Willpower? Part 2
Never repeat the freedoms taken away during the covid-19 pandemic. Maximize our human freedoms. The Principles of Freedom
People have interests above party lines - and the human freedoms are one example - if we come together we have the power to maximize our freedoms for us and the generations ahead.
Restriction and constraints are added constantly to our daily life, when in a world of progress the opposite should be true. More technology and knowledge should give us more freedoms.
Less body autonomy; 'green' cards for exposing our health and reducing our privacy; reduced work rights (fired for refusing a medical procedure); big tech, media and government censorship in ‘advanced’ democracies; reduced government oversight and no accountability; medical camps; forced experimental vaccination ... are some of the limitations and restrictions to our freedoms imposed worldwide during the covid-19, a disease with higher than 99.9 survival rate. Some people are saying the freedoms lost during the current pandemic we'll never see back, and the lost freedoms are only for the benefits of a very few. While the most have to comply and accept a world we never agreed to.
Unfortunately, as the world gets more complex, more emergency declarations will be used. And the easiest path for the elected officials would be to add more and more constraints and restrictions to our freedoms.
Human Freedoms are universal, sooner or later are going to happen no matter what. Our evolution as humans is about maximizing our freedoms. We know from our history, the societies with the most freedoms are the best. The Principles of Freedom are universal, and at some point in our evolution we'll fully embrace them, for the interest of all. Why shouldn’t we get the Principles applied now?
The Principles of Freedom
Principle I
A law must only be adopted if it's neutral or adds one or more freedoms <=> A law must not be adopted if it restricts or limits any existing freedom
Principle II
Any emergency declaration, a temporary emergency law, is valid for maximum of one year. Principle I must be respected.
Principle III
A law adopted during an emergency declaration is valid only for as long as the emergency declaration exists. Principle I must be respected.
How to apply the Principles of Freedom?
The political class must work hard to implement what we, people, want.
Maximizing our freedoms can be accomplish with minimum changes, such as all elected officials can either promise under oath, or sign a contract, or by whatever means that they will respect the Principles of Freedom. We should require from our candidates to do one of these so when they’re elected they will respect the Principles of Freedom. Each candidate can compete for his own or party platform of choosing, and at the same time respecting the Principles of Freedom.
People have interests above party lines - and human freedoms are one example - if we come together we have the power to maximize our freedoms for us and the generations ahead.
Notes
The Principles are specific to maximizing the Human Freedoms. The Principles set the priority about what is important for all of us, the Human Freedom above all. Any discussion and decision about restrictions and limitations to human freedoms must only be decided during the normal times.
For example Principle I. It should be common sense for human societies to have and respect the Principles of Freedom.
For example Principle II. An emergency should be a very rare exception, and if it’s used, the time is limited, and all the resources should be applied for ending the emergency as soon as possible. Knowing the time limit from the beginning, the focus is to constraint the emergency as soon as possible. By respecting Principle I, an emergency declaration is not taken easily, as it is a profound step and it must not be used to take away human freedoms.
For example Principle III. No pressure to adopt permanent laws during an emergency. If a law is needed in normal times, it should be adopted during normal times. The Principle III encourages the nation and the congress to operate normally. By respecting Principle I, a law adopted during an emergency can not take away human freedoms.