User:Average/Snide Guide to Writing Constitutions
So, in any Constitution, whether governmental or your non-profit, you are balancing two primary pillars of value, without which you wouldn't bother writing a Constitution.
- Liberty: the desire for people to want to do their own thing
- Justice: the need for order to channel flows of liberty and protect larger social values.
And, as we are dealing with human endeavors related to living together, you are engaging four primary forces:
- Society and Interactions: what are you gathering together for, culture,
- Environment: historical and geographical context,
- Economy: means of creating and holding materal values, and
- Education: means of storing and teaching human value.
Enemies:[edit]
- ControlFreak: Too much control.
- Passivity: Too little control.
Allies:[edit]
- Literateness/Purpose: Direction vs. Creative Freedom
- Context Dynamics: Continuity vs. Serendipity
- Freedom: individual vs. group
- Virtue: immediate vs. transcendental?
Environment: Context; Society and Interactions: Freedoml Purpose: Economy, Virtue: Education
Putting the ideas to paper[edit]
It's good to start with some exemplary prose to excite the reader to learn more about your little domain of law. A paragraph is good.
Then lay out your basis of law and rules that hopefully solves all the contraints in the crucibles above: choosing leaders, deciding conflicts, etc.
Leave with a promise of prosperity and happiness ever after.
In conclusion[edit]
If you've solved the first enemy, you've made people free.
If you've solved the second enemy, you've made them feel safe.
Both, and you're the queen/king. Now go start the revolution. This world sucks.
