A System Better than Democracy?, by Q. Reyes – Artistic Warfare #12

March 8, 2009 Q. Reyes 22 Comments

Democracy, even if it’s gotten better with time, still has a basis and structure that, in my opinion, are flawed. The Greeks did not spend hundreds of years planning a system that they could implement into perfection; instead, Democracy happened because it became a necessary alternative to the other forms of rule at the time.

La Optima is a form of government designed, not only to get better with time, but also to genesis with a solid structure from its conception. It is a radical concept that would take at least a couple of generations to implement.

To understand La Optima is to let go of all previews concepts and ideas, and to keep an open mind at all times. Revolution and change are always difficult and our minds tend to search for the easy way out and to dismiss anything and everything for the sake of comfort and sanity.

Under an Optima system, our roles as individuals will be clearly defined. This is unlike a Caste system, since the roles will be based on a variety of variables, including skill, motivation and determined predisposition, among other factors.

Right. You might be thinking that freedom is at jeopardy once individual roles are defined, but in reality it would not be any different than today, where in order to practice medicine, law, or pretty much any other industry trade, you need to complete pre-established sets of training and education.

In an Optima system not everyone will be considered equal, since in real life, we are not all equal. We have different brains shapes, sizes and brain cell patterns that we cannot yet comprehend. Our bodies are different, our motivations are different, and our minds are different. In an Optima system we all would not be considered equal, but rather unique.

There is no distinction between a great human being and a sub par human being. We all fall within a range of super intelligent humans all the way to humans with mental disabilities. There is no clear way of measuring where someone falls within this range. Some of us are closer to what we might consider “intelligent” and some of us closer to being handicapped by a “mental disorder”. In the end, we all fall between, but not in the same place within that range.

Within an Optima system there will be six parallel levels of role definition:

Philosophers – Leaders

Public Servants – Producers/Builders

Specialists – Handicapped

Destitutes (Rebels)

I will give you a brief overview and later on I will expand on each role.
Philosophers

They are in charged of planning and developing and providing overall guidance and direction to the system. Philosophers will make the plans that will be passed down to the Leaders.

Leaders

The leaders will implement the plan prepared by the Philosophers. They will delegate and mange the plan.

Philosophers and Leaders will NEVER be able to acquire any wealth. They will only be provided food, shelter and the bare necessities by the State. Wealth will mean nothing to them.

Philosophers and Leaders will be babies selected by the State, adopted and raised from the time they are born until they are ready to fall into their duties. They will be trained and educated for at least thirty years regarding everything human kind has been able to accomplish so far.

By not having a specific father or mother, the State becomes these children’s parents. Their love, loyalty and devotion will be completely to the State. They will never know any wealth, so corruption is out of the question.

Unlike today, where politicians run to wherever they smell money, the Philosophers and Leaders of an Optima State will only, by default, make the right decisions for the State. This will weed out the rampant corruption in today’s democracy, since I believe that politicians shouldn’t get paid to serve.

If politicians are supposedly doing their job because they love serving their community, then they should do it simply because they love it and live for it. If they are not willing let go of making money, then they are in the wrong line of business. There are plenty of other career choices.

Within an Optima State, a Leader will sacrifice a life of wealth and comfort for a cause bigger than himself. Besides, a Leader wouldn’t know any better because he or she was raised by the State, so it is embedded in him to take care of the State. An honorable leader under an Optima State will live and die a life of a hero.

These concepts are here to be broken down and discussed, and it might take a hundred years just to have a plan ready for implementation. I will continue describing the other roles next week, before getting into the actual school of thought behind what it would take to have a better system than Democracy. It’s a lot of work! [TO BE CONTINUED…]