Deluism. Manifesto, 2026 edition, 116 pages.
The normative starting point of the project; all web editions remain subordinate to this text.
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Bibliography · Influences · Counterarguments
Credibility begins with testable foundations.
This centre separates the Deluism primary text from theoretical comparison points. The listed works are not a claimed lineage, but frames for agreement, difference and criticism.
01 · Working bibliography
Texts against which Deluism can be tested.
Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848).
Comparison for the critique of capitalism, class power and internationalism.
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902).
Comparison for mutual aid and cooperation as social forces.
Reform or Revolution (1899).
Comparison for the tension between reform, shifts in power and transformation.
The Public and Its Problems (1927).
Comparison for democracy as common practice and institutional learning.
The Ecology of Freedom (1982).
Comparison for social ecology, the critique of hierarchy and municipal politics.
Governing the Commons (1990).
Comparison for self-governed resources, rules and institutional diversity.
Development as Freedom (1999).
Comparison for real capabilities as a measure of freedom.
Cannibal Capitalism (2022).
Comparison for the connection between production, care, ecology and democratic crisis.
02 · Criticism centre
The strongest objections first.Q–NULL
Scale
Local democracy can mobilise knowledge, but global supply chains, specialised medicine and energy systems require fast, reliable coordination.
Research task: simulate responsibilities, chains of delegation, technical standards and recall procedures.Informal elites
Even without formal offices, time, education, charisma and networks can concentrate power.
Research task: combine compensation, sortition, rotation, facilitation and independent complaint procedures.Incentives and innovation
Not every risky investment can be justified through immediate need or local consent.
Research task: develop autonomous experimental funds, loss rules and democratic portfolios.Majority and minority
Common decisions can generate pressure to conform and local discrimination.
Research task: specify federal rights, legal remedies, protected spaces and independent justice.Transition
Existing property, administrative and security orders do not disappear through institutional design.
Research task: develop reversible steps, power analysis and guarantees of provision for different starting conditions.Global security
Voluntary federation does not yet fully answer how organised aggression or authoritarian great powers can be constrained.
Research task: develop collective security without permanent central power or militarisation.Source standard
Claim, source and interpretation remain separate.
The centre expands with every new position. External research supports empirical claims; the manifesto supports the normative Deluist position.
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