Omniocracy
South Lizasauria
19-09-2008, 01:53
What is omniocracy? How does it work? Are you an omnicrat?
Discuss!
I'm the Omnicrat presidential candidate!
King Arthur the Great
19-09-2008, 02:13
Omnicrat: The single entity that is the sum total of all possible viewpoints, with the good ones being filtered out first. Better known as the U.S. Congress.
Yootopia
19-09-2008, 02:23
It sounds pretty shite.
South Lizasauria
19-09-2008, 02:27
It sounds pretty shite.
*snaps fingers and watches as secret service gnomes in black suits with sunglasses haul Yootopia into a black van then drive off*
*dusts off hands*
*snaps fingers and watches as secret service gnomes in black suits with sunglasses haul Yootopia into a black van then drive off*
*dusts off hands*
Does it have to be a black van? Can't it be purple, no one suspects the purple!
Conserative Morality
19-09-2008, 02:30
Omnicrat: The single entity that is the sum total of all possible viewpoints, with the good ones being filtered out first. Better known as the U.S. Congress.
:tongue: Single greatest quote this year.:hail:
Yootopia
19-09-2008, 02:30
Does it have to be a black van? Can't it be purple, no one suspects the purple!
If it was an omniocracy, it would have to be made of and coloured in like every way. It would be outstandingly ridiculous.
If it was an omniocracy, it would have to be made of and coloured in like every way. It would be outstandingly ridiculous.
Imagine the flag lapels/pins.
South Lizasauria
19-09-2008, 02:34
Imagine the flag lapels/pins.
A rainbow flag or one changes color based on how it's angled or the temperature. :p
A rainbow flag or one changes color based on how it's angled or the temperature. :p
Actually, that makes me wonder of a very interesting invention. A flag lapel that changes to a different nation's flag based on where the wearer is located. Satellites would control it's functions using GPS.
Or we could go with the temperature thing.
South Lizasauria
19-09-2008, 02:40
Actually, that makes me wonder of a very interesting invention. A flag lapel that changes to a different nation's flag based on where the wearer is located. Satellites would control it's functions using GPS.
Or we could go with the temperature thing.
LOL! I think I like your idea better. :p:)
King Arthur the Great
19-09-2008, 02:40
:tongue: Single greatest quote this year.:hail:
Sig it, I've never been quoted in a sig before.
A rainbow flag or one changes color based on how it's angled or the temperature. :p
Congress: a body whose viewpoints are prone to change at a moment's notice, whether due to changing political climates, a shifting of the voter's opinion, a change in campaign contributions, etc. Especially apparent during the handout of indictments that come around each session.
Yootopia
19-09-2008, 02:42
Don't milk your congress thing too much. It's only CM.
Conserative Morality
19-09-2008, 02:42
Sig it, I've never been quoted in a sig before.
Sigged. And on a side note, my sig has been quoted in a sig before, but never my actual words. Weird.:tongue:
Katganistan
19-09-2008, 02:43
om·ni·oc·ra·cy - [om-nee-ok-ruh-see]
- noun, plural -cies
1. Government for all living beings; a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by elected representatives whose responsibility it is to equally consider the interests of all living beings; a form of government in which all living beings are constituents.
2. A political system based upon the philosophical principle of giving value and consideration to all living beings within a community.
Term originated by Dr. Charlotte Laws in 1995. She discusses the idea in her book Armed for Ideological Warfare and in articles, such as "From Democracy to Omniocracy." She argues that democracy is an elite and unjust form of government that ignores the interests of the truly powerless and voiceless members of society, namely nonhuman animals.
http://www.leapnonprofit.org/Omniocracy%20-%20definition%20and%20goals.htm
No.
Conserative Morality
19-09-2008, 02:44
Don't milk your congress thing too much. It's only CM.
*sniff* Why do you hate freedom? And by "freedom", I mean "me".:p
Conserative Morality
19-09-2008, 02:45
http://www.leapnonprofit.org/Omniocracy%20-%20definition%20and%20goals.htm
No.
Awww, but Artie's was funnier. Why'd you have to spoil the fun with actual "Facts"?:tongue:
Yootopia
19-09-2008, 02:47
*sniff* Why do you hate freedom? And by "freedom", I mean "me".:p
Because it's like 3am here and I'm super bored, plus can't sleep.
Awww, but Artie's was funnier. Why'd you have to spoil the fun with actual "Facts"?:tongue:
I don't like facts. They're all correct and reality-like. I believe in truthiness, straight from the gut.
It's only 10 PM for me here.
King Arthur the Great
19-09-2008, 02:50
Awww, but Artie's was funnier. Why'd you have to spoil the fun with actual "Facts"?:tongue:
Thanks CM. Besides, we've got PETA and their lobbying efforts, so technically the animals still have a voice.
I think...
Thanks CM. Besides, we've got PETA and their lobbying efforts, so technically the animals still have a voice.
I think...
Finally the Bull Moose Party will return to full power!
King Arthur the Great
19-09-2008, 03:01
Finally the Bull Moose Party will return to full power!
Hey, if it means another fracture of the Republican Party...
Omiocracy, rule via spam?
Soleichunn
19-09-2008, 03:23
*sniff* Why do you hate freedom? And by "freedom", I mean "me".:p
Dictatorship: Freedom for the one.
:o You're against democracy! *Regime change*
King Arthur the Great
19-09-2008, 03:24
Omiocracy, rule via spam?
Nah, Spam has a use. It can be a food...product-thingy. It can also be "-alot"-ed, to form "Spamalot"!
Conserative Morality
19-09-2008, 03:25
Dictatorship: Freedom for the one.
:o You're against democracy! *Regime change*
Never! The Pugs will forever rule over you puny humans! *Summons giant underground Pug army. Who have lasers shooting out of their eyes*:p
Soleichunn
19-09-2008, 03:28
Everyone know that the 'democracy bringers' I'll use are immune to bright light (exposing their actions) :p.
King Arthur the Great
19-09-2008, 04:22
Everyone know that the 'democracy bringers' I'll use are immune to bright light (exposing their actions) :p.
You've got your own lobbyists?!?
Daistallia 2104
19-09-2008, 05:03
Hmmm... me thinks you've managed to pull one out of the air quite by accident...
Omniocracy is the radical animal rights conncept of government including all living things.
A move "left" arguably means to move away from Democracy – which is really just a rule by the elite (humans) – to an Omniocracy (which I describe as a government of, by and for all living beings).
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/3-16-2005-67163.asp
om·ni·oc·ra·cy - [om-nee-ok-ruh-see]
- noun, plural -cies
1. Government for all living beings; a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by elected representatives whose responsibility it is to equally consider the interests of all living beings; a form of government in which all living beings are constituents.
2. A political system based upon the philosophical principle of giving value and consideration to all living beings within a community.
Term originated by Dr. Charlotte Laws in 1995. She discusses the idea in her book Armed for Ideological Warfare and in articles, such as "From Democracy to Omniocracy." She argues that democracy is an elite and unjust form of government that ignores the interests of the truly powerless and voiceless members of society, namely nonhuman animals.
http://www.leapnonprofit.org/Omniocracy%20-%20definition%20and%20goals.htm
South Lizasauria
19-09-2008, 05:26
Omiocracy, rule via spam?
If your implying this thread is spam I must correct you.
A) No where does it say that "If South Lizasauria posts it it's automatically spamming, flaming, eating babies <paste false accusation here>
B) A Mod has already posted here signifying that this thread has not crossed any boundaries, which would mean that you're using mod as a weapon.
Soleichunn
19-09-2008, 08:02
You've got your own lobbyists?!?
Of course! I have a little of everything under my rock.
Exilia and Colonies
19-09-2008, 10:53
Sounds like a fancy word for anarchy
Daistallia 2104
19-09-2008, 15:58
Sounds like a fancy word for anarchy
Nope. As has been pointed out, by both Katganistan and myself, it is an extant word for a form of radical animal rights in which all living beings are represented in the government - presumably down to bacteria and virii.
http://www.leapnonprofit.org/Omniocracy%20-%20definition%20and%20goals.htm
Rambhutan
19-09-2008, 16:17
So nothing to do with the Book of Omni then?
Daistallia 2104
19-09-2008, 16:20
So nothing to do with the Book of Omni then?
Not unless Nephite history involves animal, plant, fungal, and moneral rights... :wink:
King Arthur the Great
19-09-2008, 16:31
Nope. As has been pointed out, by both Katganistan and myself, it is an extant word for a form of radical animal rights in which all living beings are represented in the government - presumably down to bacteria and virii.
http://www.leapnonprofit.org/Omniocracy%20-%20definition%20and%20goals.htm
How exactly would that work? I mean, honestly, wouldn't the votes of the carnivore party always be at odds with the herbivore party? I can just see it: at a meeting between the lobby groups of the wolves and the deer, the wolves slowly drag themselves out with overly stuffed stomachs, and the deer end up turning the carpet a nice, deep burgundy.
Daistallia 2104
19-09-2008, 16:44
How exactly would that work? I mean, honestly, wouldn't the votes of the carnivore party always be at odds with the herbivore party? I can just see it: at a meeting between the lobby groups of the wolves and the deer, the wolves slowly drag themselves out with overly stuffed stomachs, and the deer end up turning the carpet a nice, deep burgundy.
According to Dr. Laws, the government will settle such disputes, because politicians are fair and non-partisan...
People are self-interested (as are all species) thus cannot be expected to vote against their desires. Legislators, however, are different (or should be) because they attain self-worth from helping others, being fair and inclusive, and consulting the "big picture." Plato got this part of his Republic right in my estimate.
Omniocracy requires abolishing the left-right continuum and forming a new paradigm to balance pragmatic concerns with the needs of all. It would be similar in structure to the representative government upon which we now rely. There will naturally be conflicts of interest between species and individuals; but government's job will be to mediate and arbitrate these "disputes."
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/3-16-2005-67163.asp
What this means for the prey party and the predator party, I'm not sure... Maybe Dr. Law wants mediation between wolves and deer? The dove party might mediate, but who'll mediate between doves and falcons?
Yootopia
20-09-2008, 03:14
How exactly would that work?
It wouldn't.
Lord Tothe
20-09-2008, 03:35
Nope. As has been pointed out, by both Katganistan and myself, it is an extant word for a form of radical animal rights in which all living beings are represented in the government - presumably down to bacteria and virii.
DAMN IT, I DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MINERALS! WHAT MAKES THE ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES SO IMPORTANT??? WHO ASKS THE GRANITE AND MARBLE IF THEY WANNA BE HACKED INTO STATUES, HUH??? HUH???
Yeah, it's a bad idea.