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Published: 2015-12-01
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsO-b0_r-5Y
today economy is on its head let's put it back on its feet somebody know how to use works %HESITATION disassembly back on my feet it's possible the core of the Confucianist that we are not clear about the gold off the economy should it be to make money financial profit to meet human needs to increase the common good or TTP still many economists and politicians staring at
the GDP but the sin ever rising GDP yes announcer Tara big questions does it bring along for sure less wars more democracy bad environment does it make us happier and healthier more and more people Celtics and disengaged from this believe according to a survey more than seventy percent of global citizens say that the present economic model it's not taking care of the planet and the society
as a whole according to another survey in Austria ninety percent of the population desire and alternative economic order this is the question are there alternatives Margaret Thatcher set Tina there is no alternative the answer of civil society movements hits Pappas there are plenty of alternative and one of them is the economy for the common good the comment for the common good is very young when five
years ago started in this very city of FEMA and since then it has spread to more than forty countries why is it going so rapidly well it's not only a complete a coherent theoretical model that is based on the very same values that are already shed broadly by the people even anchored in concert it's also and the life movement with thousands of citizens companies universities and
municipalities and thirdly we developed a democratic process off implementation if you have learned that is not sufficient to have a beautiful a tentative even if it supported by the majority of the citizens if our governments and parliaments don't like it let's start with the model economy for the common good is a holistic approach to the economy embedding it into its broader context no more divorce between
economy and ethics no more divorce between economy and feelings no more divorce between economy and democracy and nobody wars between the economy nature yes we have a holistic view money is no longer heard the gold off the economy it comes it means the goal intuitively if the common good thought is not new it's already many constitutions for instance the Bavarian one totally clear a German fundamental
laws says that property has to serve the common good this does not mean that capital is a bad thing it's just not the goal Simeons take this in version of gold and means seriously it would have radical consequences on how we measure SS indeed column today we measure success in economy on all levels alongside the accumulation of means you see these monetary indicators and not alongside
the chief month off the gold it would Steven this a failure of method you could also consider this practice today as correct and argue that constitutions are wrong that's why we propose clarify this question and that the summer since citizens decide if the sovereign citizens decide that the goal of the economy Shelby the accumulation of capital well then we only would have to change our come
but if the sovereign citizens agree with what is in the constitution's then we should change the way we measure success in the economy and I just the measurement of success in line with the goal the next good messages that some of these innovative instruments already exists you might have heard about the better life index from that we see the or a bit more charming the grossness
nine happiness from the tiny state of Qatar they were asking thousands of households on all aspects of life quality how are you how is your physical and mental health with your children be once better off than you can you trust your neighbors or the next person that comes along the street hardly any miles the trees in the what efficient a river can I take a swim
in the river without health risk can you drink the water off the river without health risk a common good product measures what really counts if his vices can be forty sure that you're better off a second security lasership disputes between access off a single company and the success of the whole society today we cannot be sure about this relationship today a company can be financially profitable
and do good to everybody and all beings that's possible but it's equally possible that affects a company has a huge financial profit and lays off thousands of people increases blood pressure discriminates against women boosts inequality undermines democracy and destroys nature it's also perfectly possible in the company for the common good a company only be successful if it at the same time make society more successful maybe
you remember this was already a dream Adam Smith but his invisible hand didn't do it which was in charge of providing the common good because it simply doesn't exist I come uncle Ben and shit it's meant to be a visible hand it makes the dream of Adam Smith come to it makes private and prices free markets because the common good the chemical balance sheet measures to
which degree a company lifts and promotes constitutional values from human dignity over a sustainability to democracy in the first stage it makes visible that ethical performance and if you want so the constitution of fidelity alpha company and makes it distinguishable all products and services will tell us transparently who made them under which conditions with which ecological impact if the company is solitary or cannibalistic pays a
fair tax share or hides profits Intex havens Zoomer will have a better informed freer choice the second innovation is that they want to correct the mist relational prices between more ethical products HR more expensive in the road today and less ethical products which enjoyed a competitive advantage for being cheaper this in all modesty is an unethical market economy in an ethical market economy it will be
the other way around can we make it course linking the chemical balance sheet without to differentiate it legal treatment in all disciplines in Texas our tariffs loan conditions a priority in public procurement just for instance as a consequence ethical products and services what become cheaper to consumer spending less ethical once and only responsible companies would remain in the market finally the famous laws off the market
political decision what been coherence the values of our so much for the model which is actually much more complete and it consists of twenty cornerstones too many for short fed ex talk that's why we go for the process as already mentioned we do not see governments and parliaments are ready for deep and systemic change that's why we propose that the sovereign citizens shell the side the
principle of sovereignty is at the heart of our democracy it comes from the Latin word Pat harmless and means literally stand by fall somehow we all know that in a democracy the people are the highest instance but if it did we ever feel it in every cell of our bodies what would it mean if you better really truly the highest incidence where they would enjoy a
long serious off strong sovereign rights first and foremost of those sovereign rights with Peter writes the exclusive right to redact adopt and change the constitution highest document of a democracy by who shall it be adopted if not by the highest instance if the people wrote the constitution I am fully convinced they would never allow banks that are too big to fail OJ free movement of capital
Intex havens unlimited inequality or pay tens of living organisms it's the name of you if the people cooked right the constitution's they will put the common good a heart economy and oblige all banks and companies to present the common good balance sheets and we've worked high ethical achievements and constitutional fidelity why I'm so sure about that because I developed a game which I have played with
tens of thousands of people in more than twenty countries the game is called sovereign democracy and at a loss to decide this seemingly most difficult political questions with fun you want an example well for example the question which is regarded the biggest obstacle to deepen systemic change the over concentration of wealth and power according to a survey of the Financial Times between seventy and ninety percent
of the citizens from US to China regards today's inequality as excessive however this does not mean that they're asking for full economic equality they're asking for the limitation of inequality but where would citizens limits in equality if the courts decide well let's figure it out now it here ten volunteering democratic citizens come out on the stage please join me in a half circle five women and
five men please don't hesitate it will not hurt you it will it will be fun five men and five men please join me and we will plate sovereign democracy in five minutes thank you very much the first volunteers are they coming yet half circuit thank you very much we've come a long so that everybody can see you thank you very much for coming no come one
two three four five six seven eight nine ten please come please come and I come here so one two three four five six seven eight nine one more while more volunteering person a great here is the ten fold into in persons so while you're waiting a tenth person you are a sovereign citizens assembly in the real version it's a process of a whole year this is
the play version of only five minutes join maybe thank you very much so you are the democratic as MD of Vienna and today in this couple of minutes we decide on the limitation income in equality we guess that we already decided the legal minimum wage of one thousand five hundred euros for a full working schedule per month and now we decide on that top income in
relation to the legal minimum wage with how many times the legal minimum wage would you limits highest income the legally allowed highest income in the same parking time please just listen to your heart and make it honest and quick proposal and I wrote down all proposals and I speak I repeated loudly that you can listen to them ten times first proposed second proposal three times more
twenty five times twelve times one more then again seventy three point five okay I have I've collected one two three four five proposals first innovation we will vote on all of them I write them down three times five times ten times twelve times twenty times and seventy three point five times this is the first innovation all proposals are voted on seconds innovation you don't show your
information but your assistance against every single proposal and that proposal that meets the least resistance is the winner it has a deep reasoning behind every ruler no matter the existing one or any alternative rules respects the liberty US citizens causes pain in the population procedure by to mathematics from the university of cots allows us to figure out that you were it causes the least pain in
the overall population and restricts liberty in the least possible degree you have three options to show your pain and your resistance first absent you listen the proposal you listen to your heart you can close your eyes if there is any pain if there is no pain there is no energy for assistance into don't raise an arm if there is some pain itchy treachery you raise one
are and if there is a strong pain why there's a lot of energy for resistance race to arms got it then we start right away first proposal highest income maybe up to three times as a maximum the legal minimum wage in the same working time please show us your pain and resistance against this factor three I start to count one two three four five six seven
eight nine thank you second proposal highest income maybe up to five times the legal minimum wage please show us your pain and resistance against this proposal one two one two three four five six thank you third proposal the highest income maybe up to ten times the legal minimum wage please show us your pain and resistance against factor ten one tool three four five six next proposal
twelve times as a maximum please Charles your resistance against factor twelve now you can you you're invited to vote every time every time your vote one two three four five six seven second last proposal already highest income maybe up to twenty times the legal minimum wage peace chose your assistance against factor twenty one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven and last proposal
the highest income maybe two seventy three point five times the legal minimum age please tell us your resistance against the US proposal two four six eight ten twelve fourteen fifteen house alright which one is the winner which one is the winner between five and ten thank you very much for playing you can go back on your seats and I wound up here how long did it
to sovereign citizens take decide on this question few minutes how long does it take our governments and parliaments to decide on the very same question look this is what our governments and parliaments have decided in Austria in Germany and the US at this very moment and this is only one example of many why be deem it better that the constitutional fundament of economy is late by
the sovereign citizens and then the detailed laws are made by our group to wrap up if you want to be part of such a sovereign process if you want the vision of an economy for the common good to come to then you've warmly welcome I joined we started five years ago Indiana with one thousand pioneer companies and in only five years one thousand nine hundred companies
have joined from more than forty countries three hundred companies have done their common will balance sheet among them three banks and also this medium sized family enterprise which we brought in a financial times they're also public enterprises or universities that make their balance sheet this university appointed the common good officer after doing it and at the same time their founding a bang for the common good
here in this moment in Vienna you can become and owner of you can become member of seventeen associations from Austria over Spain cheating and they're also working with municipalities and reaches this is a Spanish one and the opera board means literally municipality for the common good they tell me and regional government of South Tyrol has decided promote common good companies and municipalities and our biggest success
we celebrate it's only recently at the European level economic and social committee at three hundred fifty members body very representative of the whole civil society rejected an opinion on the economy for the common good and guess what was the result an incredible eighty six percent of the members of this committee decided in favor of including the economy for the common good in the legal framework often
repeated union and its member states one month ago one month ago we were invited to read him Pulliam and for the first time and this is what you can do if you want to become you can become a member of any of these associations you can found a local group or join the nearest you can initiate the balance sheet in any company in your company and
