Estrategia de cambio sistémico/en

PART I - Introduction to the Idea
The Universal Feeling that "Something Isn't Working"
There is a widespread feeling, almost a collective murmur, that the current system is broken. We hear it in private conversations, we read it between the lines in the news, and we feel it in our daily lives. Words like "broken," "corrupt," or "unequal" have become commonplace to describe the structures that govern us.
Faced with this reality, traditional solutions seem to have lost their effectiveness. Protests fill the streets only to dissolve, elections change the faces but not the underlying dynamics, and charismatic leaders often end up being absorbed by the very system they promised to change. Frustration grows because the tools we were given to change things no longer seem to work.
This article explores a different path. Starting with a strategy of peaceful transformation, we have distilled five surprising and unconventional ideas for real systemic change. These are principles that challenge the logic of direct confrontation and instead rely on collective intelligence, patience, and social psychology.
1. The Hydra Strategy: A Leaderless Movement to Be Invincible
The first radical idea is that a movement with visible leaders is a vulnerable movement. Historically, social movements have been built around central figures, spokespeople, and committees. However, this structure is a fundamental weakness. Visible leadership can be "decapitated" through arrests or discrediting, "co-opted" through bribes or promises, or "divided" by pitting factions loyal to different figures against each other.
The alternative is a movement conceived as a distributed current, without gurus or official spokespeople. The perfect analogy is the mythological Hydra: "the more heads you cut off, the more it grows." Unlike classic revolutionary models that depend on a vanguard, here there is no center to attack. Each individual who understands and shares the ideas becomes an autonomous node in the network, creating a structural resilience that makes the movement virtually invincible.
2. The Most Powerful Weapon is Silence: Growing Unseen Until Critical Mass
Premature confrontation is strategic suicide. Combining the principles of "Strategic Patience" and "Initial Discretion," this strategy proposes that the first phase of change should be a "Silent Stream of Thought." The goal is not to go out into the streets and shout, but to achieve an initial 25-35% population awareness through private and discreet conversations in trusted circles before it becomes impossible to go unnoticed
In an era where activism seeks to "go viral" and garner immediate media attention, this tactic is profoundly counterintuitive. It avoids prematurely triggering the system's defenses, prevents premature labeling as "extremists" or "utopians," and eliminates the justification for repression. Silence and discretion allow ideas to germinate organically and take root in the collective consciousness. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
3. The Paradox of the Perfect Prison: We Are a Majority Convinced We Are a Minority
The system's greatest control mechanism isn't force, but psychological isolation. Herein lies one of its most powerful ideas: the "Great Paradox." Privately, most people sense that the system is broken and yearn for fundamental change. Talk to a neighbor, a family member, or a coworker in a moment of honesty, and the diagnosis is almost always the same.
However, each of these individuals believes they are part of an insignificant and isolated minority. The system perpetuates itself not because the majority supports it, but because it has convinced that majority that they are alone in their discontent. This is the essence of the most efficient prison system in existence.
The most perfect prison doesn't need bars; it only requires that each prisoner believes that he is the only one who wants to escape.
This psychological paralysis is precisely the knot that the following strategic tool is designed to untie.
4. The Symbol That Does Not Protest, But Reveals: The Function of the Green Ribbon
A symbol can be a tool, not just a statement. The "Green Ribbon" is presented not as a protest emblem, but as a strategic tool designed to resolve the aforementioned paradox: making the invisible community visible. Imagine a room with 100 people, where 80 secretly agree but remain silent. That silence maintains the status quo.
Unlike a protest banner directed at an adversary, the ribbon's function is to allow the 80 to recognize one another. When one person wears it, it means nothing. When fifty wear it, the reality of the room changes completely. The silent majority discovers, without saying a word, that it was always the majority. That is the moment when "critical mass" is reached. The color green was chosen precisely for its political neutrality and its universal symbolism of renewal and life.
5. The Ultimate Victory: Ignoring the System Until It Becomes Irrelevant
The ultimate goal is not to overthrow the system, but to render it irrelevant. The final phase of the strategy, once an overwhelming critical mass (over 80%) has been reached, is called "institutionalized indifference." It is not about a violent struggle for power, but about ignoring the old institutions and building a parallel power structure
This "ignoring" is not passive; it begins with a decisive and coordinated action: a peaceful paralysis where citizens ask public officials to take charge and organize the transition to the new structures already designed on the website demarquia.org.
The rhetorical questions illustrate this perfectly: "What is a president when 80% of the population decides that his role simply no longer exists? What power does he have left if no one pays attention to him?" The system isn't overthrown; it's ignored until it fades away through irrelevance.
The historical precedent is the fall of the Berlin Wall, which did not fall due to an invasion, but because millions of people collectively decided that this barrier no longer made sense.
The Conversation That Changes Everything
These five strategies outline a roadmap for change based not on force, but on the legitimacy of the majority. They reveal a profound truth about power in the 21st century: rigid structures are fragile, and ultimate control lies not in coercion, but in collective belief.
This organic and psychological approach relies on the intelligence of a citizenry that decides to build a new reality instead of fighting for the spoils of the old one.
It is not a noisy revolution, but a silent transformation that begins with a simple conversation.
True power lies not in tearing down the old, but in building the new by ignoring the old until it becomes irrelevant. This leaves us with a final question for reflection.
And if the silent majority already agrees, how could we begin to find out? Get your green ribbon ready.
PART-2 Implementation Report on the Transition to Demarchy.
1.0 Introduction: The Technical Imperative for a New Institutional Design
This report details an implementation strategy for a new governance model. It is crucial to understand that this proposal is not driven by ideology, but by a technical imperative fueled by the accelerating convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and automation. We face a finite window of opportunity to redesign our institutions before current technology renders existing power structures and citizens' bargaining power obsolete.
The concept of this "Window of Opportunity" is based on concrete technological projections that set an unavoidable timeline:
- By the end of 2027: It is estimated that approximately 25% of current jobs will have disappeared or been transformed beyond recognition.
- 2035: Nearly 70% of human job functions could become dispensable due to advanced automation.
The fundamental risk that this strategy seeks to mitigate is not technological in itself.
As the foundational analysis of Planetary Demarchy warns: "The real danger is not technology, but who controls it ." The concentration of control over advanced AI within current power structures leads to a scenario of total dependence for a largely superfluous population from a labor perspective, irreversibly eliminating their capacity for collective bargaining.
Attempting to reform the current system to meet this challenge is analogous to trying to adapt a medieval city for the digital age. Its architecture is inherently incompatible with future demands. A completely new foundation and design are required. Therefore, the implementation strategy presented below is not a simple reform, but a systemic reconstruction based on a set of fundamental, unshakeable principles.
2.0 Fundamental Strategic Principles of the Transition
The transition to a system that distributes power instead of concentrating it requires a radically different operational framework than that of traditional power shifts.
A strategy of this nature cannot be based on force or conquest, but must be founded on irrefutable moral legitimacy and structural resilience that is proof against sabotage.
The following five principles constitute the non-negotiable core of this plan; they do not operate as a list of rules, but as a mutually reinforcing strategic framework, where Nonviolence provides the moral superiority that makes Strategic Patience viable , while the Leaderless structure guarantees the resilience needed to survive that long incubation period.
- Nonviolence. Total moral legitimacy is the only viable path. Any act of violence is strategically counterproductive, as it betrays the values the new system seeks to establish, justifies repression by the current system, perpetuates cycles of revenge, and destroys trust, which is the fundamental pillar for large-scale cooperation.
- No Leaders: The movement is conceived as a distributed current, not a hierarchy. There are no gurus, official spokespeople, or central committees. This decentralized structure is a strategic design choice. A movement with visible leaders can easily be decapitated, co-opted, or divided. In contrast, a leaderless movement functions like a hydra: it is structurally resilient. This structure is not merely defensive; it facilitates exponential and organic growth that cannot be centrally managed or contained.
- No Division. The "left-right" polarization is a control architecture that the demarc system transcends. Its fundamental principles appeal to a much broader common ground than current political debate suggests, attracting diverse viewpoints:
- Liberals: For the maximization of individual freedom and minimal bureaucracy.
- Libertarians: For the abolition of taxes and the state.
- Anarchists: For the disappearance of the state and the community of the means of production, even if only at 50%.
- Socialists: For equitable distribution and the elimination of systemic privileges.
- Conservatives: For promoting order, stability, and responsibility.
- Progressives: For the promotion of innovation, technology and building the future.
- Strategic Patience: Haste is the greatest enemy of a successful transition. A premature confrontation, before reaching a critical mass of social support, would only lead to effective repression and a demoralizing failure. Building a solid and deep consensus requires time and repeated discussions. Strategy is a marathon, not a sprint.
- Initial Discretion: It is essential to maintain a low profile until a real critical mass has been reached. This tactic prevents premature reactions from the system, avoids negative labeling ("utopian," "extremist") before the ideas are widely understood, and protects the movement from infiltration and sabotage in its most vulnerable phases.
These strategic principles guide the operational phases of the social adoption plan, designed to build the necessary legitimacy base for subsequent technical implementation.
3.0 Phase I: Roadmap for Social Adoption and Critical Mass
This first phase constitutes the indispensable social prerequisite for any technical implementation of the system. The objective is not to seize power, but to reach a threshold of public awareness and support in an organic, peaceful, and decentralized manner. The strategy focuses on resolving the fundamental paradox that sustains the current system: the existence of a "silent majority that believes itself to be a minority ." The plan unfolds through three sequential stages
3.1 Stage 1: Incubation as a Silent Stream of Thought
The main objective of this stage is to achieve 25-35% population awareness of the key concepts of Demarchy, but without seeking visibility or direct confrontation. The movement spreads like an invisible current of thought, based on personal reflection and person-to-person communication within circles of trust.
The key tactics for this stage are:
- No confrontation: Planetary Demarchy is not an ideology, it is a social architecture that needs everyone.
- One-on-one conversations: Dialogues in trusted environments, focused on planting seeds of reflection through questions ("Don't you find it strange that...?"), rather than statements. Better one-on-one than in a group.
- Focus on shared values: Articulate ideas around universal principles such as justice, transparency, and dignity.
- Use of simple analogies: Facilitate understanding by comparing with everyday situations and presenting concepts as "something interesting I read."
- Maintaining a low profile: Avoiding demonstrations, visible leadership, and any form of public confrontation.
- Inform: Clarify the basic concepts of Planetary Demarchy and the green ribbon strategy .
The operational ethos is summarized in its "Golden Rules": patience, strategy, humility, inclusion, and discretion.
3.2 Stage 2: Visibility and Critical Mass
- Strategic Tool: The "Green Ribbon" is the central tool for this phase. Its function is not that of a traditional protest, but rather to make visible the "invisible community" that has formed during Stage 1. Its purpose is to catalyze the collective recognition that critical mass has already been reached.
- Symbolic Analysis: The choice of green is deliberately strategic. It is presented as politically neutral (neither red nor blue), avoiding partisan associations. Furthermore, it evokes universal concepts such as renewal, life, and hope, facilitating its widespread adoption.
- Mechanism of Symbolic Coercion: The Green Ribbon strategy is designed as a "rhetorical trap" for the system. If the authorities ignore it, the symbol grows unopposed; if they attack it, they grant it legitimacy and attention (Streisand Effect); and if they acknowledge it, they validate the existence of widespread discontent. Any reaction from the system is theoretically designed to benefit the spread of the symbol, turning it into a tool of asymmetric warfare in the realm of legitimacy.
- Psychology of Critical Mass: The impact of the symbol is projected in five sequential psychological phases:
- Pioneers (<5%): A brave minority comments on the idea and the symbol but does not wear it, generating initial curiosity.
- Vocal Minority (10-25%): The idea and the symbol become recognizable and its meaning is legitimized in street discourse, but it is not yet worn.
- Silent Majority (25-50%): This is the moment to start using the ribbon. Those who already shared the ideas begin to use the ribbon when they feel safe and know they are not alone. When it is no longer possible to keep the movement discreet, it is time to start, without pressure, showing up on social media, for example, with a ribbon in their profile picture and signatures.
- Critical Mass (>60%): The symbol becomes omnipresent, exerting a massive and inescapable moral pressure on public opinion.
- Reversal of Legitimacy (65%+): The old system loses its legitimacy not through attack, but because the visible majority has adopted a new frame of reference. It's time to step up.
3.3 Stage 3: Mass Peaceful Mobilization
- Transition Signal: The trigger for this final phase will be the massive visibility of the green ribbon, estimated at over 40% of the population, a sign of almost total consensus. Since not all supporters will always wear it, and some, even if they support it, will not want to wear it, that 40% would be equivalent to over 65% support
- The mobilization should only be called when these three factors are overcome, not before :
- over 65% support
- over 25% unemployment
- Nobody sees a future, only empty promises
- Then the mobilization will have to be called 45 to 60 days in advance.
- During this period, the silence ended; the noise must begin, so that the self-interested defenders of the old system, feeling like losers, will change sides and reach those who are still undecided.
The decisive action is a peaceful and near-total shutdown of economic activity* , coordinated in advance, along with a series of demonstrations with banners displaying the demands in the most emblematic, visible, and appropriate location in each municipality. This mobilization does not seek to overthrow the government, but rather to present clear, technical, and administrative demands to officials:
It won't be dramatic; it will be like a public holiday. Public transport, bars, etc., will operate as usual.
- Transfer of state management to competent technical officials.
- Organization of the first citizen lottery for a Constituent Assembly and a Citizen Assembly with Super Jury powers.
- Call for a binding referendum to ratify the transition.
- Publication of a transparent and detailed implementation schedule.
- Amnesty and guaranteed pension for all active politicians and amnesty for the rest of the actors of the previous system (businessmen, media) who do not hinder the transition.
- An investigation by the Citizen Super Jury into the political, administrative, and media records of those who negatively interfere with the process, judging them under the principles of Natural Law for both actions and omissions in their duties. 2020 would be an interesting year to investigate in depth.
The transition mechanism is not confrontation, but "institutionalized indifference ." The old system is not attacked, but simply ignored by the citizens, officials, security forces, and the army, who are all part of the same people.
Old structures become irrelevant until they cease to exist. Once this critical social mass is reached and the transition of power is secured, the technical implementation of the new system can begin in a modular and phased manner.
4.0 Phase II: Modular Technology Implementation Roadmap
The transition to Demarchy is not conceived as a monolithic "all or nothing" event. On the contrary, its implementation is based on a modular and sequential philosophy. The system is built in layers, where each layer builds upon the previous one and is activated according to the technological maturity available at any given time. This approach allows for a gradual, adaptive, and resilient transition
4.1 Layer 1: Immediate Foundations (Implementable with Current Technology)
This layer includes elements that can be deployed immediately, using only existing technology and the political will derived from the social transition.
- Requirements: Political will, adapted legal frameworks, and currently available technology.
- Implementation Milestones:
- Citizen Lottery for Constituent Assemblies (AsC): Implementation of stratified random selection algorithms to ensure accurate demographic representation
- Transparency with Blockchain: Use of mature distributed ledger technologies (such as Ethereum or Hyperledger) to create immutable public records of all government spending and decisions.
- Continuous Citizen Auditing: Deployment of open source platforms that provide real-time public access to government data for constant citizen oversight.
- Drastic Legislative Reduction: Conducting a comprehensive audit of the legal corpus to identify and eliminate obsolete, redundant, or regulatory capture laws.
4.2 Layer 2: AI Integration (Horizon 2-5 Years)
This layer integrates current-level artificial intelligence tools (equivalent to the GPT-5, Claude, or Gemini models) to enhance the capacity of citizen governance
- Requirements: Existing but advanced AI and a fully operational Layer 1 infrastructure. The transparency established by blockchain records at Layer 1 is the non-negotiable foundation upon which Layer 2 AI legislative assistants can operate with confidence.
- Implementation Milestones:
- AI Assistance for Assembly Members: Deployment of multi-model AI teams to assist randomly selected citizens with proposal analysis, source verification, technical summaries, and fallacy detection.
- Legislative Automation: Use of AI assistants to draft laws in clear and accessible language, automatically verifying their consistency with the axiomatic constitutional framework.
- Predictive Policy Analysis: Using AI models to simulate the potential impact of policies, project long-term consequences, and identify possible unintended side effects.
- Construction of the Common Vault: Development of the first prototypes of sovereign digital identity and the construction of the government blockchain infrastructure that will support it.
4.3 Layer 3: Convergence with Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) (Horizon 5-15 Years)
The emergence of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) unlocks management and optimization capabilities on an unprecedented scale.
- Requirements: Availability of one or more secure and aligned AGIs.
- Implementation Milestones:
- Unlocking Superhuman Governance Advice: An AGI analyzing millions of scenarios in real time to optimize public policies based on complex multidimensional objectives.
- Activation of Planetary Resource Coordination: Automated and optimal management of supply chains, energy networks and logistics on a global scale.
- Transfer of the Management of the Commons Administration (AdC) to the AGI: The AGI assumes the administration of critical infrastructures (health, education, etc.) under the strategic supervision of the Citizens Assembly (AsC).
- Implementation of Total Tokenization of the Economy: Creation of a unique digital token for each physical and digital asset, enabling a fully transparent, auditable, and efficient economy.
4.4 Layer 4: Superintelligence-Assisted Governance (SIA) (Horizon >15 Years)
The development of an Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) represents the ultimate aspirational horizon, enabling civilizational management of a complexity and effectiveness unimaginable today
- Requirements: Secure and aligned development of Artificial Superintelligence.
- Implementation Milestones:
- Implementation of Civilizational Management by ASI: The ASI coordinates planetary civilization, executing the strategic and ethical guidelines established by the demarchic oversight structures
- Enabling Post-Scarcity Technology: Automated production of material abundance through technologies such as molecular manufacturing and access to virtually unlimited energy.
- Deployment of Extended Longevity Technologies: Exponential advances in regenerative medicine to reverse aging and significantly extend human life cycles.
This technological timeline is a projection, but certain crisis scenarios could act as catalysts, drastically accelerating the need to implement these layers.
5.0 Crisis Scenario Analysis as Catalysts for Transition
The demarchic strategy does not depend on the occurrence of a crisis to be viable; however, it is designed to function as a "fire extinguisher on the wall ." Its structure is intended to be a robust and prepared alternative precisely for the moment when current systems demonstrate their inability to manage systemic crises. Instead of waiting for the building to be engulfed in flames to seek a way out, this plan builds and marks the emergency exit now.
The following table analyzes how existing demarchy tools would offer a superior response to various crisis scenarios that could accelerate the transition.
| Accelerating Crisis Scenario | Prepared Demarchic Response |
| Severe Economic Crisis (Financial collapse, hyperinflation, mass unemployment due to automation) | Activate the Planetary Dividend as a safety net, use tokenization to protect real value against monetary collapse, and redistribute wealth generated with the 50% Universal Partnership (AU50). |
| Acute Climate Crisis (Cascading disasters, mass migrations, supply collapse) | As a single global administration based on artificial intelligence, it could easily coordinate the Planetary Protection Force through AGI/ASI for a rapid and optimal global response, allocating resources according to verifiable needs and preventing corruption in crisis management thanks to total transparency. |
| Crisis of Political Legitimacy (Massive corruption revealed, collapse of institutional trust) | It restores legitimacy immediately through citizen lottery, makes systemic corruption impossible with blockchain transparency, and eliminates perverse incentives in professional politics. |
| Premature Arrival of AGI/ASI (Concentration of technological power, existential risk) | With a single global administration and all AI and robotics companies linked through the Common Fund, the need for an arms race disappears. AI and robotics can be developed and deployed safely and gradually, reducing current risks.
Adopt distributed governance, apply a predefined ethical-legal framework to oversee the ASI and prevent its capture by elites through citizen lottery and radical transparency. |
In all these scenarios, the strategic advantage of the demarchic response is the same: its pre-designed structures succeed because they are decentralized, transparent, and automated. This design eliminates the centralized bottlenecks, human judgment errors, and political conflicts of interest that define and exacerbate crises within the current system, ensuring a systemic response rather than a political reaction.
6.0 Conclusion: An Adaptive Transition Architecture
In short, the Planetary Demarchy implementation strategy is not a rigid plan, but an adaptive transition architecture , designed to navigate the complexity of systemic change in the 21st century. Its viability lies not in force, but in a higher structural logic and its alignment with emerging social and technological dynamics
The defining characteristics of this plan are its capacity to operate in sequential layers, its explicit rejection of violence and centralized leadership, and its reliance on organic social contagion and collective intelligence. It does not seek to overthrow a system, but rather to build a new one that will render the old one obsolete through its greater efficiency and legitimacy.
This architecture provides the necessary blueprint, ensuring that, when the transition becomes imperative, humanity possesses a peaceful, viable, and fully engineered alternative for the next stage of its collective development.
PART 3 Strategic Analysis: Feasibility and Risks
1.0 Introduction to Strategic Analysis
This document presents an analysis of the systemic change strategy proposed by the Planetary Demarchy
The analysis focuses on evaluating the strategy's architecture, its tactical feasibility, and foreseeable institutional resistance. The objective is to unpack the internal logic of the proposed model, identifying both its conceptual strengths and critical vulnerabilities.
The central tenet of the Planetary Demarchy strategy posits a process of gradual, peaceful, and organic transformation . Unlike revolutionary movements that seek to seize power or political parties that compete for it electorally, this strategy focuses on distributing power in such a way that no one can concentrate it , which demands a radically different approach, based on social virality and the war of legitimacy rather than direct confrontation.
The "Window of Opportunity" argument justifies the urgency of the strategy, anchoring it in concrete technological and temporal projections. According to the source document, the existential risk is not technology itself, but its control by current power structures. The key horizons that define this window are:
- By the end of 2027: Approximately 25% of current jobs will be transformed or will have disappeared.
- 2035: Nearly 70% of human job functions will be dispensable due to automation.
- Post-2035: A massive convergence of artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation will occur, consolidating a new productive paradigm.
To understand how the strategy intends to navigate this complex scenario, it is crucial to first analyze the philosophical principles that underpin and guide the execution of the entire strategy.
2.0 Fundamental Principles and Operational Logic
The guiding principles of the Planetary Demarchy strategy are not mere ideological declarations, but operational rules designed to maximize the movement's resilience and minimize the repressive responses of the current system. They constitute the tactical DNA of the model, seeking to neutralize the counter-strategies that have historically dismantled movements for change.
| Strategic Principle | Analysis of its Tactical Function |
| 1. Nonviolence | This principle seeks to ensure the movement's complete moral legitimacy . By explicitly renouncing violence, it eliminates any justification for disproportionate state repression. Tactically, it prevents cycles of violence and revenge that would destroy the social trust necessary for cooperation in a subsequent system, thus maintaining an unassailable ethical foundation. |
| 2. No Leaders | The strategy defines the movement as a "hydra" or a "distributed stream." The absence of visible leaders is designed to neutralize the decapitation, co-optation, and division tactics that are successfully applied to centralized movements. Without a command center to attack, buy off, or discredit, the system faces a resilient, decentralized network |
| 3. No Division | It starts from the premise that the "left-right" polarization is an "architecture of control." The strategy actively seeks to build a cross-cutting social base by appealing to shared values that resonate with different ideologies: individual liberty for liberals, equality for socialists, order and responsibility for conservatives, and innovation for progressives. The goal is to unite a majority of citizens against an obsolete system, rather than pitting them against each other |
| 4. Strategic Patience | This principle views change as a "marathon, not a sprint." Its tactical function is to avoid premature confrontation and the resulting demoralizing failure. It allows for the gradual building of a solid social consensus and the critical mass necessary to make the transition overwhelming and inevitable, rather than an uncertain and costly struggle |
| 5. Initial Discretion | The logic of maintaining a low profile until critical mass is reached seeks to avoid being prematurely labeled as "utopian" or "extremist" by the establishment. This tactic protects the movement in its most vulnerable phase from infiltration and sabotage , allowing ideas to spread organically in trusted circles before being exposed to public scrutiny and attack |
These principles are applied through a sequential and phased action plan, designed to scale the movement in a controlled manner from idea to mass action.
3.0 Analysis of the Phased Implementation Model
3.1 . The strategy roadmap is structured in a three-stage sequential model. Each phase has distinct objectives, tactics, and success metrics, designed to scale the movement organically, minimizing risk and maximizing impact at each stage of the process
3.2 Stage 1: Incubation as a Silent Thought Stream
The main objective of this stage is to achieve 25-35% population awareness of the key concepts of Demarchy, but without seeking visibility or direct confrontation. The movement spreads like an invisible current of thought, based on personal reflection and person-to-person communication within circles of trust.
The key tactics for this stage are:
- No confrontation: Planetary Demarchy is not an ideology, it is a social architecture that needs everyone.
- One-on-one conversations: Dialogues in trusted environments, focused on planting seeds of reflection through questions ("Don't you find it strange that...?"), rather than statements. Better one-on-one than in a group.
- Focus on shared values: Articulate ideas around universal principles such as justice, transparency, and dignity.
- Use of simple analogies: Facilitate understanding by comparing with everyday situations and presenting concepts as "something interesting I read."
- Maintaining a low profile: Avoiding demonstrations, visible leadership, and any form of public confrontation.
- Inform: Clarify the basic concepts of Planetary Demarchy and the green ribbon strategy .
The operational ethos is summarized in its "Golden Rules": patience, strategy, humility, inclusion, and discretion.
3.3 Stage 2: Visibility and Critical Mass
- Strategic Tool: The "Green Ribbon" is the central tool for this phase. Its function is not that of a traditional protest, but rather to make visible the "invisible community" that has formed during Stage 1. Its purpose is to catalyze the collective recognition that critical mass has already been reached.
- Symbolic Analysis: The choice of green is deliberately strategic. It is presented as politically neutral (neither red nor blue), avoiding partisan associations. Furthermore, it evokes universal concepts such as renewal, life, and hope, facilitating its widespread adoption.
- Mechanism of Symbolic Coercion: The Green Ribbon strategy is designed as a "rhetorical trap" for the system. If the authorities ignore it, the symbol grows unopposed; if they attack it, they grant it legitimacy and attention (Streisand Effect); and if they acknowledge it, they validate the existence of widespread discontent. Any reaction from the system is theoretically designed to benefit the spread of the symbol, turning it into a tool of asymmetric warfare in the realm of legitimacy.
- Psychology of Critical Mass: The impact of the symbol is projected in five sequential psychological phases:
- Pioneers (<5%): A brave minority comments on the idea and the symbol but does not wear it, generating initial curiosity.
- Vocal Minority (10-25%): The idea and the symbol become recognizable and its meaning is legitimized in street discourse, but it is not yet worn.
- Silent Majority (25-50%): This is the moment to start using the ribbon. Those who already shared the ideas begin to use the ribbon when they feel safe and know they are not alone. When it is no longer possible to keep the movement discreet, it is time to start, without pressure, showing up on social media, for example, with a ribbon in their profile picture and signatures.
- Critical Mass (>60%): The symbol becomes omnipresent, exerting a massive and inescapable moral pressure on public opinion.
- Reversal of Legitimacy (65%+): The old system loses its legitimacy not through attack, but because the visible majority has adopted a new frame of reference. It's time to step up.
3.4 Stage 3: Mass Peaceful Mobilization
- Transition Signal: The trigger for this final phase will be the massive visibility of the green ribbon, estimated at over 40% of the population, a sign of almost total consensus. Since not all supporters will always wear it, and some, even if they support it, will not want to wear it, that 40% would be equivalent to over 65% support
- The mobilization should only be called when these three factors are overcome, not before :
- over 65% support
- over 25% unemployment
- Nobody sees a future, only empty promises
- Then the mobilization will have to be called 45 to 60 days in advance.
- During this period, the silence ended; the noise must begin, so that the self-interested defenders of the old system, feeling like losers, will change sides and reach those who are still undecided.
The decisive action is a peaceful and near-total shutdown of economic activity* , coordinated in advance, along with a series of demonstrations with banners displaying the demands in the most emblematic, visible, and appropriate location in each municipality. This mobilization does not seek to overthrow the government, but rather to present clear, technical, and administrative demands to officials:
It won't be dramatic; it will be like a public holiday. Public transport, bars, etc., will operate as usual.
- Transfer of state management to competent technical officials.
- Organization of the first citizen lottery for a Constituent Assembly and a Citizen Assembly with Super Jury powers.
- Call for a binding referendum to ratify the transition.
- Publication of a transparent and detailed implementation schedule.
- Amnesty and guaranteed pension for all active politicians and amnesty for the rest of the actors of the previous system (businessmen, media) who do not hinder the transition.
- An investigation by the Citizen Super Jury into the political, administrative, and media records of those who negatively interfere with the process, judging them under the principles of Natural Law for both actions and omissions in their duties. 2020 would be an interesting year to investigate in depth.
The transition mechanism is not confrontation, but "institutionalized indifference ." The old system is not attacked, but simply ignored by the citizens, officials, security forces, and the army, who are all part of the same people.
Old structures become irrelevant until they cease to exist. Once this critical social mass is reached and the transition of power is secured, the technical implementation of the new system can begin in a modular and phased manner.
Next, the vulnerabilities, strengths, and critical assumptions of this ambitious three-phase model will be assessed in a consolidated manner.
4.0 Feasibility Assessment and Risk Analysis
4.1. This section constitutes the core of the critical analysis, where the robustness of the strategy against anticipated resistances is evaluated, as well as its possible blind spots or the weakest assumptions on which its viability is based
4.2 Analysis of Resistances and Counter-Arguments
The strategy anticipates several common objections. The proposed response to each is summarized below, and its theoretical effectiveness is evaluated.
| Predictable Resistance | Proposed Strategic Response | Effectiveness Evaluation |
| "It's Utopian" | It is countered that all current systems (democracy, abolition of slavery) were considered utopian at one time. The relevant question is not whether it is utopian, but whether it is better than the current alternative | Moderate Effectiveness: This is a sound rhetorical argument that reframes the debate. However, it does not address the technical complexities of implementation, which are at the heart of the "utopian" critique. Its effectiveness depends on the interlocutor's perception of a crisis. Effectiveness increases as the perception of an insurmountable crisis increases. |
| "Human Nature Will Not Change" | The strategy claims not to seek to change human nature, but to work with it. It aligns instincts such as selfishness and survival with the common good through new systemic incentives. | High Effectiveness (Theoretical): Conceptually, this is one of the model's strongest points. If the incentives are well-designed, the argument is logically sound. The weakness lies in proving that these incentives will work in practice as theorized. |
| "The Rich Will Never Allow It" | This move benefits everyone, since by this point it's clear that the system is unsustainable and harmful. The proposal guarantees a foundation for the poor and provides stability for the rich, offering security for all, something the old system cannot provide. | Dependent Effectiveness: The strength of this response depends entirely on the assumption that massive support can be achieved and that the security forces will act accordingly. It is a classic "people power" argument, whose validity is only tested when push comes to shove. |
| "The System Will Defend Itself with Violence" | The answer lies in the system's complete loss of legitimacy. The argument is that violence requires soldiers willing to fire on their own families, face their fellow soldiers outnumbered, and a moral justification that will not exist in the face of a peaceful movement supported by nearly 90% of the population. | Dependent Effectiveness: Similar to the previous point, its effectiveness is high if the premises are met. The risk is underestimating the capacity of a cornered elite to use violence through loyal or mercenary units, even against an overwhelming majority. |
| "Ordinary Citizens Cannot Govern" | It is clarified that the citizens selected by lottery do not govern directly, but rather oversee professional managers. The question is reversed: can they oversee better than a politician with conflicts of interest? | High Effectiveness: This is a clarifying and effective response. It dismantles a common misconception about demarchy and reframes it as a problem of supervision and incentive alignment, which is a much more defensible and understandable argument. |
4.3 Critical Point and Dependency Analysis
Beyond external resistance, the viability of the strategy rests on several critical internal assumptions
- Dependence on Discreet Social Virality: The success of Stage 1 depends on ideas organically and discreetly achieving a penetration rate of around 30%. This assumption is vulnerable to media fragmentation and information bubbles, as the system detects and neutralizes the "stream of thought" with counter-narratives before it reaches critical mass. However, when the established power experiences a crisis of credibility, resorting to counter-narratives is uncertain and can backfire.
- Assumption of Institutional Non-Violence: The peaceful transition in Stage 3 is based on the idea that the security forces (military and police), being "part of the people", will refuse to repress a movement that represents 90% of the population.
- However, this scenario faces a key risk: the existence of elite or specialized units whose loyalty may be more closely tied to the regime and its privileges than to the citizenry. Even so, these units would be a minority compared to the overall army they would have to confront. Furthermore, even if they could contain a localized protest, if demonstrations were occurring in every town and neighborhood across the country, they would lack the capacity to deploy sufficient troops everywhere to pose a significant threat.
- Decentralized Coordination: The “No Leaders” principle, while a defensive strength, creates the model’s greatest logistical vulnerability: coordinating the “total peaceful shutdown” of Stage 3 without a central chain of command. Therefore, a clear procedure is essential. A well-designed and distributed protocol is more robust than a strong leader: it doesn’t depend on a single person who could fall, but rather on a pre-established process that cannot be easily captured, stopped, or discredited. This does not preclude the usefulness of coordinating in local action groups during the mobilization. The focus is on coordinating the action, not the group’s thinking.
- Symbol Effectiveness: Stage 2 depends entirely on the “Green Ribbon” achieving ubiquity and triggering a “reversal of legitimacy.” The main risk is that the symbol will be co-opted, trivialized, banned, or ignored, and thus fail to fulfill its catalytic function. However, if it is banned, all the better: it will be publicity. And if the ribbon becomes problematic, it can be replaced by a green garment.
These key findings will be consolidated into a final strategic conclusion that summarizes the overall assessment of the model.
5.0 Conclusions of the Strategic Analysis
Analysis of the Planetary Demarchy's change strategy reveals an innovative and unconventional architecture, designed to circumvent the defense mechanisms of traditional power systems. Its focus on legitimacy, mass psychology, and decentralization distinguishes it from historical models of change
The final conclusions of this analysis can be summarized in the following key points:
- Key Strengths: The theoretical resilience of the leaderless model is its greatest asset, as it makes it immune to decapitation and co-optation tactics. The sophistication of its approach to psychological warfare, through concepts such as "institutionalized indifference" and "rhetorical traps," represents a paradigm shift that avoids direct confrontation and focuses on eroding the system's power base: its acceptance by the citizenry.
- Critical Vulnerabilities: The strategy relies on volatile factors such as mass psychology and virality. Its greatest weakness is the assumption that, at the decisive moment, the elites and security forces will react peacefully. If any minority faction of the army or police remains loyal to the government, it could attack the protesters.
- If they dared to confront a movement with over 80% support, they would have to wage an unequal war against their former comrades aligned with the people.
- Since there were thousands of simultaneous mobilizations and not just one, a few loyal units could not cover them all.
- If they attacked only one or a few, they would only create martyrs.
- Logic dictates that, knowing they were defeated beforehand, they would withdraw.
- But if they attacked the population, the transition would not be peaceful: the rest of the army and police would have to act accordingly and defend the civilians.
- Those who promoted or supported a massacre of peaceful civilians—politicians, military personnel, media, or others—would be tried as criminals.
- Feasibility Assessment: The strategy presents a logical and coherent architecture, specifically designed for a scenario of systemic legitimacy collapse. Its success is not guaranteed, as it depends on a cascade of socio-psychological factors that must align correctly. It is not a foolproof plan, but rather a conditional model whose probability of success increases proportionally to the level of dysfunction and discontent with the current system.
- Therefore, the mobilization should only be called when these three factors are overcome, not before:
- over 65% support
- over 25% unemployment
- Nobody sees a future, only empty promises
Between the announcement and the chosen day there must be a minimum of 45 days and a maximum of 60 days, to allow time to build enthusiasm and exceed 80%.
The proposal should not be understood as a closed action plan, but as a transitional architecture prepared for when the crisis erupts, precisely to avoid desperate measures like those that opened the door to Nazism in Germany in 1933. When a society sees no way out, it tends to embrace any option that sounds different and promises rapid change, and in that context the easiest way to grow politically is to look for culprits, point to scapegoats and manufacture enemies to defeat.
At Planetary Demarchy, we defend the exact opposite: there are no enemies, only confused people pushed by the system itself to turn against each other. Not even those who govern are treated as enemies. The work of Demarchy is to remind everyone that we are all part of the same shared destiny and that only by walking together can we face the challenges ahead.
For now, Demarquía functions like a fire extinguisher on the wall: a ready and clearly marked tool, whose presence goes almost unnoticed in times of apparent normality, but which becomes the most logical and safe option when the social structure is "on fire"—that is, when the current system enters a terminal crisis of legitimacy. The task now is not to activate it, but something simpler and more patient: to let as many people as possible know where that fire extinguisher is; when the time comes, no one will have to explain that it needs to be used.
To Learn More About the Green Ribbon
Introduction
The Planetary Demarchy's strategy for systemic change is not based on violent revolutions, electoral campaigns, or charismatic leadership. It is based on a gradual, peaceful, and organic transformation process that harnesses the laws of social virality, collective intelligence, and the power of ideas whose time has come
Unlike traditional movements that seek to seize power, Demarchy proposes distributing power in such a way that no one can concentrate it . This fundamental difference requires a radically different strategy.
Part I: Strategic Foundations
The Window of Opportunity
The urgency of change is not ideological, but technical and temporal . Projections from experts in artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation establish concrete horizons:
| Time Horizon | Projected Scenario |
|---|---|
| End of 2027 | ~25% of jobs lost or transformed beyond recognition |
| 2035 | ~70% of human job functions dispensable |
| Post-2035 | Convergence of AI, robotics, and mass automation |
The real danger is not the technology itself, but who controls it. If these systems remain in the hands of the current power structures, the mathematical certainty will be:
- Total dependence on a largely dispensable population
- Irreversible loss of collective bargaining power
- Ultimate concentration of power in whoever possesses the most advanced AI
The window for designing institutions prepared for this transition is open, but not indefinitely .
Why Reform Is Not Enough
The current system isn't "a little broken." It's architecturally incompatible with the coming era.
Current System = Medieval city built with patches
- Randomly added dead ends
- Some privileged neighborhoods, most in slums
- Without comprehensive planning
- Changes always imposed from top to bottom to benefit the strongest
You can't "update" a medieval city for the digital age. You need to design it from scratch with the knowledge of what materials (human resources) you're going to use.
Fundamental Strategic Principles
The change strategy rests on five unwavering principles:
1. Nonviolence
Total moral legitimacy is the only viable path. Violence:
- It betrays the values that the system seeks to establish.
- It generates backlash and justifies repression.
- It perpetuates cycles of revenge
- It destroys the trust necessary for cooperation
2. No Leaders
Demarchy is a distributed current, not a hierarchy :
- There are no gurus or prophets
- There are no official spokespeople
- There are no central committees
- Each person understands, adapts, and shares according to their context.
The reason is structural: A movement with visible leaders can be:
- Beheaded (arrest, murder, disgrace)
- Co-opted (buying off the leader)
- Divided (with factions loyal to different leaders)
A movement without leaders is like a hydra : the more heads it cuts off, the more it grows.
3. No Division
Left-right polarization is an architecture of control . Demarchy transcends this division because:
- It appeals to liberals : Maximum individual freedom, minimum bureaucracy
- It appeals to socialists : Equitable distribution, elimination of privileges
- It appeals to conservatives : Order, responsibility, protected family
- It attracts progressives : Innovation, technology, future
The common ground is much greater than the current system would have you believe.
4. Strategic Patience
Real change takes time. Not rushing is essential:
- Premature confrontation allows for repression
- Insufficient critical mass leads to demoralizing failure
- Building consensus requires repeated conversations
The strategy is a marathon, not a sprint .
5. Initial Discretion
Maintain a low profile until reaching a real critical mass :
- Avoid triggering premature system reactions.
- It allows for patient consensus building.
- It prevents labeling as "extremists" or "utopians"
- It protects the movement from infiltration and sabotage.
Part II: The Three Stages of Movement
The strategy operates in three sequential phases, each with specific objectives, tactics, and symbols.
Stage 1: Silent Thought Stream
Objective
Achieve 60-70% population knowledge without premature confrontation
Description
This is the current phase. The movement exists as an invisible stream of thought that spreads through private conversations, individual reading, and personal reflection
Tactics
- One-on-one conversations in circles of trust
- Focus on shared values (justice, transparency, dignity)
- Use of simple analogies : "Don't you find it strange that the head of a company is accountable to shareholders, but politicians are not truly accountable to citizens?"
- Share isolated concepts , not the entire system at once.
- Maintain a low profile : No visible leaders, no demonstrations, no confrontation
Golden Rules
Be patient : Real change takes time. One genuine convert is worth more than ten superficial supporters
Be strategic : Don't try to "convince" aggressively. Plant seeds and let them germinate.
Be humble : Present ideas as "something interesting I read," not as "the definitive solution."
Be inclusive : It's not against anyone, but in favor of everyone.
Be discreet : Until there is a real critical mass, keep a low profile.
Secure Means
- Face-to-face conversations (the most effective and secure)
- Private messaging with trusted individuals
- Social media with caution (general ideas, not complete manifestos)
- Small reading and reflection groups
The Great Paradox: A Silent Majority That Believes Itself to Be a Minority
The strangest thing is that, practically speaking, whoever you talk to in a moment of honesty—your neighbor, your co-worker, a family member— everyone has the same opinion :
- Everyone can tell the system is broken
- Everyone sees systemic corruption.
- Everyone understands the growing inequality
- Everyone wants change
However: We are an overwhelming majority convinced that we are an insignificant minority
Each one believes he is among the few who see it. The most perfect prison doesn't need bars ; it only requires that each prisoner believe he is the only one who wants to escape.
Stadium 2: Visibility with the Green Ribbon
A Strategic Tool for Change
The Green Ribbon is not simply a symbol of protest. It is a strategic tool for social transformation designed to catalyze the transition to Planetary Demarchy in a peaceful, decentralized, and massive way.
Unlike traditional political movements that require centralized leadership, expensive campaigns, and formal organizations, the Green Ribbon operates under a radically different principle: viral contagion without confrontation .
Its function is simple but powerful: to make visible the invisible community of people who no longer believe in the current system , and who are ready for something better.
The Green Ribbon: Symbol of the Shift to Planetary Demarchy
Why a Symbol?
Imagine you are in a room with 100 people. Secretly, 80 of them believe that the current political system is broken and needs to change. But no one says so. Each one thinks, "Surely I'm the only one who thinks this." That silence is what keeps the current system functioning. Not force. Not laws. The silence of the majority who don't know they are the majority .
The Green Ribbon breaks that silence.
When one person wears the ribbon, it might not mean anything. When ten people wear it, some start to notice. When fifty people wear it at the same event, something changes. When seventy or eighty of those hundred people wear the green ribbon, the reality is reversed : now those who DON'T wear it are the visible minority.
That's critical mass . And it's the most powerful mechanism for peaceful social transformation that exists.
The Universal Feeling that "Something Isn't Working"
There is a widespread feeling, almost a collective murmur, that the current system is broken. We hear it in private conversations, we read it between the lines in the news, and we feel it in our daily lives. Words like "broken," "corrupt," or "unequal" have become commonplace to describe the structures that govern us.
Faced with this reality, traditional solutions seem to have lost their effectiveness. Protests fill the streets only to dissolve, elections change the faces but not the underlying dynamics, and charismatic leaders often end up being absorbed by the very system they promised to change. Frustration grows because the tools we were given to change things no longer seem to work.
This article explores a different path. Starting with a strategy of peaceful transformation, we have distilled five surprising and unconventional ideas for real systemic change. These are principles that challenge the logic of direct confrontation and instead rely on collective intelligence, patience, and social psychology.
1. The Hydra Strategy: A Leaderless Movement to Be Invincible
The first radical idea is that a movement with visible leaders is a vulnerable movement. Historically, social movements have been built around central figures, spokespeople, and committees. However, this structure is a fundamental weakness. Visible leadership can be "decapitated" through arrests or discrediting, "co-opted" through bribes or promises, or "divided" by pitting factions loyal to different figures against each other.
The alternative is a movement conceived as a distributed current, without gurus or official spokespeople. The perfect analogy is the mythological Hydra: "the more heads you cut off, the more it grows." Unlike classic revolutionary models that depend on a vanguard, here there is no center to attack. Each individual who understands and shares the ideas becomes an autonomous node in the network, creating a structural resilience that makes the movement virtually invincible.
2. The Most Powerful Weapon is Silence: Growing Unseen Until Critical Mass
Premature confrontation is strategic suicide. Combining the principles of "Strategic Patience" and "Initial Discretion," this strategy proposes that the first phase of change should be a "Silent Stream of Thought." The goal is not to go out into the streets and shout, but to achieve an initial 25-35% population awareness through private and discreet conversations in trusted circles before it becomes impossible to go unnoticed
In an era where activism seeks to "go viral" and garner immediate media attention, this tactic is profoundly counterintuitive. It avoids prematurely triggering the system's defenses, prevents premature labeling as "extremists" or "utopians," and eliminates the justification for repression. Silence and discretion allow ideas to germinate organically and take root in the collective consciousness. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
3. The Paradox of the Perfect Prison: We Are a Majority Convinced We Are a Minority
The system's greatest control mechanism isn't force, but psychological isolation. Herein lies one of its most powerful ideas: the "Great Paradox." Privately, most people sense that the system is broken and yearn for fundamental change. Talk to a neighbor, a family member, or a coworker in a moment of honesty, and the diagnosis is almost always the same.
However, each of these individuals believes they are part of an insignificant and isolated minority. The system perpetuates itself not because the majority supports it, but because it has convinced that majority that they are alone in their discontent. This is the essence of the most efficient prison system in existence.
The most perfect prison doesn't need bars; it only requires that each prisoner believes that he is the only one who wants to escape.
This psychological paralysis is precisely the knot that the following strategic tool is designed to untie.
4. The Symbol That Does Not Protest, But Reveals: The Function of the Green Ribbon
A symbol can be a tool, not just a statement. The "Green Ribbon" is presented not as a protest emblem, but as a strategic tool designed to resolve the aforementioned paradox: making the invisible community visible. Imagine a room with 100 people, where 80 secretly agree but remain silent. That silence maintains the status quo.
Unlike a protest banner directed at an adversary, the ribbon's function is to allow the 80 to recognize one another. When one person wears it, it means nothing. When fifty wear it, the reality of the room changes completely. The silent majority discovers, without saying a word, that it was always the majority. That is the moment when "critical mass" is reached. The color green was chosen precisely for its political neutrality and its universal symbolism of renewal and life.
5. The Ultimate Victory: Ignoring the System Until It Becomes Irrelevant
The ultimate goal is not to overthrow the system, but to render it irrelevant. The final phase of the strategy, once an overwhelming critical mass (over 80%) has been reached, is called "institutionalized indifference." It is not about a violent struggle for power, but about ignoring the old institutions and building a parallel power structure
This "ignoring" is not passive; it begins with a decisive and coordinated action: a peaceful paralysis where citizens ask public officials to take charge and organize the transition to the new structures already designed on the website demarquia.org.
The rhetorical questions illustrate this perfectly: "What is a president when 80% of the population decides that his role simply no longer exists? What power does he have left if no one pays attention to him?" The system isn't overthrown; it's ignored until it fades away through irrelevance.
The historical precedent is the fall of the Berlin Wall, which did not fall due to an invasion, but because millions of people collectively decided that this barrier no longer made sense.
The Conversation That Changes Everything
These five strategies outline a roadmap for change based not on force, but on the legitimacy of the majority. They reveal a profound truth about power in the 21st century: rigid structures are fragile, and ultimate control lies not in coercion, but in collective belief.
This organic and psychological approach relies on the intelligence of a citizenry that decides to build a new reality instead of fighting for the spoils of the old one.
It is not a noisy revolution, but a silent transformation that begins with a simple conversation.
True power lies not in tearing down the old, but in building the new by ignoring the old until it becomes irrelevant. This leaves us with a final question for reflection.
And if the silent majority already agrees, how could we begin to find out? Get your green ribbon ready.
Why Green?
The color is not accidental:
- Politically neutral : It is neither red (left), nor blue (right), nor any color historically associated with partisan ideologies. Demarchy transcends the left-right spectrum.
- Symbol of renewal : Green is the color of life that persists, of growth that finds a way to break through even through asphalt.
- Hope without naiveté : It's not the color of an impossible utopia. It's the color of what works when the conditions are right.
- Universal : Recognizable in all cultures as a symbol of life, nature, continuity.
The Green Ribbon says: Life goes on. We go on. And when needed, we'll be ready.
How It Works: The Psychology of Critical Mass
The power of the Green Ribbon is not in the symbol itself, but in the psychological effect of seeing others using it .
Fundamental Strategic Principles of the Transition
The transition to a system that distributes power instead of concentrating it requires a radically different operational framework than traditional power shifts. Such a strategy cannot be based on force or conquest, but must be grounded in irrefutable moral legitimacy and structural resilience impervious to sabotage.
The following five principles constitute the non-negotiable core of this plan; they do not operate as a list of rules, but as a mutually reinforcing strategic framework, where Nonviolence provides the moral superiority that makes Strategic Patience viable , while the Leaderless structure guarantees the resilience needed to survive that long incubation period.
- Nonviolence. Total moral legitimacy is the only viable path. Any act of violence is strategically counterproductive, as it betrays the values the new system seeks to establish, justifies repression by the current system, perpetuates cycles of revenge, and destroys trust, which is the fundamental pillar for large-scale cooperation.
- No Leaders: The movement is conceived as a distributed current, not a hierarchy. There are no gurus, official spokespeople, or central committees. This decentralized structure is a strategic design choice. A movement with visible leaders can easily be decapitated, co-opted, or divided. In contrast, a leaderless movement functions like a hydra: it is structurally resilient. This structure is not merely defensive; it facilitates exponential and organic growth that cannot be centrally managed or contained.
- No Division. The "left-right" polarization is a control architecture that the demarc system transcends. Its fundamental principles appeal to a much broader common ground than current political debate suggests, attracting diverse viewpoints:
- Liberals: For the maximization of individual freedom and minimal bureaucracy.
- Libertarians: For the abolition of taxes and the state.
- Anarchists: For the disappearance of the state and the community of the means of production, even if only at 50%.
- Socialists: For equitable distribution and the elimination of systemic privileges.
- Conservatives: For promoting order, stability, and responsibility.
- Progressives: For the promotion of innovation, technology and building the future.
- Strategic Patience: Haste is the greatest enemy of a successful transition. A premature confrontation, before reaching a critical mass of social support, would only lead to effective repression and a demoralizing failure. Building a solid and deep consensus requires time and repeated discussions. Strategy is a marathon, not a sprint.
- Initial Discretion: It is essential to maintain a low profile until a real critical mass has been reached. This tactic prevents premature reactions from the system, avoids negative labeling ("utopian," "extremist") before the ideas are widely understood, and protects the movement from infiltration and sabotage in its most vulnerable phases.
These strategic principles guide the operational phases of the social adoption plan, designed to build the necessary legitimacy base for subsequent technical implementation.
Phase I: Roadmap for Social Adoption and Critical Mass
This first phase constitutes the indispensable social prerequisite for any technical implementation of the system. The objective is not to seize power, but to reach a threshold of public awareness and support in an organic, peaceful, and decentralized manner. The strategy focuses on resolving the fundamental paradox that sustains the current system: the existence of a "silent majority that believes itself to be a minority ." The plan unfolds through three sequential stages
Stage 1: Incubation as a Silent Stream of Thought
The main objective of this stage is to achieve 25-35% population awareness of the key concepts of Demarchy, but without seeking visibility or direct confrontation. The movement spreads like an invisible current of thought, based on personal reflection and person-to-person communication within circles of trust.
The key tactics for this stage are:
- No confrontation: Planetary Demarchy is not an ideology, it is a social architecture that needs everyone.
- One-on-one conversations: Dialogues in trusted environments, focused on planting seeds of reflection through questions ("Don't you find it strange that...?"), rather than statements. Better one-on-one than in a group.
- Focus on shared values: Articulate ideas around universal principles such as justice, transparency, and dignity.
- Use of simple analogies: Facilitate understanding by comparing with everyday situations and presenting concepts as "something interesting I read."
- Maintaining a low profile: Avoiding demonstrations, visible leadership, and any form of public confrontation.
- Inform: Clarify the basic concepts of Planetary Demarchy and the green ribbon strategy .
The operational ethos is summarized in its "Golden Rules": patience, strategy, humility, inclusion, and discretion.
Stage 2: Visibility and Critical Mass
- Strategic Tool: The "Green Ribbon" is the central tool for this phase. Its function is not that of a traditional protest, but rather to make visible the "invisible community" that has formed during Stage 1. Its purpose is to catalyze the collective recognition that critical mass has already been reached.
- Symbolic Analysis: The choice of green is deliberately strategic. It is presented as politically neutral (neither red nor blue), avoiding partisan associations. Furthermore, it evokes universal concepts such as renewal, life, and hope, facilitating its widespread adoption.
- Mechanism of Symbolic Coercion: The Green Ribbon strategy is designed as a "rhetorical trap" for the system. If the authorities ignore it, the symbol grows unopposed; if they attack it, they grant it legitimacy and attention (Streisand Effect); and if they acknowledge it, they validate the existence of widespread discontent. Any reaction from the system is theoretically designed to benefit the spread of the symbol, turning it into a tool of asymmetric warfare in the realm of legitimacy.
- Psychology of Critical Mass: The impact of the symbol is projected in five sequential psychological phases:
- Pioneers (<5%): A brave minority comments on the idea and the symbol but does not wear it, generating initial curiosity.
- Vocal Minority (10-25%): The idea and the symbol become recognizable and its meaning is legitimized in street discourse, but it is not yet worn.
- Silent Majority (25-50%): This is the moment to start using the ribbon. Those who already shared the ideas begin to use the ribbon when they feel safe and know they are not alone. When it is no longer possible to keep the movement discreet, it is time to start, without pressure, showing up on social media, for example, with a ribbon in their profile picture and signatures.
- Critical Mass (>60%): The symbol becomes omnipresent, exerting a massive and inescapable moral pressure on public opinion.
- Reversal of Legitimacy (65%+): The old system loses its legitimacy not through attack, but because the visible majority has adopted a new frame of reference. It's time to step up.
Stage 3: Mass Peaceful Mobilization
- Transition Signal: The trigger for this final phase will be the massive visibility of the green ribbon, estimated at over 40% of the population, a sign of almost total consensus. Since not all supporters will always wear it, and some, even if they support it, will not want to wear it, that 40% would be equivalent to over 65% support
- The mobilization should only be called when these three factors are overcome, not before :
- over 65% support
- over 25% unemployment
- Nobody sees a future, only empty promises
- Then the mobilization will have to be called 45 to 60 days in advance.
- During this period, the silence ended; the noise must begin, so that the self-interested defenders of the old system, feeling like losers, will change sides and reach those who are still undecided.
The decisive action is a peaceful and near-total shutdown of economic activity* , coordinated in advance, along with a series of demonstrations with banners displaying the demands in the most emblematic, visible, and appropriate location in each municipality. This mobilization does not seek to overthrow the government, but rather to present clear, technical, and administrative demands to officials:
It won't be dramatic; it will be like a public holiday. Public transport, bars, etc., will operate as usual.
- Transfer of state management to competent technical officials.
- Organization of the first citizen lottery for a Constituent Assembly and a Citizen Assembly with Super Jury powers.
- Call for a binding referendum to ratify the transition.
- Publication of a transparent and detailed implementation schedule.
- Amnesty and guaranteed pension for all active politicians and amnesty for the rest of the actors of the previous system (businessmen, media) who do not hinder the transition.
- An investigation by the Citizen Super Jury into the political, administrative, and media records of those who negatively interfere with the process, judging them under the principles of Natural Law for both actions and omissions in their duties. 2020 would be an interesting year to investigate in depth.
The transition mechanism is not confrontation, but "institutionalized indifference ." The old system is not attacked, but simply ignored by the citizens, officials, security forces, and the army, who are all part of the same people.
Old structures become irrelevant until they cease to exist. Once this critical social mass is reached and the transition of power is secured, the technical implementation of the new system can begin in a modular and phased manner.
Phase II: Modular Technology Implementation Roadmap
The transition to Demarchy is not conceived as a monolithic "all or nothing" event. On the contrary, its implementation is based on a modular and sequential philosophy. The system is built in layers, where each layer builds upon the previous one and is activated according to the technological maturity available at any given time. This approach allows for a gradual, adaptive, and resilient transition
Layer 1: Immediate Foundations (Implementable with Current Technology)
This layer includes elements that can be deployed immediately, using only existing technology and the political will derived from the social transition.
- Requirements: Political will, adapted legal frameworks, and currently available technology.
- Implementation Milestones:
- Citizen Lottery for Constituent Assemblies (AsC): Implementation of stratified random selection algorithms to ensure accurate demographic representation
- Transparency with Blockchain: Use of mature distributed ledger technologies (such as Ethereum or Hyperledger) to create immutable public records of all government spending and decisions.
- Continuous Citizen Auditing: Deployment of open source platforms that provide real-time public access to government data for constant citizen oversight.
- Drastic Legislative Reduction: Conducting a comprehensive audit of the legal corpus to identify and eliminate obsolete, redundant, or regulatory capture laws.
Layer 2: AI Integration (Horizon 2-5 Years)
This layer integrates current-level artificial intelligence tools (equivalent to the GPT-5, Claude, or Gemini models) to enhance the capacity of citizen governance
- Requirements: Existing but advanced AI and a fully operational Layer 1 infrastructure. The transparency established by blockchain records at Layer 1 is the non-negotiable foundation upon which Layer 2 AI legislative assistants can operate with confidence.
- Implementation Milestones:
- AI Assistance for Assembly Members: Deployment of multi-model AI teams to assist randomly selected citizens with proposal analysis, source verification, technical summaries, and fallacy detection.
- Legislative Automation: Use of AI assistants to draft laws in clear and accessible language, automatically verifying their consistency with the axiomatic constitutional framework.
- Predictive Policy Analysis: Using AI models to simulate the potential impact of policies, project long-term consequences, and identify possible unintended side effects.
- Construction of the Common Vault: Development of the first prototypes of sovereign digital identity and the construction of the government blockchain infrastructure that will support it.
Layer 3: Convergence with Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) (Horizon 5-15 Years)
The emergence of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) unlocks management and optimization capabilities on an unprecedented scale.
- Requirements: Availability of one or more secure and aligned AGIs.
- Implementation Milestones:
- Unlocking Superhuman Governance Advice: An AGI analyzing millions of scenarios in real time to optimize public policies based on complex multidimensional objectives.
- Activation of Planetary Resource Coordination: Automated and optimal management of supply chains, energy networks and logistics on a global scale.
- Transfer of the Management of the Commons Administration (AdC) to the AGI: The AGI assumes the administration of critical infrastructures (health, education, etc.) under the strategic supervision of the Citizens Assembly (AsC).
- Implementation of Total Tokenization of the Economy: Creation of a unique digital token for each physical and digital asset, enabling a fully transparent, auditable, and efficient economy.
Layer 4: Superintelligence-Assisted Governance (SIA) (Horizon >15 Years)
The development of an Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) represents the ultimate aspirational horizon, enabling civilizational management of a complexity and effectiveness unimaginable today
- Requirements: Secure and aligned development of Artificial Superintelligence.
- Implementation Milestones:
- Implementation of Civilizational Management by ASI: The ASI coordinates planetary civilization, executing the strategic and ethical guidelines established by the demarchic oversight structures
- Enabling Post-Scarcity Technology: Automated production of material abundance through technologies such as molecular manufacturing and access to virtually unlimited energy.
- Deployment of Extended Longevity Technologies: Exponential advances in regenerative medicine to reverse aging and significantly extend human life cycles.
This technological timeline is a projection, but certain crisis scenarios could act as catalysts, drastically accelerating the need to implement these layers.
Crisis Scenario Analysis as Catalysts for Transition
The demarchic strategy does not depend on the occurrence of a crisis to be viable; however, it is designed to function as a "fire extinguisher on the wall ." Its structure is intended to be a robust and prepared alternative precisely for the moment when current systems demonstrate their inability to manage systemic crises. Instead of waiting for the building to be engulfed in flames to seek a way out, this plan builds and marks the emergency exit now.
The following table analyzes how existing demarchy tools would offer a superior response to various crisis scenarios that could accelerate the transition.
| Accelerating Crisis Scenario | Prepared Demarchic Response |
| Severe Economic Crisis (Financial collapse, hyperinflation, mass unemployment due to automation) | Activate the Planetary Dividend as a safety net, use tokenization to protect real value against monetary collapse, and redistribute wealth generated with the 50% Universal Partnership (AU50). |
| Acute Climate Crisis (Cascading disasters, mass migrations, supply collapse) | As a single global administration based on artificial intelligence, it could easily coordinate the Planetary Protection Force through AGI/ASI for a rapid and optimal global response, allocating resources according to verifiable needs and preventing corruption in crisis management thanks to total transparency. |
| Crisis of Political Legitimacy (Massive corruption revealed, collapse of institutional trust) | It restores legitimacy immediately through citizen lottery, makes systemic corruption impossible with blockchain transparency, and eliminates perverse incentives in professional politics. |
| Premature Arrival of AGI/ASI (Concentration of technological power, existential risk) | With a single global administration and all AI and robotics companies linked through the Common Fund, the need for an arms race disappears. AI and robotics can be developed and deployed safely and gradually, reducing current risks.
Adopt distributed governance, apply a predefined ethical-legal framework to oversee the ASI and prevent its capture by elites through citizen lottery and radical transparency. |
In all these scenarios, the strategic advantage of the demarchic response is the same: its pre-designed structures succeed because they are decentralized, transparent, and automated. This design eliminates the centralized bottlenecks, human judgment errors, and political conflicts of interest that define and exacerbate crises within the current system, ensuring a systemic response rather than a political reaction.
How to Use the Green Ribbon
Manufacturing (Democratic and Accessible)
You don't need to buy anything. The symbol is universally accessible :
Materials :
- A green ribbon or fabric (any shade)
- Approximately 10-15 cm in length
- A safety pin or clip
Instructions :
- Fold the ribbon into a bow (like the universal awareness symbol)
- Secure the center with the pin or clip
- Put it where it's visible
Valid variations :
- Green paper bow
- Ribbon printed on sticker
- Embroidered or painted ribbon on fabric
- Bow made with recycled materials
- Green bracelet
- Green ribbon on backpack or bag
What's important is not aesthetic perfection, but the visibility of the symbol
When to Wear It
The Green Ribbon is not an everyday uniform. It is a strategic tool for peaceful protest . Wear it when it will have maximum visual impact :
- Public events with powerful figures in attendance
- Institutional events (official speeches, inaugurations, ceremonies)
- Demonstrations and gatherings of any kind (as a peaceful complement)
- Public debates on governance issues
- Symbolic dates (anniversaries, elections, commemorations)
- Your everyday life (if you feel comfortable making it visible continuously)
The key is strategic visibility : wear the ribbon when the most people will see it.
When there are many of us and you see that we're eager to go beyond 25%, then wear it whenever you can.
Where to Place It
Location Matters:
- On the lapel of a jacket or coat (left side, near the heart)
- In the upper pocket of the shirt
- As a bracelet or bangle
- In bags or backpacks (where visible)
- In the car's rearview mirror
- In windows of homes or businesses
- As a background or frame for a profile picture on social media
Principle : Visible but discreet. It's not an aggressive flag; it's a silent but undeniable reminder .
What to Do When You Wear It
Your behavior amplifies or weakens the message of the symbol:
YES, do it :
- Remain calm and composed at all times (the symbol represents peaceful resistance)
- Respond politely if someone asks what it means
- Explain without aggression : "It is the symbol of those of us who believe we need a better system. It represents Planetary Demarchy."
- Remain silent if you prefer (the symbol speaks for you)
- Document with photos the massive presence of the symbol at events (if it is safe)
- Respect those who don't wear it (everyone chooses their own time)
DO NOT :
- Do not aggressively confront those who do not use it
- Do not use verbal or physical violence (it betrays the meaning of the symbol)
- Do not mix it with partisan symbols (maintain its political neutrality)
- Do not monopolize the meaning (you do not own the symbol, it belongs to everyone)
- Do not demand explanations from others who wear it (everyone has their reasons)
If They Ask You
Simple and clear answers:
- "What does that green ribbon mean?"
- "It is the symbol of those of us who believe that the current system is exhausted and we need something better."
- "Is it a political party?"
- "No. It's a movement toward a new social architecture called Planetary Demarchy. It transcends left and right."
- "What is Demarchy?"
- "It's a system where power is distributed among all citizens through a rotating lottery, where transparency is paramount, and where we are all co-owners of the planet. You can read more at demarquia.org."
- "What do they want to achieve?"
- "So that when the current system finally fails, there is a clear, peaceful alternative ready to be implemented."
Important : You don't need to convince anyone. You just need to inform . The symbol does the work of social contagion on its own.
Dissemination Strategy
In Physical Spaces
- Events with high media visibility : Where cameras capture the public
- Demonstrations : As a peaceful complement to any legitimate protest
- Institutional events : Where the contrast between power and citizenship is visible
- Educational spaces : Universities, debate centers
- Workplaces : If the context allows without personal risk
On Social Media
- Profile picture with a green ribbon (subtle, ubiquitous)
- Hashtag #GreenRibbon #PlanetaryDemarchy
- Share without preaching (the symbol speaks for itself)
- Document mass appearances (photos of events where many people wear it)
- No spam (saturation weakens the message)
Creating Critical Mass
The symbol reaches its maximum power when many people wear it at the same time :
- Informal coordination (chat groups, social networks)
- Symbolic dates (we all wear the ribbon on the same day)
- Scheduled events (official events with a known date)
- Snowball effect (every person who sees it, considers using it)
You don't need central leadership. You need convergent, decentralized action.
The Rhetorical Trap for Power
The Green Lasso places the powerful in a trap with no escape :
Option A: Ignore it
- Risk: Seems like indifference to massive citizen discontent
- Consequence: The symbol grows because ignorance validates the complaint
Option B: Attack it
- Risk: It gives it legitimacy and media attention
- Consequence: Streisand effect (trying to censor it makes it grow exponentially)
- Uncomfortable question: Why are you attacking a symbol of peaceful resistance?
Option C: Acknowledge it
- Risk: Give it public validity
- Consequence: It has to be explained or justified
- Uncomfortable question: Why do so many people feel the need to resist?
Any response benefits the symbol. That is its strategic elegance.
What the Green Ribbon Is NOT
To maintain its power, we must be clear about its limits:
The Green Ribbon is NOT :
- A political party (has no candidates, does not present electoral proposals)
- A closed ideology (does not define specific short-term policies)
- A formal organization (has no leaders, membership, or hierarchies)
- A magic solution (doesn't solve problems on its own)
- A substitute for action (it complements other forms of activism, it does not replace them)
- A tool of violent confrontation (it is explicit and absolutely peaceful)
The Green Ribbon IS :
- A signage tool for the community to recognize itself
- A public reminder that there are alternatives to the current system
- A symbol of preparation for the transition to Demarchy
- A critical mass statement (when many people use it, it shows that change is possible)
- An invitation to dialogue on new forms of social organization
The Ethics of the Green Ribbon
Using the symbol implies an ethical commitment:
Absolute Nonviolence
The Green Ribbon is incompatible with any form of physical, verbal, or emotional violence . If someone uses the symbol to justify aggression, they betray its fundamental meaning
Peaceful resistance is not weakness. It is disciplined strength . It is refusing to use the abuser's tools.
Personal Coherence
If you symbolize resistance to the abuse of power, examine your own behavior . Do you exercise power responsibly in your personal sphere (work, family, social)?
The symbol forces you to constant self-reflection : Am I consistent with the values I represent?
Respect for Dissent
Someone may not wear the Green Ribbon for many legitimate reasons:
- He does not share the vision of the Demarchy
- She prefers other forms of activism
- He has personal reasons for not exposing himself publicly.
- He simply doesn't want to participate.
That's fine . The symbol invites, it doesn't demand. Respecting the freedom of others is fundamental to its legitimacy.
Truth Above Narrative
The Green Ribbon only has power if it represents something real . Don't exaggerate problems to justify it. Don't manufacture crises.
Resistance requires radical honesty : admitting when you are wrong, correcting yourself when new evidence appears, distinguishing between opinion and fact.
Frequently Asked Questions
"Isn't this emotional manipulation?"
Symbols always appeal to emotions. The national flag appeals to pride. Uniforms appeal to authority. Monuments appeal to memory
The question is not "does it appeal to emotions?" (everything does), but is it based on something real and legitimate?
If the current system has serious structural problems (and it does), peacefully protesting them is not manipulation. It's civic responsibility .
"Why a symbol and not direct action?"
The Green Ribbon does not replace direct action . It complements it.
Traditional protests have limitations:
- They require massive organization
- They have a high personal cost (time, exposure, risk)
- Those in power are already used to handling them.
- They can be delegitimized ("they are four radicals")
- They have a specific time (they end when people leave)
The Green Ribbon is better because:
- It is individual and decentralized (it does not require mass coordination)
- It has a low personal cost (accessible to all)
- It's difficult to delegitimize (How do you attack someone who's just wearing a ribbon?)
- It is continuous (it persists beyond specific events)
- That's why we prefer this to the demonstrations. It's better to save our energy for the one day we'll go out.
"What if I'm attacked for wearing it?"
Honestly, in polarized times any symbol can generate a reaction
But the Green Ribbon is one of the most difficult to attack because:
- It does not represent a specific partisan ideology.
- It is explicitly peaceful
- It is personal (everyone wears it for their own reasons)
If someone attacks you for wearing a symbol of peaceful resistance, they are demonstrating exactly why the symbol is necessary
That said: Your safety comes first . If you're in a situation where wearing it could put you in real danger (work, family, physical), consider this carefully. Resistance takes many forms, and not all of them require immediate public visibility.
"What happens when we reach > 65%?"
When you reach critical mass, change happens organically :
- The legitimacy of the current system is evaporating
- Then someone will say: "Not the 15th of next month, the one after that, it will be a holiday for everyone, we won't go to work, we'll go out into the street with the green ribbon, to ask the officials with banners to take the reins and prepare the draw to choose the first 1,000 members of the Citizens' Assembly."
- Officials begin preparing transition structures
- The draw for the first Citizens' Assembly is being organized.
- That Assembly oversees the modular implementation of the Demarchy
- The old system is not destroyed; it simply ceases to be relevant.
It is not a violent revolution. It is inevitable evolution.
The Green Ribbon in Historical Context
This symbol joins a long tradition of peaceful resistance that changed the world:
- Gandhi and the Salt March (1930) : Non-violent resistance against the British monopoly
- Rosa Parks and the bus boycott (1955) : A simple act that sparked a movement
- The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (1977) : White scarves against the Argentine dictatorship
- Solidarity in Poland (1980) : A workers' movement that brought down communism without firing a shot
- The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia (1989) : Fall of the regime through peaceful resistance
- Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) : Millions decided that the barrier made no sense
They all shared: simple symbols, clear messages, persistent peaceful resistance, a critical mass that changed reality .
The Green Ribbon is the same logic applied to our contemporary context.
How to Start Right Now
You don't need permission. You don't need organization. You don't need to wait
Today you can :
- Get a green ribbon (or make one with whatever you have)
- Form your loop (10 seconds of work)
- Wear it on the next relevant occasion.
- Stay calm and composed (your behavior amplifies the message)
- Explain it calmly if they ask, or let it speak for itself.
- Share demarquia.org with those who ask what it means
There are no additional steps. There are no memberships. There are no fees. There are no leaders.
Just you, a piece of green fabric, and a simple message: I'm ready for something better. And I'm not alone.
The Future of the Green Ribbon
Symbols have a life of their own. Once in the public sphere, no one controls them .
The Green Ribbon can evolve in unpredictable ways:
- It can grow into a global movement
- It can inspire regional variations
- It can be combined with other symbols of peaceful resistance.
- It can disappear when it is no longer needed (the best possible outcome: that the Demarchy is implemented and functioning)
The important thing is not to predict its future. It is to recognize its present : it exists because there are people who believe that the current system does not work, and that there are better, peaceful, and viable alternatives.
If you are one of those people, the symbol is yours . Use it with responsibility, respect, and consistency.
And always remember: The power of the Green Ribbon is not in the ribbon itself. It lies in the visible community it creates, and in the critical mass that makes change inevitable.
The Final Invitation
The Green Ribbon is the fire extinguisher sign. Planetary Demarchy is the fire extinguisher itself
There is no fire today . The current system, although problematic, is still functioning to some extent.
But when the fire breaks out—when the crisis is so evident that most people are looking for alternatives—they will need to know:
- They are not alone (the Green Ribbon will have proven it)
- That there is a coherent proposal (Planetary Demarchy is fully developed)
- There is a ready community (all those who wore the ribbon)
- That change can be peaceful (because the critical mass already exists)
Your role is simple: Use the symbol. Be a visible part of the community. Be ready.
The rest will happen when the time comes.
And when it arrives, humanity will have a clear, peaceful, and viable alternative.
That is what the Green Ribbon represents.
Are you ready to take it?
Stage 3: Mass Peaceful Mobilization
Transition Signal
When the green ribbon is seen everywhere . When you notice that the vast majority are wearing it (>80-90% of the population).
The Decisive Action
At a pre-arranged time known to all:
Total peaceful shutdown of economic activity
- Nobody is going to work
- Nobody consumes
- Nobody obeys orders from the old system
- Everyone takes to the streets peacefully
Clear and technical requirement :
- Transfer of power to competent technical officials
- Organization of the first citizen lottery for the Constituent Assembly
- Binding referendum to approve the transition to Demarchy
- Transparent implementation schedule
Why This Action Will Be Successful
Support >90% : Impossible to repress or ignore. Military and police are part of the people.
Nonviolence : Total moral legitimacy. The system cannot justify repression.
Clear technical demand : Lottery + referendum (it is not a revolutionary coup, it is an administrative procedure).
Cross-cutting unity : Not left vs right, but citizens vs obsolete system.
Institutionalized indifference : The most peaceful change possible is simply to ignore the old system until it ceases to exist .
The Peaceful Transition Mechanism
It's not a "revolution" in the traditional sense. It's something deeper:
Institutionalized Indifference
The previous system is not violently overthrown. It simply ceases to be relevant when:
- Officials are organizing the lottery because the majority wants it.
- The military does not repress a movement that represents their families
- The police officers unite because they are part of the people
- Politicians discover that nobody listens to them anymore.
What is a president when an absolute majority decides that his role simply does not exist?
What is a minister's order when officials, police officers, and military personnel—who are part of the people—decide to ignore it as if it had never been issued?
Historical Precedent: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
This type of change has occurred historically :
The fall of the Berlin Wall wasn't due to a military invasion; it was because millions of people decided the barrier was pointless and crossed it. The governments that tried to maintain it discovered they couldn't when the majority refused to respect it.
The difference with Demarchy is that this happens in a planned, constructive way , with new structures already functioning in parallel before the old ones disappear.
Part III: Diffusion Tactics
The Art of Effective Conversation
The fundamental tool of Stage 1 is one-on-one conversation . It's not about sermons or proselytizing, but about the strategic planting of ideas
Conversation Techniques
Start with questions, not answers :
- "Do you think the current system works for most people?"
- "Do you trust that politicians represent your interests?"
- "What would you do if you had real decision-making power?"
Use understandable analogies :
- "If your boss acted like politicians, would you tolerate it?"
- "Why can a shareholder fire an incompetent CEO, but you can't fire a politician?"
It presents isolated concepts, not the entire system :
- First conversation: Citizen lottery
- Second conversation: Total transparency
- Third conversation: Planetary Dividend
It acknowledges legitimate doubts :
- "You're right, it's radical. But what's the alternative?"
- "I'm not saying it's perfect, but is it better than the current situation?"
Don't look for immediate conversion :
- Plant seeds, don't expect instant flowering
- Let the person reflect on their own.
- Resume days/weeks later
Mistakes to Avoid
❌ Dogmatism : Presenting Demarchy as "the only solution"
❌ Messianism : Acting as a prophet of a revealed truth
❌ Aggression : Confronting or ridiculing someone who doubts
❌ Impatience : Expecting immediate adherence
❌ Sectarianism : Creating a closed "circle of enlightened ones"
Digital Viralization Strategies
Social Networks (With Caution)
- Share general ideas , not complete documents.
- Use personal narratives : "I've been thinking that..."
- Formulate open-ended questions that encourage reflection
- Avoid technical language or specialized jargon
- Don't label it as a political movement (not yet)
Effective Content
Simple Infographics :
- Comparison: "Current System vs. Demarchy" in 3 points
- "Did you know...?" with shocking facts
- Timeline: "Your day in the Current System vs. in Demarchy"
Short videos (<2 minutes):
- Personal testimonies: "Why I support Demarchy"
- Animated explanations of key concepts
- Visual Analogies
Memes and Humor (when appropriate):
- Humor deactivates psychological defenses
- It makes ideas memorable and shareable.
- Reduces perceived threat
The Network Effect
The spread follows the mathematical pattern of exponential contagion :
- If each person convinces 2 more people each month
- Month 1: 2 people
- Month 2: 4 people
- Month 3: 8 people
- Month 10: 1,024 people
- Month 20: >1 million people
- Month 30: >1 billion people
The key is consistency, not speed . Two genuine conversions per month are enough for exponential change.
Part IV: Neutralizing Resistance
Predictable Resistances
Resistance 1: "It's Utopian"
Answer :
Every current system was "utopian" at one time:
- Democracy was utopian in absolute monarchies.
- The abolition of slavery was utopian.
- Universal suffrage was utopian.
The question is not "is it utopian?", but "is it better than the alternative?"
Resistance 2: "Human Nature Will Not Change"
Answer :
Demarchy does not require changing human nature . On the contrary, it harnesses fundamental human instincts:
- Survival → Drives you to support universal protection systems
- Selfishness → Drives you to desire the success of others (because it benefits you via AU50)
- Recognition → Drives you to contribute genuine value
- Belonging → Drives you to build a society of trust
The current system fights against human nature. Demarchy works with it.
Resistance 3: "The Rich Will Never Allow It"
Answer :
When 90% of the population supports change:
- The "rich" are less than 1%.
- Their employees (police, military, civil servants) are part of the 90%
- Their power is based on a legitimacy that disappears
- Many smart rich people will understand that 50% of a huge pie > 100% of a small pie
Resistance 4: "The System Will Defend Itself with Violence"
Answer :
Violence requires:
- Soldiers willing to shoot their families (they won't)
- Moral legitimacy to repress (they will not have it)
- Ability to suppress 90% (mathematically impossible)
Systems collapse when they lose legitimacy , not when they lose strength .
Resistance 5: "Ordinary Citizens Cannot Govern"
Answer :
The citizens selected by lottery do not govern . They supervise professional managers.
Question: Could your neighbor, with clear information and aligned incentives, do a better job of monitoring than a professional politician with incentives for reelection and lobbyists funding their campaign?
Social Judo Strategy
Don't resist the force of the system. Take advantage of it .
- When criticized as "extremists" → Respond with universal values that no one can reject (justice, transparency, dignity)
- When they talk about a "threat to order" → Question: What order? The one that benefits the 1%?
- When they say "it's impossible" → They're indicating that maintaining the current system in the face of AGI is literally impossible.
Use the inertia of the system against itself .
Part V: Modular Implementation
The change strategy is not an "all or nothing" approach. It is implemented modularly , in sequential layers.
Layer 1: Immediate Foundations (Implementable TODAY)
Elements that can be implemented with current technology and political will :
✅ Citizen Draw for AsC
- It's already working in Ireland, France, and Belgium.
- Technology: simple stratified random selection algorithm
- It requires: A legal framework that gives binding power to assemblies
✅ Drastic Legislative Reduction
- Complete audit of the legal corpus
- Elimination of obsolete, redundant, captured laws
- It requires: Political will, not technology
✅ Transparency with Blockchain
- Public record of government decisions and expenditures
- Mature technology (Ethereum, Hyperledger)
- Requires: Technical implementation, not invention
✅ Continuous Citizen Audit
- Existing open-source platforms (Participa.es, Decidim)
- Public access to government data
- It requires: Open data, not technological development
Layer 2: Current AI (Implementable in 2-5 years)
Possible elements with current level AI (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini):
🔄 Multi-Model AI Teams for Assembly Members
- Automatic analysis of legislative proposals
- Source verification and fallacy detection
- Understandable summaries of technical documents
🔄 Automated Legislative Assistants
- Drafting laws in plain language
- Verification of consistency with axiomatic framework
- Policy impact simulation
🔄 Predictive Policy Analysis
- Models that project consequences
- Identifying unintended effects
- Comparison with international experiences
🔄 Initial Construction of Common Vault
- Consolidation of administrative databases
- Prototypes of sovereign digital identity
- Government Blockchain Infrastructure
Layer 3: AGI (Horizon 5-15 years)
Elements that require Artificial General Intelligence :
🔮 Superhuman Governance Advice
- AGI analyzes millions of scenarios in real time
- Identify solutions that no human mind would see.
- Optimize policies for multi-dimensional objectives
🔮 Optimal Planetary Resource Coordination
- Real-time management of global supply chains
- Energy optimization and planetary logistics
- Crisis prevention through advanced predictive analytics
🔮 Complete AdC Management
- AGI manages infrastructure, health, and education.
- Supervised by AsC, but with operational autonomy
- Efficiency orders of magnitude greater than human bureaucracy
🔮 Total Tokenization of the Economy
- Each physical and digital asset has a unique token.
- Complete implementation of M ≡ Q
- A completely transparent and auditable economy
Layer 4: Aspirational (Horizon >15 years)
Elements that depend on Artificial Superintelligence :
🔮 Management by ASI
- A superintelligent ASI coordinates planetary civilization
- Supervised by demarcal structures, but with a qualitatively superior capacity
🔮 Post-Technological Scarcity
- Automated production of abundant material
- Virtually unlimited energy (fusion, Dyson swarms)
- Advanced Molecular Manufacturing
🔮 Extended Longevity
- Advanced Regenerative Medicine
- Reversing Aging
- Life Cycles of Centuries, Not Decades
🔮 Life Cycles of Infinite Purpose
- Multiple specializations throughout the centuries
- Continuous learning and creation
- Homo Socius fully realized
Part VI: Crisis Preparedness
The Fire Extinguisher: Preparation Before an Emergency
The Demarchy functions like a fire extinguisher on the wall :
Nobody looks at it regularly. Nobody needs it under normal circumstances. Every day passes unnoticed. But it's there. And if a situation ever arises where it's needed, that fire extinguisher becomes the most practical thing in the world. Suddenly, everyone knows exactly where it is.
The strategy doesn't wait until the building is on fire to build the emergency exit. It builds it now , clearly marked and accessible, for when it's needed.
Crisis Scenarios That Will Accelerate the Transition
Severe Economic Crisis
- Global Financial Collapse
- Hyperinflation or Uncontrolled Deflation
- Mass unemployment due to automation
Prepared demarchic response :
- Planetary Dividend as an immediate safety net
- Tokenization protects real value against monetary collapse
- AU50 automatically redistributes generated wealth
Acute Climate Crisis
- Cascading Natural Disasters
- Mass Migrations
- Supply chain collapse
Prepared demarchic response :
- ASI coordinates optimal global response
- Resources distributed according to verifiable need
- Full transparency prevents corruption in crisis
Crisis of Political Legitimacy
- Massive corruption revealed
- Collapse of trust in institutions
- Widespread social instability
Prepared demarchic response :
- Citizen lottery immediately restores legitimacy
- Blockchain transparency makes corruption impossible
- AsC without professional politicians eliminates perverse incentives
Premature Arrival of AGI/ASI
- Superintelligent artificial intelligence emerges sooner than expected
- Concentration of technological power in few hands
- Existential risk of authoritarian control
Prepared demarchic response :
- Existing distributed control structure
- Ethical and legal framework for the supervision of ASI
- Impossibility of capture by elites (lottery + transparency)
Part VII: Your Specific Role
Identifying Your Profile
Not everyone contributes equally. Identify your profile and act according to your strengths:
The Sower
Strengths : Conversational skills, broad social network, personal credibility
Role :
- Spreading ideas in everyday conversations
- Identify receptive people in your environment
- Connect interested people with each other
Concrete action :
- 2-3 meaningful conversations per week
- Share content on social media regularly
- Organize informal reflection meetings
The Translator
Strength : Ability to simplify complex concepts, communicative creativity
Role :
- Create accessible content (infographics, videos, analogies)
- Adapting messages to different audiences
- To translate literally into other languages
Concrete action :
- Produce 1-2 pieces of content per month
- Contextualize for your local culture
- Test comprehensibility with unfamiliar people
The Deep Diver
Strength : Analytical thinking, intellectual rigor, technical ability
Role :
- Develop technical aspects of the system
- Identify problems and propose solutions
- Write in-depth and detailed analyses
Concrete action :
- Contribute to technical documentation
- Participate in rigorous debates
- Propose improvements to the systemic design
The Builder
Strength : Technical skills (programming, design, project management)
Role :
- Create prototypes of demarcation tools
- Develop related open-source software
- Build technological infrastructure
Concrete action :
- Develop citizen lottery tools
- Create multidimensional voting platforms
- Prototype elements of Common Vault
The Guardian
Strength : Critical thinking, constructive skepticism, logical rigor
Role :
- Identify weaknesses and vulnerabilities
- Question assumptions and seek counterarguments
- Prevent dogmatism and groupthink
Concrete action :
- Critically analyze proposals
- Point out inconsistencies or risks
- Maintain honest communication with oneself
The Connector
Strengths : Diverse network of contacts, diplomatic skills, strategic vision
Role :
- Connecting related people and projects
- Identify strategic alliances
- Facilitate collaboration between different groups
Concrete action :
- Map relevant stakeholders in your region
- Facilitate meetings between complementary profiles
- Building bridges between different communities
Immediate Concrete Actions
This Week
- Understand deeply : Read the entire Manifesto, take notes, identify what resonates with you
- Reflect critically : What objections do you have? What doubts remain?
- Identify your first conversation : Who will you talk to first?
This Month
- Start 2-3 conversations with trusted people
- Share content on social media (general ideas, not complete manifestos)
- Connect with others : Find interested online communities
- Adapt the message : Find local examples that resonate in your context
This Year
- Build your local network : 10-20 people who understand and support
- Contribute according to your profile : Content, code, analysis, connections
- Maintain strategic discretion : Low profile until critical mass
- Look for signs : How many people in your environment already know about the Demarchy?
When >60% Know the Project
- Start wearing the green ribbon
- Show your support publicly
- Organize larger gatherings
- Prepare for Stadium 3
Conclusion
The Demarchy's systemic change strategy is not a rigid plan with exact dates. It is a transitional architecture that:
- It adapts to local contexts and emerging crises
- It operates in sequentially deployable layers
- It does not require violence or destructive confrontation
- It does not depend on charismatic leaders or centralized institutions
- Take advantage of the natural laws of social contagion and collective intelligence
The time to act is now . Not because there's an arbitrary deadline, but because:
- The technological window is open, but not indefinitely.
- Every day without preparation is one day closer to a future where change will be impossible
- Structures need time to mature organically.
Your role is not to "save the world." Your role is to plant seeds that will germinate when conditions are right.
The transformation begins with a conversation.
Don't wait. Don't despair. You are not alone.
Take action. Share. Plant seeds. Connect.
References
- Manifesto of Planetary Demarchy (Pep Lógar, 2025)
- Crisis of Representative Democracy
- The Three Stages of Movement
- Theoretical Foundations: Principle of Least Action
- Modular Implementation: Layers 1-4
Explore Demarchy in Greater Depth
Philosophical Foundations
Understand why Demarchy is necessary and how it is founded:
- Prologue to Demarchy - What does Planetary Demarchy offer you?
- Classical Athens - The inspiration for Planetary Demarchy
- Theoretical Foundations - Theoretical Foundations of Planetary Demarchy
- Systemic change strategy - A gradual, peaceful, and organic transformation process
- Green Ribbon - A strategic tool for social transformation
- Glossary of Key Terms - Terms regularly used in Demarchy
- History of the demarchy - A journey through the history of the demarchy to the present day
- The world as one nation - The End of nation-states
- Foundations for Building the Administration of the Commons (AdC)
- PHILOSOPHY / Operational Principles of Demarchy Inspired by Minimal Action
- Planetary Demarchy Constitution - Draft of the constitutional text for the establishment of Demarchy throughout the planet.
Diagnosis of the Current System
- Crisis of representative democracy - Diagnosis of the present
- Bullshit Jobs - Useless or harmful jobs for society and the individual
- Quantifying the Waste of Global Resources Resulting from the Existence of "Bullshit Jobs"
- The Problem: Convergence between Power and Technology - Tools that allow manipulation on a global scale
- Foundations for Building the Administration of the Commons (AdC)
- Wealth Disparity in Europe: A Comprehensive Analysis of Wealth Distribution
- The Illusion of Infinite Accumulation: Why Perpetual Compound Interest Clashes with Historical Reality
- Marxist Influence on Social Policy and Contemporary Neo-Feudal Regression
- Social Influence: An Analysis of Experimental Paradigms and Their Evolution in the Digital Age
- Structural Cost Reduction in Planetary Demarchy
- Technofeudalism vs Planetary Demarchy: Two Futures for Digital Civilization
- A Structural Critique of Basic Income as an Instrument of Control against the Demarchy Dividend
- From the "Garment of Slavery" to the Dignity of Employment: A Comprehensive History of the Transformation of Wage Labor
- Planetary Demarchy: The End of the New Slavery - The end of wage labor.
- Elite Slavery, Political Power, and the Accumulation of Luxury in Pre-Modern Societies
- The New Slavery: Political and Psychosocial Anatomy of Wage Labor
- A History of Wage Employment, Abolition, and the Genesis of Rent-Out Slavery through Existential Blackmail
- Cancers of the Current System
- The Cancer of Education, a Tool of Domestication
- The Cancer of Health: Disease as a Business
- The Cancer of Housing
- The Cancer of Banks
- The Cancer of Languages
- The Cancer of Insurance
Analysis of the Conditioned Individual
- Homo Debitum - Who we are today
- Engine of Fear - Motivational system that drives Homo Debitum
- Collective PTSD - Systemic psychological trauma in today's society
- The Cancer of Education, a Tool of Domestication - How to unleash the potential of our minds from a young age.
- Learned Helplessness - Psychological state of learned helplessness
- Existential Blackmail - How the system coerces us
- Cognitive Dissonance - A mechanism that turns victims into defenders of the system
- Pluralist Ignorance as a Systemic Failure
- Social Influence: An Analysis of Experimental Paradigms and Their Evolution in the Digital Age
- The New Slavery: Political and Psychosocial Anatomy of Wage Labor
- A History of Wage Employment, Abolition, and the Genesis of Rent-Out Slavery through Existential Blackmail
Foundations of Individual Liberation
- Homo Socius - Who can we be?
- Engine of Illusion - Motivational system that drives Homo Socius
- Independent thinking - Overcoming conditioning
- Cognitive sovereignty - The right not to be mentally subjugated
- Enlightened Egoism - Self-interest leading to cooperation
- Zero-Sum vs. Positive-Sum - Paradigms of Social Interaction
Mathematical and Architectural Principles
- Foundations for Building the Administration of the Commons (AdC)
- PHILOSOPHY / Operational Principles of Demarchy Inspired by Minimal Action
- Antifragile Architecture in Demarchy
- Smart Incentive Architecture in Demarchy
- Constructive Aggregation - A radical method for collective deliberation
- Principle of Least Action - The fundamental law of design
- Arrow's Impossibility Theorem and Demarchy - Limitations of voting systems
- Condorcet's Jury Theorem and Demarchy - The Power of Collective Intelligence
- Wisdom of Multitudes and Demarchy - Accurate Predictions from Large Groups
- Game Theory in Demarchy - Rules that align incentives with the common good
- Prisoner's Dilemma
- Myerson-Satterthwaite Theorem and Planetary Demarchy
- Mechanism Design: Intelligent Incentive Architecture
- Diversity Overcomes Ability: From Mathematical Theorem to Political Theory
Solutions for the AGI/ASI Challenge
Understand why Demarchy is Necessary to Face the Future:
- 2028: Humanity's Deadline and the 10 Radical Ideas We Need to Survive AGI
- Planetary Demarchy and Security in the AGI/ASI World and Quantum Computing
- Analysis: Planetary Demarchy, Systemic Architecture for the Governance of the AGI ASI and Global Economic Security
Economic System
The architecture that aligns individual prosperity with collective well-being:
- Universal Planetary Co-ownership (UPC) - Foundation of ownership
- Common Heritage of Humanity
- Royalty for Use of Common Assets (RUAC) - Royalties for using common resources
- Return on Social Benefit (RABS)
- Planetary Dividend - Your income as a co-owner
- 50/50 Universal Partnership - How every venture benefits everyone
- Selective Oxidation - Incentives that make capital flow
- Universal Value Unit (UVU) - Economic unit of measurement anchored to real value
- Total Planetary Value (TPV)
- Tokenized Economy - Nervous System of the Demarchy
- Total Tokenization - Money that reflects reality
- High Tide Effect
- Mutual Interdependence in Demarchy
- Tax-Free Economy - Automatic and Transparent Contribution
- Tax-Free Revenue System
- CdC Capital of Trust - Reputation and Integrity Metric
- Osmotic Balance - Automatic alignment of incentives with sustainability
- MIR Real Investment Market - Platform for productive investment
- Free Market and Competition in the Demarchy - Competition transformed into collective excellence
- Common Fund (CF)
- FSR Solidarity Risk Fund - Sharing honest losses collectively
Governance
How collective decisions are organized without permanent elites:
- Demarchic Governance - Complete System Structure
- Citizen Assemblies - Democracy by lottery
- Independent Auditors - Comprehensive and Technical Supervision
- Professional Managers - Supervised professional managers
- Separation of Powers in Demarchy - Redesign to prevent concentration
- Anti-Capture Design - Structures that prevent corruption
- Total Transparency and Verifiability - An Antidote to Corruption and Fraud
- Artificial Intelligence in Governance - Impartial assistance in decision-making and control of the Administration.
- MI Information Markets - Objective monitoring and amplification of collective intelligence
- Multidimensional Voting and Demarchy - Decision-making that preserves complexity
- Pillars of Demarchy - The Nine Foundations
- Super Citizen Jury - Ethical Court of the Administration by the Citizens
Technology and Infrastructure
The tools that make the system possible:
- Common Vault - Digital sovereignty and radical transparency
- Principle of Citizen Sovereignty over Data - Citizen Monopoly over Personal Information (formerly Principle of Citizen Monopoly of Information)
- Total Tokenization - Digital Representation of Value
- Artificial General Intelligence - AGI as a public assistant
- ASI-AdC - Superintelligence in common management
- Blockchain and Demarchy - The Digital Nervous System of Civilization
- Common Health Fund (CHF) - Biotechnology management of health
- AI Guardian Angel - Protection of individual and collective sovereignty
- Longevity Revolution - Abolition of disease and aging
Law and Justice
The legal framework that protects sovereignty:
- Planetary Demarchy Constitution - Draft of the constitutional text for the establishment of Demarchy throughout the planet.
- Natural Law and Demarchy - Ethical Anchoring of the System
- Axiomatic Law - A legal system structured like mathematics
- Judicial System in the Demarchy - Autonomous body subordinate to the citizenry
- Separation of Powers in Demarchy - Redesign to prevent concentration
- System of Legal Responsibilities in Demarchy - Restorative and Preventive Justice
- Pharmaceutical Drug Regulation: Axiomatic Foundation in Demarchy and the Collapse of Organized Crime - Focus on Evidence and Public Health
- Draft regulations for the RUAC - Example draft regulations on how to apply the RUAC
Culture and Society
Human transformation in the post-scarcity era:
- Post-Scarcity Evolution in Demarchy - Towards a Society of Abundance
- Demarchic culture - Creative explosion and diversity
- Vision 2070 - The projected future of the Demarchy
- Work in the New Post-Labor Era - Liberation from Forced Labor