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The era of atomic, polarized majorities is failing. We are pioneering Sumocracy—a relational governance model where power circulates, citizens act as stewards, and democracy harmonizes energies rather than just counting them.
Institutions survive only as long as they are able to relate. Current democratic practices rely too heavily on logic, law, and leverage. They manage competing interests but fail to build the relational grounding necessary for lasting agreements.
When democracy ends at the ballot box, a 51% majority gets to dominate the 49%. This creates societal viscosity, friction, and polarization.
Summanitism proposes a shift toward Deep Democracy. Instead of just winning the argument, we must build circles of collective inquiry, experience, and action.
Transforming governance from command-and-control to connect-and-care. We champion practical frameworks to process meaning, not just votes.
Standard "one person, one vote" fails to capture how much someone cares. QV allocates "voice credits," allowing citizens to express the intensity of their preference, protecting minority interests without rigid quotas.
The Web of Trust. Citizens can vote directly or delegate their vote to a trusted proxy (e.g., an ecologist for environmental policy). Unlike 4-year terms, this delegation can be revoked instantly, keeping proxies strictly accountable.
For highly polarized moral issues, we draft a statistically representative sample of the population. Provided with expert testimony and facilitated dialogue, these assemblies create long-term, non-partisan decisions that serve the "sum".
Improving citizen participation is just one thread. The broader movement requires reshaping how we relate to economics, technology, nature, and each other.
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