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Yamashima Degrowth Declaration (YDD)

This treaty was drafted in July 4825 by the [KU] 曙 (Akebono) 🌄.

Status: ratification^[?]

Description^[?]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝟏 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟒𝟖𝟐𝟓

The planet is gripped by a hegemonic system predicated on the myth of perpetual growth. In the midst of this milieu, one thousand scientists, economists, activists, researchers and citizens gathered in Yamashima, Seko to chart a different course.

Here, it was recognized that the vast majority of crises in the economic, social, and ecological realm are a result of the failure of economic models based on growth. This indicts capitalist extraction and exploitation, but also many alternative theories which share the dogmatic belief that productivity and growth are the ultimate purposes of human cooperation, organization and civilization. This, we refer to productivism or industrialism, or more crudely, growthism.

Human societies have severed their connection to the environment in a greedy pursuit of sensual pleasure, accumulation, and conspicuous consumption. Who has this fulfilled? Humans have become more atomized, more lonely, more depressed. Flora and fauna have suffered extinction and eviction from the land on which all beings are interdependent. Individuals and societies have taken on massive debts to fuel consumerism; Industry has enacted multigenerational ecological debts on the planet.

The majority of humanity languishes in varying degrees of destitution, from misery to poverty. Multinational corporations and economic elites, a minority within the rich minority, acquire astonishing levels of power and material wealth.

For thousands of years, economies have experienced degrowth. Degrowth is inevitable in a finite world. The challenge we face is ensuring that such degrowth is socially and ecologically equitable at the national and global scales. Moreover, such a measured process of degrowth will ultimately benefit all beings within our planetary ecology. It is the responsibility of the most advanced industrial, productivist economies with the rich minority of nation-states to undertake this challenge.

This knowledge is informed by the experiences of those who have come before us. Wisdom from Selucia (https://bit.ly/3cToo1s, https://bit.ly/3lh0AHT) and the long legacy of innovative Kalistani economics (https://bit.ly/30vtQCq, https://bit.ly/3nhS799, https://bit.ly/36td36S) have developed the theories and practices discussed here to a substantial degree of sophistication. After considerable evidentiary review, alongside inclusive and participatory dialogue, the conference in Yamashima has concluded, committed to advancing the following ideas:

(1) The suppression, and ultimate elimination, of commercial advertising/marketing;
(2) The facilitation of local currencies and reforms to financial interest;
(3) The promotion of small scale, self-managed not-for-profit companies, self-employment, and cooperative enterprises;
(4) The expansion of local commons and the establishment of new global commons;
(5) The reduction of working hours, particularly mindful of the impact on labour resulting from automation;
(6) The introduction of a basic income and an income ceiling, institutionalizing maximum-minimum ratios with regard to income;
(7) The discouragement of overconsumption of non-durable goods and under-use of durables by regulation;
(8) The abandonment of large-scale, high risk, ecologically-dangerous infrastructure such as nuclear plants, incinerators, hydrocarbon processing plants;
(9) The conversion of car-based infrastructure to common space and high-density transport;
(10) The introduction of global and national extractive bans in areas with high biodiversity and cultural value, and compensation for developing localities who undertake such efforts;
(11) The rejection of authoritarian top-down population control measures and support of women’s reproductive rights;
(12) The right to free migration;
(13) The de-commodification of politics and enhancement of direct participation in decision-making;
(14) The promotion of ecologically-sustainable agriculture and a rejection of productivist monoculture, and;
(15) The prohibition of planned obsolescence.

These principals are not utopian, nor will they lead to a utopian society: there is no way to predict the future. This declaration shall serve, instead, as a framework for the debate around, and transition toward, a degrowth and eventual zero-growth economy.

The veil has been lifted: the irrationality of growth has been exposed.

Articles^[?]

The treaty consists of the following articles.

Article 1

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Policy on the legality of abortions

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.

Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.

Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.

Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.

Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.

Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.

Article 2

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Policy of the government concerning the funding of abortions

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government provides funding for abortions.

The government leaves the funding for abortions up to the local governments.

Article 3

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The government's policy on advertising

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.

Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.

All advertising is prohibited.

Article 4

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Regulation of advertising of substances classified as addictive and harmful (if general advertising by companies is permitted and sale of the addictive/harmful products is allowed).

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Policy on advertising is determined by local governments.

Advertising is banned.

Advertising is restricted and has to carry strong warning messages.

Article 5

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The right to kill animals.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Killing animals is illegal.

Killing animals is legal but regulated.

Article 6

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The banking system.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government operates and owns all banks.

The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.

Article 7

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Public financing of political campaigns

The policy of their national government and law should be:

All candidates receive public funds but are not allowed to accept donations.

Article 8

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Government policy concerning granting citizenship.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Citizenship is granted to all nationals.

Article 9

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.

This matter is left up to the local governments.

Article 10

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The government's policy towards daily working hours.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.

Daily working hours are regulated by the government.

Article 11

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Policy on the charging and collection of interest on loans

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Local governments decide loan interest policies

Charging interest on loans is illegal

Charging interest on loans is illegal for religious purposes

Banks and financial institutions charge interest on loans and are regulated

Article 12

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Hunting endangered animals is illegal.

Article 13

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Keeping endangered animals, or trading therein, is forbidden.

Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.

Article 14

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Exchange rate regime

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The exchange rate of the national currency is fixed by the government.

The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, but the government is permitted to intervene when necessary.

The exchange rate of the national currency is kept within a defined band of fluctuation.

Article 15

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.

Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.

All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.

The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.

Article 16

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Commercial fishing regulation.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government establishes fishing quotas.

Local governments can establish fishing quotas

Article 17

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Travel by nationals to foreign nations

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The nation issues passports on demand for any reason to its nationals

Article 18

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Forest management.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.

There is a national agency which owns all forests, but subcontracts the work to private companies.

Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.

Article 19

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The government's policy concerning forest protection.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.

Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.

Forest protection is left to local governments.

Article 20

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Government regulation of hunting.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.

Private hunting and fishing practices are banned.

The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.

Article 21

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Government policy concerning immigration.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.

Article 22

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government only gives aid for disaster relief in foreign countries.

The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.

The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.

Article 23

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The government's stance on a salary cap.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government enforces a salary cap.

There is a national maximum wage but local governments may enforce stricter salary caps.

Labour unions and organizations of employers negotiate a salary cap.

Article 24

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Guarantee of minimum income.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.

All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.

Article 25

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.

Monopolies are only actively enforced in specific sectors of the economy.

Article 26

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Government policy regarding a national park system.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government devolves park policy to local governments.

The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.

Article 27

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Government policy on nuclear power.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Nuclear power plants are not permitted.

Article 28

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The government's stance on the source code of software.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government requires that all source be opened.

The government does not require that all source be opened but heavilly regulates closed source software.

Article 29

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are banned.

The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.

Local governments may choose to regulate pesticides certification programs.

Article 30

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Government regulation of pollution in industry.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.

Article 31

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The government's stance on population control.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government actively promotes population growth.

The government does not engage in population control.

Article 32

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The government's policy concerning private cars.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.

Only one car allowed per household, people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives on cars using environmentally friendly fuels.

Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.

Private cars are not allowed.

Article 33

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Funding of public transport (where applicable).

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.

Public transport is partially subsidised with the remainder "user-pays".

Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".

Article 34

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The national refugee policy.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.

All refugees are welcome but no financial aid is given to them.

Article 35

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Renewable energy sources (eg. solar power, wind power).

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Government subsidies are provided for research and generation of energy through renewable sources.

Article 36

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Policy on profit sharing

The policy of their national government and law should be:

A fiscally beneficial system encourages companies to share profits with employees.

Companies are required to distribute a minority fraction of its profits to employees.

Companies are required to distribute a majority fraction of its profits to employees.

Article 37

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The patenting of software techniques.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.

Article 38

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Travel by foreigners to the nation.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The nation imposes no border controls on visitors.

The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.

Article 39

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The government's policy on tree plantation.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.

The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.

Local governments may set plantation policy.

Article 40

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Policy on climate change

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The official government position is that climate change is one of the most important problems of our day and constitutes a global emergency. We have to take drastic measures to stop it.

The official government position is that climate change is a serious issue. We need to take significant steps to stop it.

Article 41

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.

Article 42

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.

The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.

The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.

Ratifiers^[?]

The treaty has been formally ratified by the following nations.

Nation	Date
Respubliko de Zardujo (Zardugal)	September 5366

Pending Ratifications

Compliance^[?]

The following nations (57 in total) are not in compliance to the articles outlined in this treaty.

The following nations (1 in total) are in compliance.

Respubliko de Zardujo (Zardugal)

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