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PACA Manifesto - Clarification Checklist
Questions to Resolve
✓ China's Role - RESOLVED
- Year 5 default does NOT include Chinese debt
- PACA members prioritize paying off Chinese loans early using:
- Newfound budget from not servicing Western debt
- Pardner system funds (if approved by Congress for that purpose)
- Development Fund support where strategically necessary
- Strategy: Honor Chinese obligations to keep China neutral/friendly rather than hostile
- Added to manifesto: Pardner system can be used for any approved purpose including debt repayment
✓ Comprador Elite Strategy - RESOLVED
- Strategy: Public transparency + nationalism, not targeted co-option
- The manifesto itself serves as public signal for all actors to plan accordingly
- Elite groups can self-select based on their own interests:
- Those who can adapt (pivot to intra-PACA finance, redirect development, support regional cooperation) will survive
- Those who cling to Western ties will lose
- Military loyalty specifically: Relies on nationalism and anti-imperialism
- Officers see visible exploitation (IMF, Chinese extraction, Western companies)
- Families benefit from PACA trade like everyone else
- PACA Defense Force offers professional purpose vs. current role suppressing domestic unrest
- Generational shift: younger officers less invested in Western system
- Key dependency: Only works if governments deliver visible early wins in Years 1-5
- Coup attempts will happen; mitigated through Tier 2/4 defense support from neighboring members
- If we don't flip security forces, the whole thing's vulnerable to coups
- Need concrete strategy for which elites get co-opted vs. isolated
✓ Development Fund Pre-Launch - RESOLVED
- How is infrastructure funded during Years 1-5 before Development Fund exists?
- RESOLVED: Bilateral trade generates revenue immediately, funding decentralized investment
- Added clarification in manifesto at line 322
Content Gaps to Fill
Member States Section
- Complete African regional details beyond South America and Caribbean
- Need comprehensive lists for:
- West African nations (beyond the list in Defense Command section)
- East/Central African nations
- Southern African nations
- Include brief descriptions like Brazil, Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba sections
"The Call" Section
- Currently marked with TODO at line 487
- Review and refine based on user feedback
- Verify alignment with actual vision
- Content exists but needs validation
Consistency Checks
Timeline Alignment
- Years 1-3: Bilateral trade, no PACA institutions
- Years 3-5: Proto-PACA institutions, regional banks
- Year 5: PACA launches, Development Fund activates, collective default
- Years 5-7: Crisis management, Western retaliation
- Years 7-10: Stabilization
- Years 10+: Prosperity
Verify: All sections use consistent timeline (currently appears consistent)
✓ Debt Default Scope - RESOLVED
- What debt gets defaulted in Year 5:
- IMF/World Bank: Yes (collective default)
- Western bilateral debt: Yes (collective default)
- Chinese debt: No (members prioritize paying off early using freed budgets)
- Private sector debt: Nation by nation decision - some default, others pay off using Development Fund or freed budgets based on strategic calculations
Asset Liquidation
- Target: 70-80% repositioned by Year 5
- 20-30% left as "acceptable collateral"
- What gets liquidated vs. what stays: Individual nation decisions based on strategic calculations
- Verify: This strategy is explained clearly enough for readers to understand
Style and Tone
Current Style Requirements (from CLAUDE.md)
- Natural, conversational writing
- Use contractions
- Avoid LLM tells (em dashes, semicolons, formal transitions)
- Start sentences with conjunctions when it flows
- Vary rhythm
- Use everyday words
- End sentences with prepositions if natural
- Fragments for emphasis
Check: Entire manifesto adheres to style guide (currently appears consistent)
Questions Already Answered by Manifesto
✓ Year 5 Default Coordination
- Can be public/telegraphed because alternative systems already work
- Addressed in "And yes, they might be reading this right now" section (lines 433-451)
✓ Development Fund Capital Source Post-Default
- Members redirect 10-15% of budgets (was going to debt service) to Development Fund
- Generates $250-300B annually
- Line 62
✓ Infrastructure Funding During Buildup
- Trade redirection generates revenue immediately
- Bilateral relationships are independently profitable
- No central PACA budget needed until Year 5
- Added clarification at line 322
Next Steps
- Get user input on China relationship strategy
- Get user input on elite co-option strategy (which groups to target)
- Decide on scope of debt default (Chinese debt included or not?)
- Complete Member States section with African regional details
- Review and finalize "The Call" section
- Final consistency pass on entire document