Democratic Genetic Engineering

By Chauncey Chen

A. Based on fact-checking, this book relates the worlds financial crisis and political violent turmoil in many countries to the accumulative effects of structural flaws of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNUDHR) and constitutions of member states. A democratic genetic engineering (DGE) program is proposed to peacefully democratize the world by
1. opening political consciousness and encouraging common people to take political power into their own hands to become political-power wielders, to exercise the principle of equality, which is the essence of democracy;
2. complementing freedom of speech with freedom to be heard, equal treatment, and freedom of information;
3. opening free government political media to all citizens to criticize, suggest, and campaign; having free speech forum for private sectors; and
4) producing all authorities by periodic democratic elections; making all important decisions by the majority of three independent-power branches: legislative, judiciary, executive.
B. Learning Lessons from Nature
Educated people all believe in nature science. Modern physics proves that our world is wave-particle dualistic. Complement opposites rather than antagonize them is the sustainable solution since opposites are complementary. World peace, in fact, is only a matter of change of concepts.
C. Making the Human Dream Come True
Life is limited, and possession is not portable. Possession not in use is a waste. Well-coordinated, systematic approach of targeted philanthropy will enable people to be free from struggles for making a living, to choose the jobs they love most, and to make their greatest contribution to humanity, education, research, and creation will flourish. Human beings will enjoy happiness than ever before.
The world is not enough. Human beings will choose the best star to live in the universe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
• Release date: Sep 7, 2018
• ISBN: 9781489719126

Chauncey Chen

Chauncey Chen is an engineer, a physicist, and an award winning poet. He was born in China in 1932. In 1956, as a young assistant professor of physics, he criticized the government and was reeducated in a labor camp for over two years. Later he became a high school substitute teacher. In the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) he was sent to the countryside to become a peasant making about 25 fens (about 5 cents in US money) a day for three years. In 1978 he was permitted to join his parents and siblings in Hong Kong. He worked as a technical offiffi cer in the Hong Kong Public Works Department until he immigrated to the United States as a political refugee in 1981. In the US he worked in the New York State Department of Transportation, fifi rst as a technician and later as an engineer from 1981 to 2003 until his retirement. In 1999 he published a health book titled DYNAMIC CHIKUNG including a project Complete Democracy in the USA in which he proposes all authorities in public and private sectors should be periodically, democratically elected to eliminate institutionalized bureaucracy. He lives in New York City. He has a daughter and a son.

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LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 08/28/2018

Contents

Preface

A Bleeding World

The Meaning of Freedom and Democracy

Letter to President Clinton

Democratic Genetic Engineering

Direct Democracy

Contemporary Democracy

Deprivation of the Principle of Equality of Rights

Chapter 1: Democratic Genetic Engineering

A Suffering World

World Financial Crisis

Humanity Suffers Most

Arab Spring

Occupy Wall Street (OWS)

Chapter 2: United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

A Brief History

UNUDHR and Human Life

Brotherhood (Article 1)

Facts

Slavery (Article 4)

Facts

Inhuman Torture and Degrading Punishment (Article 5)

Facts

Adequate Living Standard (Article 25)

Facts

Freedom of Opinion and Expression (Article 19)

Facts

Key Issue

Chapter 3: UNUDHR and Constitutions

What Is Democracy?

The Production of a Contemporary Democratic Government

Direct Democracy

Contemporary Democracy

Deprivation of the Principle of Equality of Rights

Problems of Contemporary Democracy

Indifferent Voters

Chapter 4: Reform Choices

Missing Fundamental Human Rights

1) Freedom of Information

2) Right to Be Heard in Political Campaigns

3) Free Government Political Media (FGPM)

4) Equal Inalienable Human Rights Are Not for Sale

Democratic Genetic Engineering

1) Three Independent Power Branches

2) Democratic Decision Making

3) Free Speech Forum

Why Do We Need DGE?

1) To Attain Political Independence and Open Political Consciousness

2) Motivate People to Engage in Politics

3) Eliminate Institutionalized Bureaucracy

4) Reveal Facts about Political Truths

5) Reveal Facts about Economic Truth

6) Defend the Principle of Equality of Rights, Opportunity, and Treatment (PEROT)

7) Unite a Separated Society

Petition to Representatives

Chapter 5: Lessons from Nature

Can Man Recognize the Truth?

The Limit of Human Cognitive Ability

Tao Follows Nature

1) Impartial Natural Science

2) Reliability of Natural Science

3) Experimentation Opens New Possibilities

A) Quantitative Formulation

B) Synthesis of Opposites Opens New Possibilities

C) Probability Interpretation

D) Observation Changes Reality

Open Mind

Think of Opposites

War or Peace

Make Wings to Fly

Fly without Wings to Freedom

Gun Control Problem

Chapter 6: Let Human Dreams Come True

Resistance to Change

Possessed by Possession

Waste of Possession

Life Is Limited, and Possessions Are Not Portable

Systematic Approach of Targeted Philanthropy

Coordination of Philanthropy

Preparations to Make Human Dreams Come True

1) Peace to the World

2) No Struggles for Survival

3) Happiness and Pursuit of Happiness

4) Education, Research, and Creation

5) The World Is Not Enough

Seek the Truth, Do Good, Create Beauty

TO THE BUILDERS OF A BETTER WORLD

Preface

A Bleeding World

The common by-product of the world financial crisis, the Arab Spring, and the Occupy Wall Street movement is blood. There are political unrests in Egypt, Iran, and Turkey, especially the bloody civil war in Syria.

The Meaning of Freedom and Democracy

In 1999, I published a health book titled Dynamic Chikung (American Literary Press, Inc.). Assuming people might be more interested in health books, I included A Project to Complete Democracy in the USA in that book to arouse urgent attention to the issue, suggesting all sectors, no matter public or private, should establish their authorities by periodic democratic elections to eliminate institutionalized bureaucracy that seemed to be everywhere. I got no response.

Later, I sent letters to a number of billionaire celebrities who seemed to be interested in politics, suggesting they run for presidency in the hope that they could keep political independency by paying for their political campaigns by themselves. Again, I got no response.

Letter to President Clinton

In 2000, Al Gore—former US vice president—won the popular vote, but former governor of Texas George W. Bush won the presidency by winning the electorate vote. In January 2000, I wrote a letter to President Bill Clinton to express my concerns about democracy in the United States.

1) Based on the fact that a president was selected by a 5–4 majority of the Supreme Court justices appointed by elected presidents, a nation’s disputable votes were invalidated and even banned from further clarification. Is it democratic?

2) The American people are not allowed to vote for the president directly. They are only allowed to vote for the Electoral College electors who vote for the president. Is it democratic?

3) Is our government of the people, by the people, and for the people? Not exactly.

4) How do we reform, then? I suggested one word: democratization.

Democratic Genetic Engineering

President Clinton was the only person who replied with a