| System / Pattern | Anti-Capture Estimate | Main Strength | Main Limitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEOS / OmniOne | 92% | Full-stack operating-system logic | Needs more hard infrastructure: apps, legal wrappers, registries, audits |
| SHUR, fully NEOS-compliant | 88% | Physical-world anti-capture rules | Higher pressure from land, housing, capital, and law |
| Bitcoin protocol | 82% | No central issuer; hard-to-change monetary rules | Not a social/governance OS |
| Mature open-source protocol ecosystems | 74% | Forkability, transparent memory, public change history | Maintainer/foundation/corporate capture risk |
| Community land trusts / purpose trusts | 70% | Asset locks and mission-bound stewardship | Needs stronger decision and operating layers |
| Sociocracy / dynamic governance | 66% | Consent, circles, roles, feedback | Often lacks capital/legal/security stack |
| Safeguard | Why it matters | Relative importance |
|---|---|---|
| Safe exit / no lock-in | Can people leave without coercion, debt traps, punishment, or identity loss? | 100 |
| Scoped, revocable authority | Is authority role/domain-specific and removable? | 97 |
| Capital cannot buy governance | Can money fund without becoming control? | 94 |
| Transparent memory and auditability | Are decisions, agreements, roles, finances, and changes traceable? | 91 |
| Failure containment | Can one failure stay local rather than collapse the network? | 88 |
| Legal enforceability | Do legal wrappers mirror the operating rules? | 85 |
| Pluralism / no required ideology | Can people cooperate without adopting one belief system? | 82 |
| Decision resolution without domination | Can the system decide without hierarchy, majority domination, veto paralysis, or manipulation? | 79 |
| Security of data, identity, access, and treasury | Can technical control points be captured? | 76 |
| Periodic integrity review | Does the system detect drift and correct it before capture hardens? | 73 |
| Feature | NEOS/OmniOne | SHUR | Bitcoin | Open-source | Land/purpose trusts | Sociocracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe exit | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ |
| Scoped authority | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★★ |
| Capital-control separation | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Transparent memory | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ |
| Failure containment | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ |
| Legal enforceability | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Pluralism | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ |
| Non-domination decisions | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★★★★ |
| Security/treasury controls | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Constitutional review | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ |
| Outside system | What to borrow | Best fit inside NEOS |
|---|---|---|
| Git / RFC process | Canon versioning, proposal tracking, transparent change history, issue tracking | Memory / constitutional review |
| Multisig custody | Treasury control, irreversible decisions, high-risk permissions | Treasury / authority execution |
| Community land trusts | Land protection, asset locks, resale/exit formulas, mission-bound stewardship | SHUR / physical assets |
| Purpose trusts / steward ownership | Mission lock, non-extractive ownership, financing-control separation | Capital without control |
| Sociocracy | Consent, circles, role elections, role review, feedback loops | Human coordination |
| Restorative justice / ombuds | Conflict intake, harm repair, confidential escalation, neutral process | Conflict repair |
The numbers here are estimates, not measurements. They come from OS Compare's file projects/os-compare/anti-capture-comparison.md, as it stood on 2026-09-16. Deeper analysis could change these numbers.