Create a "Complexity Fog" Around Legislation
Strategic Action Overview
To make pro-commons legislation so legally dense and complex that it is unintelligible to the public, allowing for hidden loopholes that benefit extractive industries.
Domain:
📉 Economics
Subdomain:
🗳️ Livelihoods and Work
Dialectic:
🦠 Oppress
Implementation:
High
Timeline:
Short Term (3-12mo)
Resources:
Heavy
Strategic Pathway:
Draft and insert hundreds of pages of obscure, technical amendments into bills for Rights of Nature or Community Land Trusts, making them impossible to pass without corporate "expert" input.
Core Skills:
Legal Advocacy,Project Management,Facilitation
Success Indicators:
Legislation passed; increased legal complexity; corporate interests protected.
Failure Signals:
Public backlash; legal challenges; loss of public trust.
Permissions:
Legal Advocacy,Regulatory Approval
Toolkit:
Legal Templates,Digital Platforms,Meeting Spaces
Adaptation Protocol:
Monitor legal outcomes; provide public education; adjust legislative strategy.
