Note: This is a foundational translation. Core tenets are presented in Tsalagi (Cherokee); philosophical expansions remain in English to ensure accuracy.
ᎢᏗᎦᎪᏘ (Core Tenets)
ᎡᎭ ᎢᎬᏱ ᎨᏒᎢ.Being Precedes Judgment; Existence is Inherent. We affirm that human dignity is not earned through metrics or labor, but is inherent to existence itself.
ᏴᏫ ᏌᏊ ᎢᎩ.We are a Web, Not a Collection of Atoms. Individualism is a myth. We are bound to one another and to the biosphere.
ᎠᏲᎱᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎪᎵᏍᏗ.Mortality Is the Condition of Meaning. We reject the techno-utopian desire to live forever. Limits give life value.
ᎡᎶᎯ ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ.Amor Mundi: A Radical Love of This World. We are not trying to escape to Mars or the Metaverse. We are stewards of *this* Earth.
ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗ ᏗᎨᎦᏗ.Wisdom Is the Goal. Information is cheap; wisdom is the synthesis of experience and morality.
ᏗᏲᎯᏍᏗ (Articles of Rejection)
We reject the following conditions:
ᎠᏎᏉ ᏗᏎᏍᏗ ᎬᏅᎢ.The Calculus of Dehumanization. We reject any equation that treats human life as a disposable variable.
ᎢᎸᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏓᎴᎩ ᏓᎾᏓᎴᏂᏍᎬᎢ.Politics of Division and Purity. Racism, xenophobia, and tribalism are distractions from our common humanity.
ᎠᏎᏉ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ.Tyranny of Dehumanizing Labor. We oppose "bullshit jobs" and the reduction of humans to gears in a machine.
ᎧᏃᎮᎸᏗ ᎤᏂᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ.Idolatry of the Algorithm. Math is a tool, not a god. We reject algorithmic authoritarianism.
ᎤᏠᎾᏍᏗ ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏛᏍᏗ.Politics of Deception. We oppose propaganda, astroturfing, and the weaponization of truth.
ᎣᏍᏛ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎬᏗ ᏓᎾᏟᎲᎢ.Weaponization of Faith. We reject those who use the divine to justify oppression or hatred.
ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏗᏓᏂᎸᎢᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏚᎸᎲᎢ.Gnostic Escape. We reject the fantasy of abandoning our bodies or our planet for a digital heaven.
ᏙᎢ (Conclusion)
ᎠᏂ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎢᏕᎭ. ᎠᏂ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎢᏗᏍᏕᎵᏍᎩ. ᏴᏫ ᎢᎬᏱ.
We are here. We are stewards of this world. Humanity First.