Introduction

Introduction

This document explores a radical overhaul of the social contract. It starts from an observation: our democracies are ailing.

• Bottomless debt
• Inflation eroding wages
• Stifling and illegible taxation
• Rampant bureaucracy
• Citizens powerless between elections
• A state without limits

The problems raised here are real. The proposed solutions are avenues to explore, intended as a basis for reflection. This is exploratory work, not a ready-made constitution.

The guiding thread: a state limited by design

Not by goodwill, but by constitutional rules requiring a 4/5 supermajority in each chamber:

• Budget constrained to surplus — with reserve funds for crises
• Currency subject to competition — ending the state monopoly
• Single, visible flat tax — no more fiscal labyrinth, no more hidden VAT
• Constitutional ceiling on taxation
• National sovereignty — domestic laws take precedence over supranational decisions

Social protection without a welfare state

Mandatory private insurance, in competition, with pooling of major risks:

• Health insurance
• Unemployment insurance
• Education insurance
• Funded retirement accounts

And for those who fall through the cracks: Autonomous Communities (ACs) — a self-funded social safety net.

ACs are:

• Non-stigmatizing — open to everyone, including by choice
• Diverse — from highly structured to fully self-managed
• Self-funded — through members’ work, not through taxes
• Voluntary — free entry, free exit

Real-time democracy

• Permanent recall of elected officials — no more blank checks
• Online voting for ordinary referendums
• Mandatory referendum for major public contracts
• Voting weight proportional to tax contribution for budgetary matters
• Equal suffrage for fundamental rights
• Two chambers with distinct logics (censitary Parliament, egalitarian Senate)
• Self-correcting mechanism — any attempt by one group to exploit another is automatically corrected

This system is called Libertarian Libertarianism: solidarity without plunder. Neither dependent nor abandoned.

A method, not a recipe

This manifesto is not a turnkey program. It proposes principles, frameworks, and possible architectures — not fixed solutions.

For each mechanism described, practical implementation will depend on context: political culture, economic situation, local needs, balance of power. The figures and thresholds mentioned are illustrative, not prescriptive. This text should be read as a coherent catalog of options, not as a constitution ready to apply.

In several places, the manifesto deliberately presents multiple alternatives for the same problem. This plurality is not indecision: it is a deliberate choice of flexibility.