I firmly believe if we are to move forward, we have to understand how we got in our current position. Western society seems to have become much more “service-to-self” rather than “service-to-the-collective”. How did we get here and how can we prevent Liberland from just continuing down the path of self-centeredness and becoming a bunch of scheming opportunistic hyenas, as I like to say?
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Well for my observations western civilization got to where it is now because of degeneration of morality. But it is more than that lack of respect for others, the loss of the idea of do unto others. The only way to get prevent this I think is relatable community what I mean by that is there has to be a common element that everyone rally’s behind and is on the same page as one community, one culture, etc. Civilizations in the past always had something that held them together a social glue. Today the only glue that holds some countries together is the brute force of their government . The US is no exception to this rule and it is showing in more dramatic fashion every passing year. For Liberland the idea of self and a non coercive government maybe a good start, we have a common language English, which also helps but there is something else that is needed while I am not sure what it is yet I think service to the community maybe a part of it. “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country,” a famous phrase by US president John F Kennedy needs to be remembered for Liberland too as that will always keep us on the right path.
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I do agree with you, there is a two-pronged degradation of loss of firm morals and loss of respect for others. I will go into my thoughts on why the individual is personally falling apart in a later post.
I think I agree with you there may need to be something akin to community service to help with the “glue.” In Japanese schooling, I hear, they do not hire janitors as they make the kids be their own janitors and at the Indian Institute of Technology, I hear, that the students fill all the supplemental staff roles such as janitor, food prep and service, maintenance, etc. IIT has produced many well known tech entrepreneurs and Japanese schooling has consistently produced some of the most respectful people in the world (imho).
This also assists against creating a “class” system where those at the top never do the “lower” jobs because they feel it is beneath them, and those at the bottom only do those jobs until they can escape.
I don’t like the idea of making community service mandatory for all citizens though, it feels too much like coercion. And it would be tricky as not all citizens are physically in the country, etc. It would be better if a citizen performs community service, then they receive something from the govt or from a project.
Here is an absolutely crazy idea: the govt runs a matchmaking service for young people looking for partners (run at zero cost by volunteers), and one of the things shown on the young persons profile (if profiles are even involved) is how much community service they have done. I think the most important community service is done by young people, because it also then creates an older person with a background of participation and contribution in their society.
I suppose this is part of the current LL merit system, but I have yet to hear any LLer explain the full break-down of that system. But another idea is to make community service part of the qualifications in the future to be part of a diplomatic mission in another country. So if you want to work at the Italian LL embassy (or building) you need to have some amount of community service to qualify.
Addendum: community service in America is viewed as something that criminals have to do as part of their penitence and usually just involves cleaning up trash on freeways. But LL community service could be more like “Kickstarter.” One could start their own project, get it funded, recruit volunteers. Any of these steps in your own project or someone elses can be considered community service.
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Yes education is very important but it cannot just be “trained” educators it has to be a community effort and especially the parents my family does homeschooling and based on my family’s needs it is the best option for us.
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I’m a huge fan of homeschooling and even though I don’t have kids, I have thought out a high school homeschool program (just in case).
I mentioned IIT and the overall Japanese public school system but there are certainly some problems in these systems. IIT creates very strong tech entrepreneurs, but, tech historically has been an extremely low morality sector (Imho) and I haven’t seen any examples of IIT grads standing against this trend.
Japan creates respectful graduates but, even though I lived in Japan for a few years, it’s hard to understand all the ways this respect is created. One part is probably the absolutely brutal way Japan treats any accused of crimes. The accused are put in jail and kept there indefinitely unless they plead guilty. So you end up with ~99.9% of the accused pleading guilty even though some % are definitely not guilty.
I’m working on a post about criminal justice and jails, so I’ll say more about Japan there. But in regards to the education systems of most countries, they all need a major overhaul for the new age we are entering into.
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Cant wait to see what your criminal justice post!