Let’s build democratic anarchy
Democratic anarchy is a new form of social relations based on a hierarchical structure for decision-making about organizing society, with the final power belonging directly to all of the people. We cannot cooperate everywhere. First, we do not have time for it. Also, we need to transfer our participation rights in society’s decision-making processes to experts in the field. Let’s give people the freedom to do whatever they think is best for society, but they must not disappoint us when they make decisions in areas of our interest.
Democratic anarchy will enforce that by assigning every person an equal right and power to evaluate any other person. Let’s say each person gets the right to assess three people positively and three people negatively every month. Each positive assessment should automatically bring a small benefit, let’s say one dollar, to the assessed person. On the other hand, any negative evaluation will result in a punishment of the same form.
What would we get? Such a small power in the people’s hands will make individuals respect each other strongly. Each member of society will try to create the greatest possible advantages for the community and diminish or abolish all forms of disadvantage.
People will judge other people freely. This means an immoral person may evaluate others dishonestly, but it will not matter much because an individual’s power of one dollar cannot harm anyone. If two people do not like each other, they may evaluate each other negatively for years, which can be quite a significant issue. In the developed world, gaining or losing three dollars does not mean much. Individuals may not have much power in society, but collective evaluations can be powerful. Besides, someone who receives negative evaluations would never know who evaluated them negatively. However, the result will be very positive because they will try to improve their behaviour towards everyone.
A person who receives many negative evaluations would work even harder to avoid doing anything inconvenient to other people and to improve things for everyone. As a result, a bully will not harass you at school, your boss will not abuse you at work, your neighbour will not make noise at night, a salesperson will not cheat you, and politicians will not lie to you; you name it. They will all try to please other people in the best possible way. This will eliminate social evil and create a good society.
The higher a worker's position in society, the more responsible they are to society. If you are an exposed person, for example, a chief of a hundred workers, there is no chance you would be a jerk to the workers (which is, by the way, a very occasional incident today) because they might evaluate you negatively, and it may cost you a few hundred dollars monthly. Under this evaluation system, chiefs would immediately lose their privileged status among the workers. They would have no choice but to cooperate with the workers.
The president of the US, for example, might receive 100,000,000 negative evaluations from the American people because of bad policies, lies, and criminal aggression in other countries. That would cost him $ 100,000,000 in just one month. Such a president would no longer be privileged by any means. They would run away from their position so fast that no one would remember him as president. Only the most skilful and bravest individuals, willing to cooperate with all of the people, would dare to lead countries. They will no longer be authorities but our servants.
Everyone will serve others as much as they can. Everyone will try hard to please society in the best possible way, and that will make a harmonious society. Over time, the system of evaluation will abolish state laws, police and military force, and even states. Nobody will need it anymore. That would be perfect anarchy. You can learn more about the basis of future democracy in my book, Humanism.