Unity without uniformity
The Vicinist Test
Answer the eight-question Vicinist Test in a preview-safe, sequential yes-or-no flow with no stored answers.
Every answer is a public burden.
A proposal that asks for power should be tested against the people it affects, the scale that can actually succeed, and the safeguards that keep a movement from becoming another form of capture.
No answers are stored outside this page.
- 1. DignityDoes it protect equal rights and the dignity of every affected person?
- 2. ProximityIs authority placed at the closest level capable of succeeding?
- 3. Non-dominationDoes it reduce arbitrary power and prevent capture?
- 4. ReciprocityAre burdens, benefits, duties, and voice distributed fairly?
- 5. BelongingDoes it strengthen people's capacity to remain, contribute, and build a shared life?
- 6. EvidenceAre assumptions public, tradeoffs plain, and results measurable?
- 7. ReversibilityCan the decision be piloted, reviewed, corrected, or ended?
- 8. FederationDoes it respect local variation while accounting for effects beyond the locality?