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So get rid of sex for efficiency?
... you guys are, how do I say it, boring.... Did you know it's proven that lack of touch is unhealthy? Sex is medically good for you. Laugh, but it's true.
The idea behind 4 colonies is that Mars is volatile. If you watch any sci-fi movie with Mars in it (bad example), the 1 colony gets wiped out by weather.
The 4 colonies aren't going to be .__.
.|_|. (y'know, all close together)
They'll be spread out, so that if one half of the planet is in a dust storm and half of us die, the rest of us can live. (thought we may die, anyway)
Well, 1000 is what we're sticking with, but if you guys really think that the management of an entire planet can be done as an extra job that you do in your spare time....
<i>Our government will be based on the current American government, with a few changes made. I think the US government is a great system, but it’s not the ideal system for our situation. Mars, no matter what some people would like to think, WILL NOT be the same situation. It’s far more dangerous on Mars, and for that reason, the colonies will be run in a more tyrannical way.
First off, we have 4 colonies. As a result, we have 4 leaders. These leaders have nearly absolute control- anything they say, goes. There's one exception, the leader lacks promotional power; this power belongs to and will remain with the people. This power is checked by 4 sub leaders in the colony. They have as much power as is given to them by the people of the colony. However, they have 1 undeniable right: if 3 of them want their leader overthrown, it can be done. At that point, a new person is elected by the people, but it cannot come from the 4 who overthrew him. Voting is done simply, any idea that can get a petition with 100 signatures is put to vote. Simple majority puts the law into effect.
Democracy is a great system of government for a Mars colony. Everyone needs to work together for the betterment of the colony, so there shouldn’t be any dispute about everyone being equal. Most importantly, we’ll do away with money. Why bother? If everything is public property (with minimal limitations), money is of no use. All it does is allow people to take advantage of others.
The Judiciary system in the US is by far my favorite part to the government, and as a result, we’ll simply drag it along with us. We’ll have 1 supreme judge and 2 assistant judges in each colony. Law enforcement shouldn’t be much of an issue, so 3 judges may be too much for 250 people. If needed, the people can vote to change it. In the same way, we plan to have 10 law enforcement (police) officers in each colony. That’s 1 for every 25 people. In cases of a homicide, all 10 might be necessary, but all in all, they may be a bit of a surplus. Again, they can vote to fix it if it’s not the right number.
Problems will be dealt with swiftly and harshly. Eye for an eye, or perhaps life for an eye, if it ever needs to get to that point. We only have 1000 people, we can’t afford to have 1 of them messing up life for the rest of them. We’ve considered putting a prison on one of the moons, but that would come later on, if people decided that people should be locked up rather than killed or just let go.</i>
This, being a HS paper, is not very formal, nor is it very complex. I want to know, do you guys think it would work? Mad Grad says that we should have money... :down:
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