Overview

We can fairly apply the Live and Let Live Philosophy to any topic, irrespective of personal opinions.

The 3L formula (simple version)

graph TD %%Colours%% classDef blue fill:#0d6efd, stroke:#000,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff Aggress["Did someone aggress?"] Aggress --> Yes1["Yes"] & No1["No"] Yes1 --> Stop["Aggressor must cease and
face formal consequences"] No1 --> MP["Did they act excellently?"] MP --> Yes2["Yes"] & No2["No"] Yes2 --> ThreeL["LIVE AND LET LIVE!"] No2 --> SC["Social consequences"]

The 3L formula (detailed version)

graph TD %%Colours%% classDef blue fill:#0d6efd, stroke:#000,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff PO["Identify the owner,
and who is attempting to
exert control"] PO --> Aggress["Did someone aggress?"] Aggress --> RM["Reasonable minds disagree"] & Yes1["Yes"] & No1["No - there is no victim"] RM --> LC["Local communities decide
(based on reasonable
interpretation of the
Legal Principle)"] Yes1 --> LP["Legal Principle breached
(determined by fair trial)"] LP --> Stop["Aggressor must cease
and face consequences"] No1 --> MP["Does the behavior breach
the Aspirational Values?"] MP --> Yes2["Yes"] & No2["No"] Yes2 --> Persuade["Persuade/inspire without force
but defend their right to do it"] No2 --> ThreeL["Live and let live!"]

Understanding the 3L formula

The analysis isn’t complicated. The formula works even when just learning about the facts for the first time, as well as for yet unknown future issues.

First, identify the property owner, then ascertain whether the person seeking to exercise control over that property is the owner. If the attempt to control another’s property amounts to aggressing, the Legal Principle is breached.

Communicating the formula

Most objections to 3L stem from support for aggressing against others as a means to achieve a preferred goal. These people generally admit they do not want to be aggressed against by others. This concession is a good starting point to discuss their insistence on aggressing against others.

Allowing local communities to decide their own reasonable construction of the Legal Principle for complex topics resolves most of these issues.

The pace and shape of the transition plan is not prescribed, but cannot be rushed. Allowing local communities to experiment will likely demonstrate the most effective ways.

3L is not offering a utopia, and we don’t even expect to achieve our goal of ‘global peace’, because peace itself is a continuum, not an absolute. But, for those that value freedom, peace and prosperity, the question is whether Live and Let Live Movement offers something better than what we have now.

All politics can be reduced to two positions: 1: Those advocating for aggressing. 2. Those not advocating for aggressing. When we gain clarity on this we can stop the cycle of aggressing.

Apply the formula to key topics