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« on: June 22, 2011, 12:33:01 AM »
Instead of necroposting a thread which didn't exactly fit what I was thinking, I decided to create a new thread.
The point of this, of course, is to create a government, or to just name and explain one (example: Canada's or the USA's government)
I placed this in the political section to promote serious ideas instead of half-brained moronic ideas.
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Type of government: Oligarchy
Ruling body: Speakers (idea borrowed from the Foundation series by Issac Askimov)
Constitution: A basic list of rules would have to be laid out in order to keep members from gaining to much, or even to little, power.
"Ruler": The first speaker, who basically functions as a President or Prime Minister, The only power the first speaker has over the others, is that he opens meetings and closes them, as well as being in charge of oversight (much like the judicial branch of the US government)
My idea of an ideal government would work best on a smaller nation, an example being a European nation, and would make extensive use of technology to make it work. (Which is probably why nothing like it seems to exist.)
It would consist of three parts, the general population(voters), a comity of elected people who then elect the actual government(electoral house), and the actual government who creates the laws(the house of Speakers). The speakers hold meetings (which are open to the public in all cases but those involving national security) in a room called the listening room (don't laugh, every government needs to have things with unusual names to be successful. It's scientific fact)
Now the fun part, explaining the three groups in moderate detail.
The voters
[spoiler]The voters would be made up of a group of (hopefully) all citizens. This group is not limited by age, but by knowledge (yes, a 5 year old can possibly vote for who gets to elect the government. The beauty of this system is that only the people who can make intelligent decisions are given the right to vote for the fate of a country (What I hate about America [and probably most other countries for that matter] is that some half-brained middle school dropout has a say in my future, if he or she chooses, no matter how limited.)
To be in this group, a voting license is required and to obtain it a test must be taken and passed (something in the realm of a high school level test, like the SATs but perhaps shorter.)
each person in this group must vote for 1 person in each category (each different speaker position) and the nation is divided into 100 different regions based on population of registered voters.
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The electoral house
[spoiler]This group is where the magic of this system begins. For starters, there IS NO ELECTORAL RACE! meaning no advertisements, no "I'm better because of this reason, this person is worse because of that reason" Ideally, these people are not even named when being voted for. Ideal conditions would be that each person is assigned a number, and then each person writes an "about me" which states their platform. With their true identity not being revealed until they are elected. The only form of parties that there might be are people who hold the same ideals. They also state which division of the oligarchy they would like to run for. (AKA which speaker)
To be eligible for this section, one must have a voting card, and one must pass a sort of competency exam which is basically a psychiatric evaluation and background check. [/spoiler]
The Speakers
[spoiler]This final group is the actual government. This group creates laws, and they decide matters of national security. This group is formed by a group of individuals whos duties bear a resemblance to the cabinet of the US President. The exact number of speakers is not permanent, and may be increased or decreased based on the needs of a nation (I.E. 100 years ago a speaker who was tasked to make decisions based on space exploration may not have been needed, but in today's would one may be necessary) The way these people are elected from the larger group is based on how the catholic church chooses a new pope. each person in the electoral house has one vote per speaker (so if there are 20 speakers then each person has 20 votes with a single vote going in all 20 categories) the way this works, is the bottom 20%(rounded up) are cut from the list of eligible candidates, this elimination goes on until there is only 1 person remaining in each category.
All members in the electoral house must vote for another member when more then 10% of the total members of that category are still eligible to win.[/spoiler]
TL,DR: well then why are you even here?
Sarcasm and joking aside,
PROS: there are no George W Bushes running the nation, education would have a much higher place, and the nation as a whole would have room to evolve. Corruption would (hopefully) be limited and you don't have middle school dropouts having a say in your future (they screwed up their own future, why give them a chance to wreck yours?)
CONS: civil unrest may be an issue in poorer areas of the nation, where not as many people are actually allowed to vote, a smaller government would mean that if corruption WOULD take root, it would have a larger impact, hacking, cheating and various other related issues may be a problem.
its 3:33 in the morning and I haven't slept in 22 hours. Sorry if this seems a bit scattered and poorly thought out. I'll be revising it as time goes by (like all good governments, revision is a necessity) Can't wait to see what you guys can think up!
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