The People's Whatever of Drewtopia.
I think that this world as a whole is approaching the aspect of "government" from the wrong direction. Therefore, after I become supreme ruler of the world and rename it Drewtopia, I will spawn this mini-nation as an experiment.
First of all, every country in the world has one thing in common: They can all make rules, also known as laws. Of course, these laws are suppose to be for the good of all people. The the only result of the ability to make laws is that more laws will be made. And then there will be more laws. And then there will be even more laws. Eventually you end up with a big fat government that contradicts itself. It especially ticks me off when people are allowed to legally be stupid. There should be a law against stupid, but there isn't. Instead, there is a law to prevent you from kicking manatees. Who cares about lame fat manatees? I'd eat them every day for breakfast, then burn their fat for car fuel the rest of the day, but there is a law against it.
My country will only have few laws that do not change. No laws can be added. No laws can be subtracted. There will be no governing office, or seat of power. No senators, no congressmen, no mayors, no judges, no police, no selectmen. All rulings will be executed through comities. More about this in a minute.
The physical land will be divided up into equal sizes, and the number of divisions of land will depend on the size of the land mass. Where the United States of America resides, 30-40 would appear to be sufficient. People are free to go wherever they want, congregate where ever they want, travel where ever they want, live where ever they want. People also have the freedom to live however they want.
Nothing is considered a crime, unless someone calls you on it. A person can call you on anything that they want, so long as they have a testimony to back it up. If you are called for doing something, you must appear in front of a committee. The committee consists of X number of people who are randomly selected from each district of Drewtopia to serve for a day or a week or a month (There are certain numbers that will need to be worked out, but hey, it's Drewtopia). Testifying before this committee are the accuser and you. If the committee rules your case in a majority thumbs down (literally. No animal sounds. Yea and Nay should have never existed. Thumbs up or thumbs down is the only available measure), then you have to face the ruling of the committee which can be either of the following: To jump in a vat of honey followed by rolling in a pool of feathers, to eat a rotten bag of mini muffins, to suffer a barrage of insults by means of the variants of Panda, to talk to a lawyer for half an hour, make a featured on TLC's "A Makeover Story", or to otherwise take action to rectify the thumbs-down deed.
And that is pretty much the gist of my utopia. Basically, it puts total freedom and safeguards against crime, together in one easy to digest bundle. Please note that, in this environment, stupidity is considered a crime. Take, for instance, shooting off giant fireworks at 2am while being 3 months too late for the 4th of July, or lighting a can of gasoline to watch it burn, or saying "Watch this! ...", or getting drunk, or picking a fight with me. All are pretty stupid things to do, yet stupid people do them anyway. In this case, The People would decide that the action done was, indeed, stupid. The humiliation of the punishment decided on would further discourage any further proliferation of the action.
Likewise, if it is ruled that nobody really cares if we kick manatees in the face, and that people would rather be able to kick manatees in the face, and that only a few short people with high voices would care not to kick manatees in the face, then The People have spoken, and so be it.
First of all, every country in the world has one thing in common: They can all make rules, also known as laws. Of course, these laws are suppose to be for the good of all people. The the only result of the ability to make laws is that more laws will be made. And then there will be more laws. And then there will be even more laws. Eventually you end up with a big fat government that contradicts itself. It especially ticks me off when people are allowed to legally be stupid. There should be a law against stupid, but there isn't. Instead, there is a law to prevent you from kicking manatees. Who cares about lame fat manatees? I'd eat them every day for breakfast, then burn their fat for car fuel the rest of the day, but there is a law against it.
My country will only have few laws that do not change. No laws can be added. No laws can be subtracted. There will be no governing office, or seat of power. No senators, no congressmen, no mayors, no judges, no police, no selectmen. All rulings will be executed through comities. More about this in a minute.
The physical land will be divided up into equal sizes, and the number of divisions of land will depend on the size of the land mass. Where the United States of America resides, 30-40 would appear to be sufficient. People are free to go wherever they want, congregate where ever they want, travel where ever they want, live where ever they want. People also have the freedom to live however they want.
Nothing is considered a crime, unless someone calls you on it. A person can call you on anything that they want, so long as they have a testimony to back it up. If you are called for doing something, you must appear in front of a committee. The committee consists of X number of people who are randomly selected from each district of Drewtopia to serve for a day or a week or a month (There are certain numbers that will need to be worked out, but hey, it's Drewtopia). Testifying before this committee are the accuser and you. If the committee rules your case in a majority thumbs down (literally. No animal sounds. Yea and Nay should have never existed. Thumbs up or thumbs down is the only available measure), then you have to face the ruling of the committee which can be either of the following: To jump in a vat of honey followed by rolling in a pool of feathers, to eat a rotten bag of mini muffins, to suffer a barrage of insults by means of the variants of Panda, to talk to a lawyer for half an hour, make a featured on TLC's "A Makeover Story", or to otherwise take action to rectify the thumbs-down deed.
And that is pretty much the gist of my utopia. Basically, it puts total freedom and safeguards against crime, together in one easy to digest bundle. Please note that, in this environment, stupidity is considered a crime. Take, for instance, shooting off giant fireworks at 2am while being 3 months too late for the 4th of July, or lighting a can of gasoline to watch it burn, or saying "Watch this! ...", or getting drunk, or picking a fight with me. All are pretty stupid things to do, yet stupid people do them anyway. In this case, The People would decide that the action done was, indeed, stupid. The humiliation of the punishment decided on would further discourage any further proliferation of the action.
Likewise, if it is ruled that nobody really cares if we kick manatees in the face, and that people would rather be able to kick manatees in the face, and that only a few short people with high voices would care not to kick manatees in the face, then The People have spoken, and so be it.
posted by Cyphoid at 9:25 AM
9 Comments:
Get Napoleon up next Drew!
Hairstyles separated at birth; Kim Jong and Drewey.
That drewtopia is stupid. Oh know, I guess that means its a crime!!
AAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Drewy, you're sounding like a relativist!! Kind of. I mean, with no rules, it's like anything goes. And also, on what basis would the people in the committy make there decisions? On personal ideas? Bad, bad, bad, Drewy, I am afraid. It's like what's happening now in the U.S.
I don't think I'd like to live in Drewtopia. Who knows if someone can murder your brother and the person's father is in the committy?
And BTW, the whole stupidity thing is stupid. I mean, there is a difference between harmful stupidity, and harmless stupidity. Like, singing "twinkle twinkle little star" 2000 times non-stop is harmless stupidity. Swerving into oncoming traffic on a road is harmful stupidity.
I mean, you need to let people be able to vent themselves with harmless stupidity!
Sorry, but singing "twinke-twinke"
2000 times nonstop has pushed many a strong man to extreme actions. Not harmless at all, I'm afraid.
nah, you don't get it. I'm talking about a stupid person with some self-control. :-)
You will see. You all will see. Drewtopia is much deeper than any of you imagine. I'd have to write a book to expound on it any more than I have already.
This is freedom at its best, man. Flower power all the way.
And, no Bryan. Singing twinkle twinkle little star 2000 times in a row, while already seriously dangerous, but shows signs of being very very disturbed.
You didn't get my argument. People can stupidly do things with some self-control. 2000 may oh been an exageration, but I hope you understand my point. Sometimes I have a lack of an example that I can clearly express.
Ehem... I just thought of something... making coughcardscough that have coughbananacough coughtexturedcough coughgourdscough on coughcheckardcough colored backgrounds, you might say is stupid. But I don't think it is harmless. eh?
And you glazed over the first part of my comment, saying you'd have to write a book to expand on all these things.
Those are my two grievences on Drewtopia, as mentioned in my previous post. It seems, from what you described, there'd be no way for me to express my grievences if I lived in Drewtopia!
Maybe I should make a place called Bry'nland, where harmless stupidity is allowed. YOU'RE TAKING AWAY MY PRIVLEDGES! I NEED TO VENT SOMETIMES.
BTW, is this harmless stupidity? Hehe. And no hard feelings Drew?
"debating" is too formal a word to use for what you were doing. You were ridiculing without reason.
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