DAVID-ist International. ------------------------ Propose to foment a DAVID-ist International, as a way to prevent an international organization being established which may act outside the reach of the real people, forming a danger through excessive organizational unity ('corruption in the top'). By forming a DAVID-ist international in a way that may be established on principles of openness and freedom not even approaching the integration of a confederacy or federation much less a true uniting bureaucracy, the obvious need for a certain international platform is met, while combatting the danger it may pose. Set-up: ------- I propose this DAVID-ist International maintains a list of all political parties who say they support a D.A.V.I.D. system, as promulgated on this site www.socialism.nl. It does not matter if they deviate extensively, as long as they agree to the 4 elements at least, and would work to establish them. A party that says they agree to these 4 points, because it is better then capitalism, but in practice works for a total plan economy, perhaps it's better not to join this International then, or to be listed as a sympathizer party, who would carry out supportive roles for bringing closer the 4 parts of the program. For example: a party might list as sympathizer when they pursue some kind of anarchist program, but are firmly intend on doing their duty according to this program during an all out revolutionary condition, and would tend to vote in bodies of power in favor of establishing this 4 point program (until it is achieved, at which point it would fracture away.) There could be 3 lists for ease of maintenance: 1. A list of larger parties, say 10,000 members and more, 2. A list of medium parties, say 9,999 members to 1000 members. 3. A list of small parties 999 members to 10 members. 4. A list of sympathizer parties, who have at least 1000 members. I thought that it would be useful to differentiate, so that the main list (10,000 and more) wouldn't constantly need to be mutated. Operation: ---------- The operation would be strangely simple and casual: everyone can do whatever they want, meetings can be organized of course, the lists also provide a means to find each other. The DAVID-ist international never makes any decisions ! It is not an organization, it is a platform, an empty space. Whenever 2 or more parties from several nations vote on some kind of resolution, proposal, motion, etc (using different provinces/states in the super-large empires as different nations, especially when they would dis-unite into separate nations under the DAVID program www.socialism.nl), the DAVID-ist International will post a link or other pointer to the content of that resolution at the request of the two or more parties involved. That's it ! Nothing more. Talk yes, uniting organizationally: no. That is part of the revolutionary strategy, to cut out corruption. This may mean that quite divergent thoughts may all find each other in this DAVID-ist platform. They find each other, but they do not extinguish each other or necessarily battle for supremacy here. At the same time certain motions may get a majority vote, but as such it means not that the minority vote will not get done, or the majority vote will get done. It is an international platform, meaning that even a vote of one will be able, power permitting, to pursue its will because of the sovereignty of its nation. One of the more interesting motions may be: is the time already right for a revolution in your nation, do you estimate that the time is right for a global revolution. The result of the vote says nothing. It may be that 99% thinks it's time for revolution, however that does not mean anything has to be done. There is no decision, there is no sovereignty in this DAVID-ist platform. The decision is always made nationally and by the parties themselves, ruling their own destiny. Look back: ---------- Having it set up like so, will prevent certain people to launch a DAVID-ist international, with headquarters who knows where, with a bureaucratic manipulative platform and meeting schedule who knows what's on it or what it's about, being able to misdirect the entire international DAVID-movement and causing major splits and arguments and what not, who knows. Having it open, almost as if it does not exist, seems better. Symbol: ------- The symbol is a purple*) flag, with the DAVID star (with the drawing of the economic system) on it mid-center not too small, the DAVID star is located on a backdrop of a white circle with white interior which is almost twice as wide as the widest point of the DAVID star, to the left and right are two similar size white circles with white interiors, who just barely do not touch the center circle. The DAVID star denotes obviously the DAVID system, the circles denote nations. The center circle denotes the 'home' nation (of whatever where or by whom the flag is flown), the fact that the other nations do not show the DAVID star also means respect for other peoples their Sovereignty (to indeed /not/ persue a DAVID system at all). The circular shape of the nation(s) denotes a wish for democracy (nevertheless) or at least some sort of way for a people to live a life that is good for them. The nations just barely do not touch also to underscore the sovereingty (not touching), as the brotherhood (almost touching), and the possibilities of trade and so on. (The general outline of this flag is robbed without asking from the Haudenosaunee flag, which denotes a confederacy of 5 (6) nations as a series of shapes connected with bands on a flag. The color red is from socialism, peace, justice, democracy, equality, non-serfdom etc, the color blue is from the liberal rejection of tirany, combines as purple.) This symbol is also a general symbol of DAVID-ist international outlook, it stands for the brotherhood in freedom of the DAVID system nation flying it to all other nations and peoples. It is also a flag which therefore mean peace. It is another peace flag, but this one can not mean war. Upside down it also means peace, as you'll note that the DAVID star symbol does not reverse meaning when being reversed upside down. Thus it always has to mean peace, and international brotherhood in freedom of all peoples. It can also mean 'no-one-world-government,' an anti-one-world-government flag, because that is the intend of the system, and the meaning of respect for national sovereignty in this flag. To combine it with the constitutional peace flag, the meaning would become peace + peace. To combine it with the consitutional war flag, considdering the flag is the flag of international brotherhood in freedom, it would denote a war declaration on an international opressor of some kind, for example a one world Government or an Imperial Governmen threatening national sovereingty. (One might want to remember, if writing into this flag something or whatever, that the two white circles denote other nations. This may lead to unintended meaning ? It would basically address other nations then.) You could also reconfigure the flag with 2 or 4 or more circles. Everone feel free to make up whatever symbols and flags and so on. It's not that important I guess (but why not try to do it right in terms of meaning I guess; as some people noted: symbols can be powerful things.) *) Formerly red, see also http://www.socialism.nl/post/002/099-color Now officially 'purple socialism,' to distinguish from total plan economic socialism (tend to be the marxists), and from the 'social democrats' who only want some humane measures in an otherwise neo-Roman society (anarchic free trade in everything, including soil, capital and worker-groups, with a weak form of democracy (neo-Roman, national ballot of fractions, who struggle for supremacy)).