Politics

Vocabulary for power, authority, governance, legitimacy, and collective decision-making in Tonesu.

Politics is where sociology meets deontic structure: who holds authority, how it is conferred and contested, how collective decisions are made and enforced. The DEB-001 (debate) and DIP-001 (diplomacy) corpus batches are the primary stress-tests. Key roots: ra (force/power), li (person/agent), vo (value/legitimacy), re (structure/canon), o- prefix (collective scope).

Open questions: how does Tonesu distinguish authority conferred by role from authority conferred by force? What carries the weight of sovereignty?

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In development

This section is a planned exploration space. Vocabulary lists, worked examples, and design notes will be added as the domain is developed.