Government

Government is a (formal or informal) organization with the purpose of representing the people who make up its constituency. The tasks commonly assigned to modern governments in order to serve this purpose include running, regulating and controlling markets, societal rules and internal/external policies.

Some key examples of Government actions are:

1. arrest and prosecution of criminals (those who break a law)
2. enforcement and litigation of Copyright
3. election of representatives
4. protection of citizens.

Rights

Rights are an instrument of protection first and foremost for a people from their governments, oppression from members of an enemy state, fellow citizens or non-citizens alike.

In some countries, rights are also more loosely defined to include those who can not speak for their own injustices (where applicable), such as: the environment, plants, animals, government institutions themselves and perhaps even corporations (though the latter two are certainly debatable).

Examples of documents guaranteeing and/or defining its citizens' rights are the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the US Bill of Rights and the British Bill of Rights 1689. An example of aUnited Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Laws

Laws are systems of rules describing how a society may acceptably live, without intrusion upon the rights of others.

Constitution

A "Constitution" is a founding document setting limitations around government reach to ensure civil liberties. Not all nations enjoy the benefits of a Constitution or similar founding document. The US Constitution is commonly cited as an example of one of the key elements of US Law that allowed the nation to thrive and innovate.

Rules

Rules are the regulations and which maintain an organization's (i.e. nation, company, group, etc) societal and moral fabric, in order to maintain internal peace.

Policies

Policies are the philosophical and moral projection and management of differences in societal and moral fabric between one organization and another, and the management of an organization'ss own free will. For example, Foreign Policy is a government's policy towards other nations and their relationships with external governments.

Politics

Politics is the study of governance through policy-making, law-making and decision-making on behalf of groups of individuals in a specific organization or region (for example a company or nation).

• wikipedia: Politics

Markets

Markets are the cumulative economical exchange of value based around a given concept or category of product, service or material good (minerals and other natural resources).

Tools

• Public Works & Government Services Canada: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/ (Private Sector CONTRACTS & RFPs)
• The World's Smallest Political Quiz: http://theadvocates.org/quiz/quiz.php

Resources

• UN - Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
• Search Legal Terms and Definitions: http://dictionary.law.com/
• Classification of Constitutions by Aristotle: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Aristotle-constitutions-2.png
• Biderman's Chart of Coercion: https://www.gdass.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/bIdermans-chart-of-coercion.pdf
• Hegel’s Dialectics: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel-dialectics/

USA

• US Congress - House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov/representatives/ | Library of Congress: http://catalog.loc.gov/
• US Senate - Senators list: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm | XML
• US National Debt Clock: http://www.usdebtclock.org/
• US Debt Visualized: http://usdebt.kleptocracy.us/
• National Institute on Money in Politics: http://www.followthemoney.org/
• US 1950 Census: https://1950census.archives.gov/ (full data released to US National Archives in 2022)

CANADA

• Canada's Parliament: http://openparliament.ca/
• Members of Parliament: http://openparliament.ca/politicians/

• Vote records XML: http://www.parl.gc.ca/housechamberbusiness/Chambervotelist.aspx?AgreedTo=True&FltrParl=40&FltrSes=3&Language=E&Mode=1&Negatived=True&Page=1&Parl=40&SchemaVersion=1.0&Ses=3&Tie=True&VoteType=0&xml=True

• Canada - THE CONSTITUTION ACTS, 1867 to 1982 - Table of Contents: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/

• Government of Canada surplus: https://www.gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm
• 3 levels of Canadian government -- Federal, Provincial, Municipal - who's responsible for what: https://twitter.com/kateyqm/status/1544347690582298630 (national defense/military, police, highways/roads/streets, hospitals & healthcare, education, zoning, garbage collection, water/sewer, etc)
• Full list of new local government names: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/list-names-municipalities-nb-1.6465850?cmp=rss

UK

• TheyWorkForYou - Lords: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peers/
• TheyWorkForYou - British MPs: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mps/
• TheyWorkForYou - Scottish Parliament: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/msps/
• TheyWorkForYou - Northern Ireland Assembly: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mlas/

Tutorials

• Does Socialism Work? A Classroom Experiment: http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/does-socialism-work-a-classroom-experiment/
• How Your Government Works – Federal Level: http://www.spillingbuckets.com/2008/09/how-your-governemnt-works-federal-level.html (nice image of 3 branches of US government - at bottom)
• The 4 quadrants of conformism: http://www.paulgraham.com/conformism.html
• Combatting Complacency: https://www.byyourlife.com/2018/12/036-combatting-complacency/

External Links

• wikipedia: Government
• wikipedia: Magna Carta
• wikipedia: Habeas Corpus Act 1679
• wikipedia: Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949
• wikipedia: Constitution of the United Kingdom
• wikipedia: United States Bill of Rights
• wikipedia: United States Constitution
• wikipedia: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• wikipedia: Human Rights
• wikipedia: Referendum
• wikipedia: Cabinet of Canada (made up of "Ministers of Parliament"/MPs from each province and selected secretaries & deputies)
• wikipedia: Member of parliament (MP)
• wikipedia: Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)
• wikipedia: Gerrymandering
• wikipedia: Overton window
• wikipedia: Milgram experiment
• wikipedia: Glomar response (the standard "We can neither confirm nor deny that..." statement)
• UN - Human Rights info: http://www.un.org/en/rights/
• Definition of "Law": http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=law&searchmode=none
• PBO -- User fees a new, lucrative source of revenue for Ottawa (Federal Government): http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/user-fees-a-new-lucrative-source-of-revenue-for-ottawa-pbo-1.943497
• Simplistic (mainstream) view of the 2-D Political Spectrum - Left .vs. Right: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/left-vs-right-world/
• A look at the Simplistic Political Worldview with Fascism on Far-Left .vs. Far-Right: http://woody.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/06/understanding-political-left-right.html
• FYI - Hitler was a Socialist (more than Conservative): http://woody.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/02/fyi-hitler-was-a-socialist.html
• Holistic Politics - true breakdown of 3-D Political Spectrum: http://www.holisticpolitics.org/
• What is Freedom?: http://www.holisticpolitics.org/WhatIsFreedom/
• How America Changed During Donald Trump’s Presidency: https://www.pewresearch.org/2021/01/29/how-america-changed-during-donald-trumps-presidency/
• How to Assess the Risk of Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) guide: https://www.dnb.com/perspectives/corporate-compliance/politically-exposed-persons-guide.html
• Canada election - Complete list of promises made during the 2021 campaign: https://globalnews.ca/news/8106833/canada-election-promises-made-2021/
• Americans' Trust in Themselves vs Government: https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/355553/americans-trust-themselves.aspx
• Americans' Trust in Media Dips to Second Lowest on Record: https://news.gallup.com/poll/355526/americans-trust-media-dips-second-lowest-record.aspx
• Beyond Red vs. Blue - The Political Typology: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/11/09/beyond-red-vs-blue-the-political-typology-2/
• Government Accidentally Releases Documents on "Psycho-Electric" Weapons: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a19855256/muckrock-foia-psycho-electric-weapons/
• FBI record on Bigfoot: https://vault.fbi.gov/bigfoot/bigfoot-part-01-of-01/view (typically they only release such records when they believe a creature dead or anomaly beyond recurrence)
• Trucker convoy - Police chief calls for 1,800 more cops and civilians to handle protest: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/trucker-convoy-police-chief-calls-for-more-resources-statement-calls-police-fuel-confiscation-inhumane/ar-AATyWxu
• Canadians are now seeking asylum in America: https://thecountersignal.com/canadians-are-now-seeking-asylum-in-america/

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