I asked Grok to give me a hard to corrupt, stable minarchist government whilst still being a democracy(as the masses over time vote for bigger government, making it hard to keep small) After asking I asked Gemini any loopholes and the corrections, gave it back to grok and came up with an updated version.
Here is both:
“Simple Core Idea (Same in Both Versions)
• The country is split into cantons = small, voluntary mini-regions (like competitive neighborhoods or small states). You can move between them easily (90 days’ notice) and take your tax money with you.
• Only net taxpayers (people who pay more in taxes than they get back from government services) can vote or influence things. This stops the majority from voting themselves free stuff paid for by others.
• Laws and budgets are made by randomly chosen citizens (sortition = like jury duty for lawmakers) instead of career politicians.
• Money is hard money (gold, silver, or Bitcoin-like digital money) — the government cannot print endless fake money.
• Everything the government does is recorded on a public, tamper-proof digital ledger (like a shared Google Doc that no one can secretly edit).
• If officials break the rules, they can be personally sued or lose everything (no special protection).
The goal: Keep government tiny, honest, and unable to grow into a giant controlling machine.
How the Original Minarchia Would Work (Day-to-Day)
- Voting & Decision-Making
Only net taxpayers vote. A group of 500 ordinary net taxpayers is randomly picked (like jury duty) to serve short terms as the main law-making body. They decide the tiny annual budget for courts, police, and national defense — nothing else.
If they try something unpopular, any group of citizens can petition to hold a public vote and cancel it.
- Running the Country
• A small rotating team (like a temporary chairperson + helpers) from the 500 handles day-to-day administration. No powerful president who can boss everyone around.
• Cantons handle local police/courts within the strict national rules.
• Taxes are collected in hard money and must balance the budget every year (no borrowing or printing to cover overspending).
- Courts & Police
Judges and officers can be personally sued if they violate rights. Random citizen juries decide cases and can even throw out bad laws.
- Money & Economy
Government uses only the official hard-money unit for taxes and its own spending. Private businesses and people can use gold, Bitcoin, or any other money they agree on. No central bank printing money.
- Anti-Cheating Rules
All government actions are on the public ledger. Agencies automatically expire every 10 years unless almost all net taxpayers vote to renew them. Changing the basic rules is extremely hard (needs huge majorities twice + agreement from most cantons).
Everyday Life Example
You pay taxes in gold/Bitcoin equivalent. Your local canton runs its small police force. If the national lawmakers try to create a new welfare program, citizens petition, vote it down, or people simply move to a better canton. The system stays small because cheating or expanding is risky and visible.
Strengths: Simple, limits power, encourages competition between cantons.
Weak Spots: Harder to precisely define “net taxpayer,” possible hidden influence on random lawmakers, judges might avoid tough calls due to personal risk, and long-term military tech funding could be inconsistent.
How the Updated Minarchia 2.0 Works (Improved Version)
The updates add automatic safety features and watchdogs without making government bigger. It’s like adding self-repairing parts and extra alarms to the original design.
- Voting & Decision-Making (Improved)
Net taxpayer status now uses a clear math formula on the ledger:
Taxes you paid > (Money you directly got back from government + your fair share of shared costs like defense). T > (G + E)
• T = direct audited taxes paid.
• G = direct government payments received.
• E = fixed per-capita share of true public goods (mainly defense + core infrastructure).
Household unit for spouses/dependents. Any change to the formula requires full constitutional amendment. Disputes resolved by random jury.
How it works in practice: More objective, auditable on-chain, and resistant to lawfare. A judge’s salary makes their household temporarily ineligible — preventing self-dealing. This is cleaner and harder to game.
This is automatic and hard to cheat. Disputes go to a random jury.
There is still the 500 random lawmakers plus a second “Shadow 500” (another random group). The Shadow group can demand to see all internal messages and meetings but cannot pass laws — they are permanent watchdogs.
- Running the Country
Same small rotating team, but now every action is double-checked by the Shadow group and the public ledger.
- Courts & Police (Improved)
Same personal liability, but with “Jury-Bonded Protection”: If a random jury says the official acted honestly (even if they made a mistake), a small dedicated government pool covers any lawsuit costs. If the jury finds malice or extreme recklessness, the official still loses everything personally. Private insurance can help but can’t override jury decisions.
- Money & Economy (Improved)
Same hard money, but with an automatic “kill switch”: If anyone in government tries to create or use fake printed money, smart contracts instantly freeze their paychecks until it stops. Private prediction markets let citizens bet on whether official records are truthful — whistleblowers who prove fraud get paid from the liar’s penalty bond.
- Defense & Long-Term Needs (New)
A small fixed percentage of taxes automatically goes into a locked “Defense Savings Fund.” This money can only be used for long-term research and equipment (not salaries), so the country can prepare for future threats without constant political fights. Cantons that make shady deals with foreign powers risk losing national defense protection after an automatic review.
Everyday Life Example (Updated)
Same as original, but safer: The Shadow 500 watches the main lawmakers. If a police officer fakes a report, citizens can challenge it on the prediction market and get rewarded for proving it wrong. Defense tech gets steady funding without loopholes. Cheating is more likely to be caught and punished automatically.”