<social_ecosystem>
<name> United
States </name>
<trust_infrastructure>
Constitution </trust_infrastructure>
<policy_infrastructure>
Laws </policy_infrastructure>
</social_ecosystem>
However, this
would ignore the 1776 Declaration of Independence (“We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and
the pursuit of Happiness”), which would argue more for the following:
<social_ecosystem>
<name> United
States </name>
<trust_infrastructure>
<name> Declaration of Independence
</name>
<social_ecosystem>
<trust_infrastructure>
Constitution </trust_infrastructure>
<policy_infrastructure> Laws
</policy_infrastructure>
</social_ecosystem>
</trust_infrastructure>
</social_ecosystem>
Similarly, the
French system would have the 1789 Declaration of Human Rights (“In consequence,
the National Assembly recognizes and declares, in presence of and under the
auspices of the Supreme Being, the following rights of Men and Citizens” [our
translation]) as its top trust infrastructure:
<social_ecosystem>
<name> France
</name>
<trust_infrastructure>
<name> Declaration of Human Rights
</name>
<social_ecosystem>
<trust_infrastructure>
Constitution </trust_infrastructure>
<policy_infrastructure> Laws
</policy_infrastructure>
</social_ecosystem>
</trust_infrastructure>
</social_ecosystem>
Or perhaps it
would have the more modern 1948 version of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (“Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter
reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of
the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined
to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom”),
where the “Supreme Being” is no more referenced, while the source of “faith” is
unsaid, religion being referenced only in relation to the freedom to exercise
it.
While we’ve
illustrated above the hierarchical, recursive organization of the trust
infrastructure, we can further expand downwards the policy infrastructure of
the United States to account for individual states. We’ll limit ourselves to Texas for the sake of clarity:
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