NETWORK STATE CONSTITUTION
Empire State of Mind – December 24, 2021, Malta
This draft is a merge of five past as well as future constitutions, forked into one Network State Constitution. Not common in designing constitutions, but rather successful in open-source software development.
> Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen de 1789> Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949
> https://github.com/Bit-Nation/BITNATION-Constitution
> https://www.eff.org/de/cyberspace-independence
> https://www.spacelegalissues.com/proposal-for-a-martian-constitution
PREAMBLE
We are sovereign. We are united. We are the future. We are the Birth of a New Age. We are The Future for Our World and Humanity.
Some might think of us as radical outliers, as extremists on the fringes of society, a bunch of weirdos. Think again. We come from all generations and social strata.
We are students, teachers, doctors, engineers, lawyers, software developers, traders, marketers, entrepreneurs, and professors, even politicians, and diplomats.
We are your neighbours, your co-workers, your drinking buddies. We are both youth and experience. We are all that make up the fabric of the societies we live in.
We are one of you, but the ones that have become aware of our political autonomy and wish to reclaim our sovereignty. And we toil, every single day, to build a world without fear of coercion, where everyone is at liberty to be whoever they wish, and to choose whichever governance services they desire.
Piece by piece, we build our infrastructure, one line of code, one meetup, one new coliving, one piece of documentation at the time. Together, we are laying the foundations for a world in which we can be self-sovereign in peace and preservation.
ARTICLE 1)
NETWORK STATES
Network States are social networks consisting of humans who subscribe voluntarily to the collective vision, philosophy, rules, aims, and integrated cryptocurrency articulated through our constitution and the most fundamental truth of consciousness, to benefit from the fellowship and services offered.
All humans are equal and have the same rights. Any discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, spirituality or religion, assets, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation is prohibited.
ARTICLE 2)
EQUALITY
ARTICLE 3)
DIGNITY
Human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected.
Freedom of spirituality, religion, worship, conscience, demonstration, and freedom of opinion is guaranteed.
ARTICLE 4)
FREEDOM
ARTICLE 5)
MENTAL & PHYSICAL INTEGRITY
Every citizen will have the right to life, physical and mental integrity. Freedom of the person is inviolable.
In the fields of medicine, biology and psychology, the following must be respected in particular:
(a) the free and informed consent of the person concerned.
(b) the prohibition on making the human body or artificially altered consciousness as such a source of financial gain.
These rights must not interfere.
Freedom of expression is guaranteed to all citizens. Censorship cannot take place, nor actively or indirectly, nor physiologically or technologically.
The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the most precious rights: any citizen thus may think, say, write or publish their opinions.
This right shall include the freedom to distribute, receive and impart information and ideas without interference by any authority.
ARTICLE 6)
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
ARTICLE 7)
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Every citizen will have the right to free development of their personality insofar as they do not violate the rights of others or offend against the constitution or the moral law.
Human Beings are born and remain free, equal in rights, and are free in choosing their governance system supporting their particular worldview.
No human can be forced into any system of control, thus any citizen is free to subscribe to and opt-out from various reality-creating governance systems.
Under no circumstances must any centralised entity claim to be the sole source of truth.
ARTICLE 8)
VOLUNTARY
ARTICLE 9)
SOVEREIGNTY
The principle of any sovereignty resides essentially in every one of us. Nobody, no individual may exercise any authority which does not proceed directly from the constitution and thus the humans’ consent.
Although we refuse to allow any supranational entity, territorial government, individual, artificial created consciousness, to take our sovereignty without our consent, nor accept any universal agreement amongst ourselves on how we should, or should not, live our lives, we still seek cooperation with one another.
We depend on our reputation in temporary territorial host countries. Therefore we respect the manifold of the host states’ culture and do not violate the laws and rules of our hosts.
We represent the future of humanity, which necessitates the best manners and behaviours, namely Courage, Temperance, Liberality, Magnificence, Generosity, Ambition, Patience, Friendliness, Truthfulness, Modesty and Justice.
ARTICLE 10)
VIRTUE
ARTICLE 11)
UNITY
No one shall be held in physical or psychological slavery or servitude, especially in regards to the power of artificially generated consciousness or the use of technology against humanity.
We are coming in peace, unity and restrain ourselves from any form of physical or psychological interference or warfare.
