Humanism in Hints
A good society requires power to the people. Such power almost does not exist today, but in the future it will be, by today’s standards, unthinkably strong. The centralized political and economic system I have proposed will enable direct democracy to govern society.
People will be able to create society’s macroeconomic policy directly and simply. For example, each worker will independently decide how much of their income to allocate to economic development and to both collective and individual consumption. The average of everyone’s expressions will determine the society's fiscal, development, and income policies.
Then we need to establish a permanently open labour market for every job posting in publicly owned companies. The best available worker will get any job at any time. This measure will require special regulation to ensure responsibility and stability in production processes.
Such a work competition will create significantly higher economic productivity than capitalism can, forcing private companies to join the new system. They will be adequately compensated for their ownership.
It will be necessary to achieve a significantly higher standard of social security for today’s people, ensuring that every individual receives an income. Incomes will be proportional to their contributions to producing value in society, but adjusted to meet some humanist requirements.
The integrated company will produce goods in response to consumer orders, thereby forming a stable, democratically planned economy.
By regulating workers’ responsibilities and income compensation, all public work posts will become equally desirable.
In the new system, no public job will be privileged, and that will eliminate immorality and corruption, two of the worst negativities of today’s society.
The system offers a solution to today’s problems by providing truly equal rights for all people. The system will give people the freedom to follow and protect their interests everywhere. However, people will no longer be able to do it at the expense of others, because the system will not allow it.
In the new system, each person will have an equal right to evaluate any other person. Positive evaluations will bring recognizable awards to the assessed person, and negative assessments will result in penalties. Such a simple measure will direct each member of society to create the maximum possible advantages for the community and to diminish or abolish all forms of disadvantages. Such a simple measure will form a good society.
Over time, people's evaluations might even replace state laws. The remaining aspects will be governed by natural laws, defined by human nature, and implemented through direct democracy and the evaluation system.
The system will give people the security and freedom to pursue their productive interests in ways unimaginable today. Life in such a system will enable people to demystify the alienated values of today’s society and discover where genuine values truly lie. This way, people will learn how to achieve a wonderful life, including love, peace, joy, stability, and harmony in society, far beyond their wildest dreams today.
Finally, the system will be accepted voluntarily. A few hundred or a few thousand people somewhere in the world may try the system and prove what I have just said. They would create a paradise on earth, and then the rest of the world would undoubtedly follow suit. The development of such a system will finally create a harmonious and pleasing society with happy individuals.
If you like this short article, I recommend reading Humanism Clearly, which will provide a clearer picture of the system, and then exploring the other articles and the book.
May 25, 2004