARTICLE 12 — PURPOSE AND EVOLUTION OF DEMOSCIOCRACY

Demosciocracy places the organisation of society at the service of human beings.

It seeks continuous improvement in:

• freedom;
• equality;
• quality of life;
• knowledge;
• security;
• prosperity;
• justice;
• research;
• creation;
• and transmission to future generations.

Material wealth is a means of producing, creating and improving life. It is not the measure of a human being’s value.

Knowledge, experience, practical skills, research and creation are essential forms of wealth in society.

Demosciocracy cannot be regarded as definitively complete.

It must evolve through the knowledge, experience and progress contributed by successive generations while preserving its fundamental principles.

No particular person or power may permanently appropriate sovereignty.

The purpose remains:

FREEDOM — EQUALITY — TRUTH

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