(This is my ongoing series presenting pieces that I am formulating into my own constitution for any future country [including LL]. The wording is not set and is open to changes/additions/subtractions. Posting about it is just to stimulate debate, as should any good creator of a constitution.)
“Foreign Citizenships
Any member of the govt cannot accept any outside country’s citizenship while working for the govt. And anyone applying for employment with the govt and/or running for elected office must publicly declare any outside citizenships possessed by them, and the date obtained.”
This one seems far too obvious to even have to explain. The US govt is absolutely filled to the brim with people with 2nd citizenship with Israel. There are other countries to worry about with this topic as well, but in the last few decades, Israel is the top country bribing our politicians with free citizenship into their country. Obviously, a politician that has been given a free gift (valued at minimum several hundred thousand dollars) has been bribed and is no longer trustworthy to uphold their oaths.
This one is very obvious and needs to be added to any country in the future also I would like to see disclosures if any person running for office receives any type of campaign contributions from any business. I cannot bring myself to go this far for those in public office, but during the Covid era I remember seeing memes of politicians with big pharma logos plastered all over their suits like they are a nascar driver or some other sports personality that has sponsors all over their uniform.
A emoluments clause and the stronger Titles of Nobility Amendment would be a good starting point for making your “declaring your citizenship” when running for office and or hold employment. This is crucial for those that are in diplomatic positions I firmly believe or certain other key positions.
Ok I’ve added a campaign contributions section to be written in the future. And I’ve also added an emoluments section, though that name needs to change asap. I do plan to go thru the US Constitution and copy/paste the good parts, but I planned it for the end of my constitution research, tho I can’t remember the reason why…
I don’t know about other countries but here in the states you can find some interesting sections or articles at times my all time most ridiculous one is Florida’s Pregnant Pig Amendment. The anima rights groups got it ratified and 2 years later is when Florida went to the 60% supermajority threshold to pass any further amendments.
Wow that amendment is a great cautionary tale for all constitution writers!
It def feels important to have a higher % to pass constitution proposals, currently I’m thinking 70%. And of course that is 70% of the voting populace (1 person 1 vote); I think LL is turning into a great cautionary tale of why increased voting power should not ever be used.
We shall see how everything turns out. I am enjoying being part of this country and the bold ideas that all of us are able to bring together and make a better society of the future.
It has been at times, an exhilarating rollercoaster, like this scene;
And at other times, it has felt like arguing logic with a two-year-old, such as this (it’s amusing that Adams could inhabit such opposing viewpoints) ;
If anyone argues in favor of the LL Senate, the above scene springs into my mind.
John Adam’s was a very unique figure in the American Revolutionary period no one can deny that. He was a key figure politically from the beginning at the Boston Massacre and all the way into the early 19th century. In the period during the Revolutionary War up to the 1787 Philadelphia Convention he followed the more John Locke natural law as you showed in the first clip.
The second clip from which portrayed the Philadelphia Convention itself he becomes a person who backs a powerful presidency, while not as extreme as Alexander Hamilton’s proposal of “king for life,” his proposal was what most federalists of the time wanted. He was already positioning himself to become President I firmly believe and it is evident in the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 that he wished to silence his political enemies, mostly Thomas Jefferson and his allies, it was because of this rivalry that the 12th amendment was ratified.
That time period was extremely crucial for America if a few key votes had swung if different directions America as we know it could look extremely different to what we have today. Liberland is in a similar phase, albeit without war but key votes in the next 5 to 10 years, maybe even less than that could decide the fate of Liberland.
The group dynamics is what is interesting to me, as within the same group you can have terrific cohesion and unity-of-purpose for one thing, but then extreme competition and rivalry in other aspects within the same group.
As I have personally learned from being in similar organization-creating periods, some in the group have to emotionally build the cohesive element, and then the same people, or others, have to logically manage the competition aspect so that it is fair and orderly. Isn’t it quite interesting that many people want to show up to run for LL Congress (and thereby receive respect and back-pats for a job done), but almost none of these people want to pursue the intellectual work of designing LL (for no respect, and no back-pats) in other ways?
That is very true everyone wants to be plastered on the social feeds after the election for the look at what i just did and then shrink back into the shadows after that. It’s also why the ballot initiative exists in many parts of America because that state legislature doesn’t want to touch a political hot potato because they don’t want their name attached to a particular piece of legislation. That’s how we got marijuana on many different state constitutions in the past 15 years.
