tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712270306362674031.post406003163120180738..comments2023-12-14T05:29:55.758+02:00Comments on Economist's Journey to Life: Day 147: Constitutional Equality and Voting in an Equal Money SystemLeila Zamora Morenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00428852564054221982noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712270306362674031.post-78375159015130546032012-12-02T13:23:48.982+02:002012-12-02T13:23:48.982+02:00cool - and thanx Anonymous for your questions - on...cool - and thanx Anonymous for your questions - only with going into specifics will we be able to create a system that actually works best for all.Kim Amourettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686413067478622734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712270306362674031.post-88148166909938251672012-12-01T23:56:10.065+02:002012-12-01T23:56:10.065+02:00Very cool blog and awesome questions from Anomynou...Very cool blog and awesome questions from Anomynous Een Complot-Theoreticus komt tot Levenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08091909137626990530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712270306362674031.post-74159336484163781252012-12-01T12:12:36.467+02:002012-12-01T12:12:36.467+02:00Thank you for your comment - we'll place a res...Thank you for your comment - we'll place a response to your questions within our next blog-post!Maitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126136722440365082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712270306362674031.post-16966142885868102352012-12-01T00:14:10.615+02:002012-12-01T00:14:10.615+02:00It might be helpful to provide specifics on how th...It might be helpful to provide specifics on how these committees of law-makers will be assembled.<br /><br />I'm assuming they will be payed beyond the basic income everyone is to recieve in an Equal Money System- so does that mean they recieve the same hourly wage as everyone else choosing to take part in work beyond the 4-year conscription period?<br /><br />How would new policy ideas be brought up?<br /><br />For example, if it came to be that the systems in place to provide for everyones' basic necessities became so efficient (many years down the road) that it was no longer necessary to have every human contribute 4 years to maintain it, how would it work to propose reducing the conscription period to, say 3 years and 3 months?<br /><br />Could individuals propose new policy changes or would they only be proposed by policy-makers as experts?<br /><br />Also, with regards to the diversity of living situations, if people chose to live in very small towns and basically create a self-sufficient town for the most part- obviously some policy changes wouldn't effect them if everything within a certain town was operating optimally already. It's like how now states within the US for example have their own individual constitutions (this preservation of states' rights within the overall constitution is called federalism) and then even counties and towns within each state have their own charter, and if I don't live in a particular county or town or state I wouldn't be involved in the vote taking place in that location because it effects local issues.<br /><br />What I'm getting at: how would it work for local issues like where should a new water pipe be constructed in a certain specific small area if that change doesn't drastically effect everything else in the overall system?<br /><br />You can see how there could be many small specifics which will need to be decided but which it might be impractical to have billins of people all over the world vote on.<br /><br />Would all people vote on every single change within the system?<br /><br /><br />Also, would everyone be required to vote?<br /><br />Finally, there are currently many areas of the world with very, let's call it "tight-knit" communities where people are all of the same religion or background or maybe just a small, isolated community that has lived together for a long time and does things in a very specific way. For such communities, I forsee resistance to joining the larger Equal Money System. <br /><br />To what extent will these communities be accomodated? If they made it clear that they wanted no part in the overall system but wished to remain non-violently separate continuing on in their own way, how would that work?<br /><br />We live in such a large and complex world, I can understand how people would see the Equal Money System as this nice idea but when it comes down to the practical implications of implementing it- they're lost.<br /><br />Will those promoting an Equal Money System work on developing more details as time goes on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com