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National-Order Panarchism A national-order panarchist is interested in the affairs of a homogenous nation. For a nation to flourish a number of things need to be ordered right. TERRITORY 1. Control over territory, ideally contiguous and physically separated from neighbours. 2. Territory of sufficient quality that it can be used for living – e.g. with water resources, weather which is amenable to life, ground which is amenable to life, free of contaminants, with an atmosphere which is breathable and sufficiently settled and free of disturbing electro-magnetic radiation. SEPARATION, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AUTONOMY 3. Freedom from excessive political or economic influence from outside. 4. Economic separation from outside for instance by economic self-sufficiency, or by keeping of large buffer reserves of imported produce. PROTECTION OF SOVEREIGNTY 5. The sovereignty of the nation needs to be protected. This means that there needs to be a system by which a nation can freely deliberate on issues that affect it, come to a decision, and then put that decision into effect – and that this system needs to be working without interference. 6. Such sovereignty may be threatened by powers which are not willing to submit themselves to an honest national government, and which have sufficient strength that they cannot easily be brought low by the social (panarchic) power. Typically these powers may either be a legitimate government of a foreign state or a criminal plutocracy. 7. The social (panarchic) power needs sufficient strength, resources, intelligence, wisdom etc to overcome such anti-social powers. (The ‘Social Power’ here means the organised forces of the national political class – i.e. the state or other institutions which are in the hands of people with panarchic intentions). HAPPY DISTRIBUTION OF POWER 8. Satisfactory internal balance of power so that it is not oppressed by a despotic section of itself. 9. Optimum distribution of power. There is a benefit in power being widely distributed so that power is closer to the people, and thus individuals have a greater chance of having an influence over their environment. There is benefit in power being widely distributed so that power is exercised in a range of different ways by different people. There is a benefit in the most power being given to those most likely to exercise it in a benevolent and wise way. There is a benefit in a single source in the nation being able to mobilise sufficient power to fend off attacks from outside or criminal elements from within. 10. A benevolent political class of sufficient strength, cohesion and capability to regulate the nation, and defend it against malign influences. COMMON CULTURE 11. A common culture so that there is a basis for social organisation. 12. A common identity and loyalty so that people will work for the common good. EDUCATION 13. Provision for educating people in their culture and for developing their faculties. CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 14. Provision for encouraging cultural development. (e.g. through public institutions such as Universities or civil organisations or informally) HEALTH 15. There need to be people who are experienced in health matters, and who are able work freely without interference. 16. It is best if people’s environment and lifestyle encourage good health. 17. It is best if they can get help in understanding how to maintain their health and help to restore it if they have become ill. 18. They may need nursing care if they are ill or assistance if they are incapacitated. 19. They should be able to obtain chemical substances that may help them (whether herbal medicines or modern ones) 20. They may need surgery or other kind of treatment. 21. Effort needs to be made to reduce factors which lead to ill-health such as exposure to radiation, injection with vaccines that damage immune system, release of virulent virus particles into the environment, lack of opportunity for physical exercise, some kinds of psychological stress, lack of satisfactory options to deal with psychological stress. REGULATING CONFLICTS 22. There need to be ways to regulate conflicts between people, and discourage behaviour deemed socially harmful. 23. Panarchist justice is the same as ‘natural justice’. This implies that a punishment should be proportionate to the crime (taking account of both the point of view of the perpetrator at the time the offence was committed and the actual consequences on the victim). It also implies that where there is conflict of interest then an attempt should be made to be equally fair to both parties. 24. Where there is a conflict say between a majority desire to maintain public standards they consider decent, and the wishes of a minority to express themselves then the humanity of both sides should be recognised, but the majority should be given greater but not exclusive consideration. NATIONAL ECONOMY 25. There should be a national economy regulated by the state which is able to provide most of the needs of the nation for material goods and services. 26. There should be a national banking service regulated by the state which is able to support the national economy. SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS ORGANISATIONS 27. It is a benefit to the nation that there should be a plurality of different kinds of autonomous organisations of different sizes and natures. There should be a supportive environment for such organisations so that they are able to flourish. 28. Such organisations may include local community organisations which provide opportunities for work, education, social activity, cultural activities etc which parallel those provided by organisations which are serving the national economy. However they provide such opportunities on a smaller scale and in a less formal manner. COMMUNITY & SOCIAL RELATIONS 29. It is desirable that people have good opportunity to develop social relations with a variety of people and close relations with some. There are many factors affecting whether this is likely to occur or not, and it is a responsibility of the political class to encourage the conditions in which community and family life can flourish. CHARITY & CARE 30. The political class should provide the conditions under which it is possible and likely that effective charitable institutions will be set up where there is a need for them. 31. The political class should be concerned as to whether individuals in need of care are able to find it. (This may be care provided informally, but the general condition of society will affect whether such informal care is likely to be available – for instance if women are pressured to work long hours then they are less available to care for their children) LIFESTYLE 32. While it is not for the state (or the political class) to regulate individual lifestyles too closely, it can judge the success of its governance by the kinds of lifestyles adopted by people in general considering the pressures they are under, the opportunities they see for themselves and what they consider as good or bad kinds of activity. 33. It may be considered desirable that people generally have a lifestyle that brings happiness, that is rich in experience, and which they are able to alter to fit to their needs. 34. It is also desirable across the nation that there is a plurality of lifestyle opportunities, partly so that people can find what suits them, but also so that the nation has within it a rich variety of different characters so that whatever situations the nation faces there will be people available of such a nature that they are ‘tuned’ into it and know how to deal with it. 35. It is desirable that people with different natures and lifestyles are able to get along together and complement each other as far as is needed. (e.g. for any economic activity there need to be different kinds of people available to do the different kinds of tasks) 36. There is a natural conflict between an individual’s desire for freedom and the wish of those around them to be able to depend on them. Sometimes it will be impossible to keep all sides completely happy. However the culture of society should seek to try and minimize the number of occasions that such irresolvable and unhappy conflicts are likely to occur. Imperial-Order Panarchism What should be done when more than one ethnic group lives in a particular territory? Each ethnic group may have its own community government, but how should issues which affect everybody be decided? Imperial-Order Panarchism seeks to answer these questions. It supposes that some form of over-arching government must be set up. It may be that this government can be formed by the different ethnic governments working together. Alternatively a more established imperial government may need to be set up with agreement reached as to how it should function and relate to its multi-ethnic population. |