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I have been thinking about Agenda 2030 and the 17 "Sustainable Development Goals" that despite their well meaning and well sounding proposals always somehow end up being used to justify centralised, bureaucratic and socialist solutions. Somehow the conclusion is always more taxation, more regulation and more centralised control... in short they are globalist propaganda.

But what would be their opposite? What would be an agenda for freedom that actually promotes their stated goals of poverty reduction in a real and measurable way? A list of principles that actually defends people's rights and freedoms instead of pushing for their serfdom? Principles for a decentralised, p2p world with no masters...

Flix 6mo ago

These "sustainable development goals" have been fairly characterised by the slogan:

"You will own nothing and you will be happy"

AKA

"You will Eat the bugs,

You will live in the pod,

You will own nothing."

It's not an unfair summary given their socialist push to control food production, housing and redistribute property. The propaganda war on meat, private property and families as well as their push for social credit scores, CO2 rationing and other central planning dystopic regimes has made their ideology obvious.

It's only natural and fair to resist and push back against these ideas... but we should go beyond that and make positive, constructive proposals for a better world. It's not enough to slow down their agenda, we must have our own. We need to have clear goals to strive for.

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Flix 6mo ago

So here is my modest proposal for an agenda of freedom, decentralisation and individual sovereignty.

Flix 6mo ago

1. FREE SPEECH: You will say what you like. You will educate your children how you see fit. You will publish what you choose. You will control your thoughts. Any tyrant that wants to tell you what to think or say should be exposed for what they are and pay a price.

Flix 6mo ago

2. PRIVATE PROPERTY: You will own property. You will decide how to enjoy, modify or dispose of your property with no restrictions but the rights and property of others.

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3. PRIVACY: Your data belongs to you. No authority can make you reveal your secrets, or even any trivial facts without your consent. No regulation can force you to divulge personal information. Any tyrant attempting to spy on you should be treated as an enemy of the people. Any entity tracking the data of millions should be made to pay compensation to its victims, apologise and be abolished. Its leaders should be subjected to ostracism and seen as the sick voyeurs that they are.

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4. SELF DEFENSE: You have the right to defend against any aggression on your life, your property, your privacy and all of your rights with force. No permission should ever be required to defend your legitimate rights. Anybody attempting to disarm you, as long as you have not initiated aggression, is your enemy. The only reason they would have to disarm innocents is in preparation to cause them harm once they are unable to defend themselves.

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5. INDEPENDENCE: You have the right to decide for yourself. you should be free to join or not join any collective endeavour. Your voluntary consent is required before enrolling your time, energy, property, name or any other thing that belongs to you in any scheme, organisation or institution. Force is not a legitimate way to have people participate in any kind of business, community or governmental activity or institution. There is always a choice and you have the right to exercise it.

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6. P2P: You have the right to interact with your peers without intermediaries. Cartels and monopolies enforced by law are illegitimate. If you can sell to your neighbour, you should not be forced to accept a middleman. If you can trade P2P, you should not be forced to accept a centralised trusted third party.

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7. FOSS: You have the right to decide what protocols you participate in and the right to know what those protocols mean. Only Free Open Source Software can guarantee transparency and choice. Closed source is dangerous ton your property and privacy. A closed source contract is a tool for enslavement. A closed source monopoly is serfdom. We should recognise those that push them as exploiters or at best potential exploiters.

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8. DECENTRALISATION: Local solutions are best. Multiple solutions in competition favour the user and lead to progress. Monopolies and centralised impositions destroy choice, violate your rights and lead to worse outcomes as they are ideal tools for exploitation. Restrictions on competition, barriers to entry and top-down regulations that put smaller providers at an artificial disadvantage should be denounced and abolished.

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9. CHOICE: Your voluntary decision is a requirement for legitimate participation. It is the expression of your independence. It is the expression of your consent and your free will. Any regulation that does not allow for choice is illegitimate. An opt-out clause should be required in any regulation.

Flix 6mo ago

10. RULE OF LAW: Laws must be simple, clear and easy to understand for all people that they apply to. Laws must apply to all people, guaranteeing equal rights before the law. Laws must be approved and consented to by the people. Laws cannot change frequently or be subject to changing interpretation. Laws cannot be enforced arbitraliry or selectively. If a law cannot be universally enforced it should not exist. Laws must be few: no citizen should have to professionally study law to understand their obligations and rights. Hyperlegislation destroys respect for the law and its effectiveness. The number of laws should be strictly limited.