of the Constitution of the Democratic World
that are most relevant for the ASec SP:
Preamble
In order to build, and maintain for all time, a social system that without coercion, without violence, and without manipulation enables all human beings to have a life that can last as long, and contains as much pleasure and as little misery, as is possible by all practicable means, realized by a real democracy that gives every human being the greatest possible self-determination, and in which all human beings, freely and fully equitably, govern their joint life on all societal levels by reliable, comprehensively effective self-administration in full self-responsibility, and in order to overcome, without coercion, without violence, and without manipulation, all existing worse social orders as quickly as possible and unstoppably, avoiding all avoidable risks, and to render absolutely impossible the resurgence of worse social orders, this Constitution has been developed in decades-long, completely independent, universally scientific work, motivated solely by the goals mentioned in this preamble.
Article 1 — Ambit
(1) This Constitution applies with immediate effect to every person who, in a language they for this purpose sufficiently master, has perceived it in its entirety, has to their own judgment sufficiently understood it, and approves of it, for as long as they approve of it. That person is then considered part of the Democratic World according to this Constitution.
(3) This Constitution does not automatically render ineffective any competing social orders, especially when they resort to violence, for instance in the form of a police, to force themselves upon each person they consider their property (“citizenship”) against the person’s free will. Overcoming such hostile social orders is dealt with in Article 12 Paragraph (7) and Article 13.
→ Article 13 — Transformation Provisions
Article 2 — Basic Societal Structures
(1) All persons that according to Article 1 are part of the Democratic World, organize themselves [...] in Democratic Communes, associations of each not considerably fewer than 200 and not considerably more than 1000 members [...]
(2) As long as persons that according to Article 1 are part of the Democratic World cannot with practicable effort find or form a suitable Democratic Commune according to Paragraph (1), they alternatively organize themselves in Democratic Groups, associations of each not fewer than 12 and not more than 50 members [...]
(3) As long as persons that according to Article 1 are part of the Democratic World cannot with practicable effort find or form neither a suitable Democratic Commune according to Paragraph (1) nor a Democratic Group according to Paragraph (2), they alternatively organize themselves as soon as possible in Launch Cores, associations of each not fewer than 2 and not more than 11 members [...]
(4) All basic societal entities, that is all instances of basic societal structures according to the Paragraphs (1) to (3), can at their own discretion admit further members, or according to Article 7 Paragraph (9) expel members, or dissolve themselves as an entity, and all members can at any time end their membership and leave the societal entity in order to join another entity, or to leave the Democratic World altogether.
(5) When a Democratic Commune according to Paragraph (1) falls below the minimum size given therein, it must be dissolved into Democratic Groups according to Paragraph (2).
(6) When a Democratic Group according to Paragraph (2) falls below the minimum size given therein, it must be dissolved into Launch Cores according to Paragraph (3).
(7) When a Democratic Commune according to Paragraph (1) exceeds the maximum size given therein, it must be split into at least two new Democratic Communes according to Paragraph (1).
(8) When a Democratic Group according to Paragraph (2) exceeds the maximum size given therein, it must be split into at least two new Democratic Groups according to Paragraph (2).
(9) All status changes according to the Paragraphs (4) to (8) are to be coordinated by the Administrative Sector “System Performance” according to Article 5 Paragraph (2).
Article 3 — Higher Societal Structures
(1) A neighborhood of abidingly closely cooperating Democratic Communes according to Article 2, whose combined membership size is not considerably lower than 4000 and not considerably higher than 20,000, can form a Democratic Association, if they each do not already belong to one.
(2) A neighborhood of abidingly closely cooperating Democratic Associations according to Paragraph (1), whose combined membership size is not considerably lower than 80,000 and not considerably higher than 400,000, can form a Democratic Union, if they each do not already belong to one.
(3) A neighborhood of abidingly closely cooperating Democratic Unions according to Paragraph (2), whose combined membership size is not considerably lower than 1.6 million and not considerably higher than 8.0 million, can form a Democratic Region, if they each do not already belong to one.
(4) A neighborhood of abidingly closely cooperating Democratic Regions according to Paragraph (3), whose combined membership size is not considerably lower than 32 million and not considerably higher than 160 million, can form a Democratic Federation, if they each do not already belong to one.
(5) The combined membership size for the purpose of the Paragraphs (2) to (4) is the combined membership size of all the Democratic Communes contained within.
(6) The higher levels according to the Paragraphs (1) to (4), and the Democratic World Community according to Article 4 only serve to increase the performance capabilites and crisis security of society, and to strengthen the autarky of the levels below them, they however may at no time curtail the self-determination and autarky of the levels below them. This Constitution is for all time the only universally binding law within the Democratic World Community according to Article 4.
(7) All higher societal entities, that is all instances of higher societal structures according to the Paragraphs (1) to (4), can at their own discretion admit further member entities of the level directly below themselves, or according to Article 7 Paragraph (9) expel member entities, or dissolve themselves as an entity, and all member entities can at any time end their membership and leave the societal entity in order to join another entity, or to leave that higher societal level altogether.
(8) When a higher societal entity, that is an instance of a higher societal structure according to the Paragraphs (1) to (4), falls below the minimum size given therein, it must be dissolved again. Its previous member entities can however continue to cooperate closely together according to Article 10.
(9) When a higher societal entity, that is an instance of a higher societal structure according to the Paragraphs (1) to (4), exceeds the maximum size given therein, it must be split into at least two new entities of the same type.
(10) All status changes according to the Paragraphs (7) to (9) are to be coordinated by the Administrative Sector “System Performance” according to Article 5 Paragraph (2).
Article 4 — The World Community
All basic and higher societal structures according to Article 2 and Article 3 respectively are at any time united in the Democratic World Community.
Article 5 — Self-Administration / Real Democracy
(1) All societal entities, that is all instances of basic or higher societal structures according to Article 2 or Article 3 respectively and the Democratic World Community according to Article 4, each are administrated by, freely and fully equitably, all their basic level’s members (individuals) via Administrative Sectors wherein each of their basic level’s members at any time has full equitable say and powers, which they can exert as long as they officially, according to Paragraph (7), declare themselves to be one of its managers.
(2) Each societal entity according to Paragraph (1) uses at all times at least the three Administrative Sectors “System Performance” (see the Paragraphs (6) and (7)), “Education” (see Article 6), and “Conflict-Solving” (see Articles 7 to 9).
- → Article 06 — The Educational System
- → Article 07 — The Conflict-Solving System
- → Article 08 — Dealing With Dangerous Individuals
- → Article 09 — Investigating Grave Harmful Actions
(4) All Administrative Sectors according to Paragraph (1) can each define for themselves types of decisions that be “subject to approval by all”, in which henceforth all of its managers must be involved that with practicable effort can be included within an availability period defined for that type of decision, or if such a period has not been defined, within 48 hours.
(5) Disestablishing for a particular type of decision the status of being subject to approval by all as defined in Paragraph (4) is for all Administrative Sectors mandatorily a decision subject to approval by all within the meaning of Paragraph (4), and can itself never be disestablished.
(6) The Administrative Sector “System Performance” according to Paragraph (2)
- decides for its societal entity which further Administrative Sectors will be needed besides those given in Paragraph (2), and defines their tasks,
- and it ensures that its societal entity’s Administrative Sectors at all times each have at least one manager according to Paragraph (1),
- and that all its societal entity’s managers at all times can employ the greatest possible degree of motivation and commitment.
(8) All managers of an Administrative Sector according to Paragraph (1) serve all members of the societal entity according to Paragraph (1) as contact persons for that Administrative Sector, which is to be ensured by the Administrative Sector “System Performance” according to Paragraph (2).
Article 6 — The Educational System
(1) The Administrative Sector “Education” according to Article 5 Paragraph (2) ensures the best possible education of all managers of its societal entity according to Article 5 Paragraph (1) [...]
Article 7 — The Conflict-Solving System
(9) As the last resort of Conflict-Solving [...], the Administrative Sector “Conflict-Solving” can recommend to split up the societal entity, or to expel a societal member entity, or, for basic societal entities, to expel an individual member, about which the Administrative Sector “Conflict-Solving” and the Administrative Sector “System Performance” [...] must then decide jointly together as a decision that is mandatorily subject to approval by all within the meaning of Article 5 Paragraph (4).
Article 10 — The Cooperation System
Each basic or higher societal entity according to Article 2 or Article 3 respectively can entertain temporary or permanent cooperative relations with any other entity of the same type on the same level, wherefore it can maintain a distinct Administrative Sector according to Article 5 Paragraph (6).
Article 11 — Domestic Economy
(4) All societal entities according to Article 5 Paragraph (1) should, according to Article 5 Paragraph (6), maintain appropriate Administrative Sectors that continuously determine all demands for resources and services, and organize their best possible distribution within the societal entity, and make sure that all demands can be met at all times.
Article 12 — External Relations
(1) External relations [...] are all actions and measures by parts of the Democratic World according to Article 1 and Article 4 that relate to parts of other social orders, or to such a social order as a whole, regardless of the geographical location in which they take place.
(2) Each societal entity according to Article 5 Paragraph (1) can establish according to Article 5 Paragraph (6) one or more Administrative Sectors that manage the external relations according to Paragraph (1).
(6) Where the economy can fulfill the demands only with resources or services that must be provided by parts of one or more other social orders (dependency on imports), there must be maintained according to Article 5 Paragraph (6) an Administrative Sector for the systems interface that ensures reliable appropriate export-import relations [...]
(7) Especially as long as there exist hostile social orders according to Article 1 Paragraph (3), each societal entity according to Article 5 Paragraph (1) should maintain according to Article 5 Paragraph (6) an Administrative Sector for public relations that as effectively and quickly as possible counteracts any hostile attitudes or feelings against its societal entity or the Democratic World according to Article 4 as a whole, and that furthermore as effectively and fast as possible motivates more and more parts of other social orders to become part of the Democratic World according to Article 1 themselves.
Article 14 — Constitution Modification Rights
(3) The Administrative Sector “System Performance” of the Democratic World Community according to Article 5 can, as soon as there exist at least five Democratic Federations according to Article 3 Paragraph (4), create in collective competency development that mandatorily is subject to approval by all within the meaning of Article 5 Paragraph (4) with an availability period of six months, updated versions of this Constitution, and put them into effect by widely publishing them in the Democratic World Community. In such new versions, it can alter figures (given in numerals or words), and if necessary introduce further higher societal structures into Article 3; any changes or additions beyond that are prohibited.