Human Rights as the Foundation for Political Policy

[RevolutionPartyofCanada]

Human Needs are Human Rights

The Revolution Party of Canada (RPC) is a new socialist federal political party in Canada that believes food, water, shelter, and a livable environment are human rights which should explicitly included in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (CCRF). We believe that once these are established as guaranteed rights, the government will be obligated to directly provide them.

Built on science and compassion, the RPC constitution begins with the Manifesto of Human Needs:

Manifesto of Human Needs

1.1
Humans do not choose to be born, nor do we have any influence on the time, place, or other circumstances of our birth; to acknowledge this fundamental truth we must also agree that no human can be illegal or immoral simply because they exist as they are.

1.2
Humans are fragile, evolving biological creatures with complex chemical, physical, and mental needs for survival and exist in a challenging, mostly-undiscovered universe which is not perfectly suited for our short- or long-term survival.

1.3
Human brains have evolved to allow for the creation of shared language and interpersonal relationships which has resulted in complex social organizations including civilization itself.

1.4
Human brains have invented new technologies, such as computers and robots, that far exceed our innate capabilities and which have, for the first time in our history, allowed us to produce far more than is needed for everyone to thrive.

1.5
We believe that since we now have the practicable means to provide the necessities to every person alive today and born in the future we have the ethical obligation to do so.

1.6
We believe the primary function of a government is to care for its diverse peoples, their individual needs, and the universe which sustains them, not to rule over the people or to exert or enforce personal ideals or standards of thought.

1.7
We believe that access to comprehensive, accurate, unbiased, and anonymized information is critically important for governments and individuals alike to make important decisions from an informed perspective; this includes specifically also means the government must provide broad and deep transparency to the entire general public and the free press about governmental activities and intentions.

1.8
We believe all government policies and laws must be developed upon objective evidence-based science and meet the highest standards of ethics and compassion.

1.9
We believe it is critically important to invest, as much as is practicable at the time, in novel research and the education of the entire population, both together forming the technological foundation of our modern society and each of which individually will play a crically important role in the foreseeable future of humanity.

1.10
We believe that as individuals, as a society and as a species, we can never be done acknowledging and learning from our mistakes and that implementing policies with transparency and accountability and making meaningful and occasionally radical changes from what is learned and enacting these changes are critical functions of government.

1.11
We believe the uniquely influential and forceful powers of government are to be used sparingly and solely for the advancement and benefit of society, never as a mechanism for personal enrichment or empowerment; for this reason, it is critical that governmental power be spread as widely and thinly as reasonably practicable to ensure no person or group collects or wields an inequitable amount of power.

1.12
We believe that if a government no longer provides the necessities of human life to its people, every citizen capable of doing so has an ethical duty to collectively revolt against their government with whatever means are at their reasonable disposal to demand provision for all of their needs and for all of the needs of their fellow citizens.

1.13
We believe that unlimited, safe. reliable personal access to food, water, shelter, and air are basic human rights, not privileges.

1.14
We believe that unlimited, safe, reliable personal access to education, healthcare, safety, justice, and a capability-based opportunity to contribute to society are basic rights, not privileges, for humans in societies.

1.15
We believe that unlimited, safe, reliable personal access to energy, information, privacy, representation, and equitable freedoms are basic rights, not privileges, for humans in modern societies.

1.16
We believe that unlimited, safe, reliable personal access to research, exploration, expansion, biological and cybernetic adaptation, and many as-yet unimaginable freedoms are likely basic rights, not privileges, for humans in futuristic societies - and that we should never stop investigating social, technological, and other improvements for the benefit of humanity.

Compared to communiism and other forms of socialism, does this seem clear, concise, and internally consistent?

[Five of swords]

On 7/12/2024 at 10:16 PM, RevolutionPartyofCanada said:

Human Needs are Human Rights

The Revolution Party of Canada (RPC) is a new socialist federal political party in Canada that believes food, water, shelter, and a livable environment are human rights which should explicitly included in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (CCRF). We believe that once these are established as guaranteed rights, the government will be obligated to directly provide them.

Built on science and compassion, the RPC constitution begins with the Manifesto of Human Needs:

Manifesto of Human Needs

1.1
Humans do not choose to be born, nor do we have any influence on the time, place, or other circumstances of our birth; to acknowledge this fundamental truth we must also agree that no human can be illegal or immoral simply because they exist as they are.

1.2
Humans are fragile, evolving biological creatures with complex chemical, physical, and mental needs for survival and exist in a challenging, mostly-undiscovered universe which is not perfectly suited for our short- or long-term survival.

1.3
Human brains have evolved to allow for the creation of shared language and interpersonal relationships which has resulted in complex social organizations including civilization itself.

1.4
Human brains have invented new technologies, such as computers and robots, that far exceed our innate capabilities and which have, for the first time in our history, allowed us to produce far more than is needed for everyone to thrive.

1.5
We believe that since we now have the practicable means to provide the necessities to every person alive today and born in the future we have the ethical obligation to do so.

1.6
We believe the primary function of a government is to care for its diverse peoples, their individual needs, and the universe which sustains them, not to rule over the people or to exert or enforce personal ideals or standards of thought.

1.7
We believe that access to comprehensive, accurate, unbiased, and anonymized information is critically important for governments and individuals alike to make important decisions from an informed perspective; this includes specifically also means the government must provide broad and deep transparency to the entire general public and the free press about governmental activities and intentions.

1.8
We believe all government policies and laws must be developed upon objective evidence-based science and meet the highest standards of ethics and compassion.

1.9
We believe it is critically important to invest, as much as is practicable at the time, in novel research and the education of the entire population, both together forming the technological foundation of our modern society and each of which individually will play a crically important role in the foreseeable future of humanity.

1.10
We believe that as individuals, as a society and as a species, we can never be done acknowledging and learning from our mistakes and that implementing policies with transparency and accountability and making meaningful and occasionally radical changes from what is learned and enacting these changes are critical functions of government.

1.11
We believe the uniquely influential and forceful powers of government are to be used sparingly and solely for the advancement and benefit of society, never as a mechanism for personal enrichment or empowerment; for this reason, it is critical that governmental power be spread as widely and thinly as reasonably practicable to ensure no person or group collects or wields an inequitable amount of power.

1.12
We believe that if a government no longer provides the necessities of human life to its people, every citizen capable of doing so has an ethical duty to collectively revolt against their government with whatever means are at their reasonable disposal to demand provision for all of their needs and for all of the needs of their fellow citizens.

1.13
We believe that unlimited, safe. reliable personal access to food, water, shelter, and air are basic human rights, not privileges.

1.14
We believe that unlimited, safe, reliable personal access to education, healthcare, safety, justice, and a capability-based opportunity to contribute to society are basic rights, not privileges, for humans in societies.

1.15
We believe that unlimited, safe, reliable personal access to energy, information, privacy, representation, and equitable freedoms are basic rights, not privileges, for humans in modern societies.

1.16
We believe that unlimited, safe, reliable personal access to research, exploration, expansion, biological and cybernetic adaptation, and many as-yet unimaginable freedoms are likely basic rights, not privileges, for humans in futuristic societies - and that we should never stop investigating social, technological, and other improvements for the benefit of humanity.

Compared to communiism and other forms of socialism, does this seem clear, concise, and internally consistent?

What is your solution to scarcity of resources?

[RevolutionPartyofCanada]

4 hours ago, Five of swords said:

What is your solution to scarcity of resources?

Depends on the resource. 

Most resources that matter, such as food and home building materials, are sustainable and only scarce in places by design for profit.

Truly finite resources should be managed collectively for the collective good, never by exploitation by individual or corporation.