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Panarchism (A 'Natural Socialism') What is Panarchism? Panarchism is an attempt to re-consider the underlying principles of Socialism and create a new form of this philosophy that better reflects the real nature of things. What are the underlying principles of Socialism (in our view)? 1. A desire to create a better life for people, with.. 2. A particular concern to consider the welfare of everybody. 3. A progressive or revolutionary spirit, combined with .. 4. A rational and systematic approach. Why Panarchism? Traditional forms of Socialism have focussed on those aspects of life that seemed most in need of improvement for poorer people, such as income, working conditions, housing , health and education. However today the majority of people in our country are materially prosperous compared to previous generations, and they face a different kind of challenge – one that traditional socialists are not equipped to help them with. Also Socialism has been dominated in the past by a utopian Communistic vision of a world where everybody has equal power with everybody else, and with the faith that human nature is infinitely adaptable to any such political order that is imagined as the ideal one. Panarchists however seek to take a realistic view of how people and societies actually function, and measure their success by the overall improvement in peoples’ lives, not by the attainment of some ideal. Panarchists recognise that people have an inner nature, one that can be developed in different directions, but not one that can be altered at will. Panarchists seek to work with people as they are, and not seek to deny their concerns and inclinations. Panarchism is not the first alternative Socialism. In particular National Socialism was developed in the last century to meet the imagined needs of the time. However the totalitarian and aggressive nature of this philosophy meant that it fostered a great resistance among its opponents that continues to this day. Panarchists seek to create a more humane and ultimately stronger philosophy. One that pays attention to the human need for community and common culture , but which also considers the welfare of all regardless of their community or culture. One based on a creative rationality , not an unchanging totalitarian system. A pragmatic rationality that considers the experience of the past without being wholly bound by it. A Panarchist.... - Values life in all its forms. - Respects the inner nature of things. - Tries to be alive to the humanity of all. - Seeks to increase the general well-being. - Is guided by wisdom and understanding. A National Panarchist... - Seeks to guard the freedoms of his people, and protect them from harm. - Is concerned for the good order of his society, and the welfare of its members. - Seeks to advance the interests of his nation, while having care for other nations. - Honours those who have served the nation with distinction. - Takes pride in the achievements of his nation, and appreciates the achievement of other nations. - Seeks to develop the cultural heritage of his nation to enrich the lives of all. - Seeks to provide for the needs of others. - Seeks to nurture the young so that they may lead happy and worthwhile lives and be an influence for good. - Seeks to assist the people of other nations where such help is of genuine benefit, and is appreciated, and can reasonably be given. - Is concerned for the welfare of non-human life. - Takes due care of the physical environment. DESPOTIC POWER Social, Criminal & Despotic forces Social forces are those that pay attention to the welfare of the whole of society. Usually they will try and find the best overall political structure to maximize general well-being. Particular forces are those that seek gain favour for a particular group interest. These can be: Legitimate Particular forces will try and gain greater power and resources for one interest group at the expense of other interest groups, but sticking to means that are considered legitimate and constitutional. Criminal forces are those that seek to gain wealth for a small group at the expense of others, without keeping to the law, but also without trying to change the basic nature of the society. Despotic forces are those that seek to gain power for a small group by manipulating and corrupting a society in any way they can without concern its impact on social welfare. Social Dynamics All the time different groups in society are competing with each other for power. There is competition between different legitimate particular groups. There is also a struggle between Social, Criminal and Despotic forces. For a society to flourish the Social Forces need to have the upper hand over the Criminal and Despotic. Normally the Social Forces (ie all people of good will acting in concert) will create an organised Social Power (ie a political state, with a constitution, and government, and a political culture which tends to lead to the best people, and the best-intentioned people having the say in what happens ). It is then up to the people with influence in the Social Power to ensure that it keeps Criminal and Despotic forces at bay. Strength of Groups How strong a group is depends on a number of factors for instance: 1. How many people in the group. 2. The abilities of the people in the group 3. The strength and depth of the common culture of group members 4. The degree of motivation of group members to work for group aims. 5. The degree of mutual trust and solidarity between group members. PANARCHISM – THE THREE ORDERS First Order – (Working in the world of our immediate experience) First Order Panarchists have an experiential consciousness. They are concerned with what is happening to them and people they know in their everyday lives. They tend to identify with first order communities. First order communities are those like extended families, or village communities where everybody knows everybody else, where the governance is under the control of people you know, which is able to adapt itself to the needs and characters of its individual members, and in which bonds of mutual trust and friendship can be built up. Second Order – (Working in the world in which effective group action can be taken) Second Order Panarchists have a wider civic or national consciousness. They tend to identify with second order communities or with public organisations that administer to second order communities. Second order communities are those in which its members have a degree of common culture , common interests, and common identity, but who don’t necessarily know each other personally. The Nation is the principle community of this order, and National Panarchists belong here. Third Order – (Working in the Universal world) Third Order Panarchists have a holistic or Universal consciousness. They tend to be idealists or intellectuals.They are concerned with whole systems, with everything that goes on. A Third Order community is one in which people share a common concern, eg from all living in the same place, but have no common culture that would enable them to co-operate easily. Panarchism is an attempt to create a new left-wing ideology. The Right-wing of politics can often seem reactionary and lack the inspirational quality typical of the left. Right-wing populism which emphasises the values of the mainstream against those of minorities certainly has its place as an antidote to the current climate, but is not necessarily the best principle on which to run a society. National Panarchism is a positive ideology that seeks to better the overall welfare of the nation. It seeks to manage tensions between majorities and minorities rather than siding wholly with one side or the other. It rejects communist and liberal emphasis on equality and human rights, and judges the success of its policies by their practical benefit in increasing the general happiness. National Panarchists see an ongoing struggle in society between the ‘Social Forces’, which act for the benefit of the whole nation, and ‘Despotic Forces’ which act for the benefit of a small section of the population at the expense of the remainder. In our own time, the Despotic Forces are highly organised and acting in a systematic and ruthless way to gain power for themselves. On the other hand the majority of the Social Forces are disorganised and disorientated and are losing the battle for control over their destiny. National Panarchism seeks to give both emotional inspiration and a cognitive orientation to those dissatisfied people who wish to see a change in the distribution of power. By being in some ways an inclusive ideology it seeks to avoid making unnecessary enemies so as to concentrate its attack in a narrow focus on that relatively small group of powerful people who really are our implacable adversaries. POPULISM/COUNTER-POPULISM/NATIONAL PANARCHISM POPULISM – Is a movement that promotes the values of the mainstream. It argues that we should pay attention to, and cater for the natural inclinations and attitudes of the majority, rather than trying to suppress them . It is hostile to alternative behaviours of the kind that generate instinctive negative feelings among most people. COUNTER-POPULISM – Is a movement that seeks to undermine the values and political strength of the mainstream. Typically it involves trying to create a common consciousness among all minorities or ‘oppressed’ people, that they are all part of the same struggle (ie against the values of indigenous white heterosexual men) NATIONAL PANARCHISM – Is a movement that seeks to balance the needs of the mainstream, and minorities. Often it will give preference to the majority view, but without letting it dominate completely. It is also concerned for the relative size of the mainstream, and minorities, and may seek to influence this in one direction or the other. MODERN COMMUNISTS , NATIONAL PANARCHISTS and others Communists believe that everybody should have equal power with each other. Traditional Communists are concerned with material wealth. They are against allowing some people to be so rich that they own everything and can control the lives of everybody else. Instead they think people’s incomes should be based on their needs, not their station in life. Modern Communists are concerned that the culture of a society allows everybody an equal opportunity to do what they want. However equal opportunities can be frustrated if communities have traditional values and discriminate against those who don’t fit in. They believe that correct education is the key to creating inclusive attitudes, and stress the importance that children are brought up to value equality and diversity. They would thus rather see children taught by state-vetted professionals, rather than by their parents or grandparents who might pass on out-dated thinking. They support strong legislation on equality and human rights, so that those who discriminate are properly punished, and the whole population is educated in correct values. They will attack a traditional Ruling Class, or any kind of traditional authority, such as the monarchy, or anybody who holds traditional values. Because of the risk of traditional culture corrupting people they want to cleanse a society of all memory of past ways of doing things. Communists are radicals and have a good understanding of power relations, helped by study of Marxist teachings. Liberals are concerned with individual freedom. Social Liberals are the best-known type. These are the so-called ‘bleeding hearts’ who take up causes of individual oppression or ill-treatment. They tend to be enthusiastically anti-racist and anti-war and anti-big business. Unlike communists, Liberals don’t understand the whole picture of how politics works. They just see instances of injustice and want to do something about it. When communists gain power in a society they usually pick liberals to fill the majority of the political jobs. Conservatives are people who like things run in the traditional way. They don’t like all the changes that are happening and may protest about them. They have a wisdom about the value of traditional culture which is important, but they can seem like King Canute trying to stop the tide coming in. They lack the vision or radical spirit needed to make a difference to what is happening. Populists claim to support the instinctive values of the majority. They have strong views on sexual and other minorities. They are concerned for traditional family values, the rights of fathers, respect for the elderly, and the upholding of law and order. They see themselves as combatting degeneracy and promoting a healthy society. National Panarchists are people concerned for the welfare of the whole of a country. They tend to promote the values of the majority, but without letting them ride roughshod over those who don’t fit in. They think that the current stress on ‘rights’ is counter-productive and take a pragmatic approach to trying to improve people’s lives. They see a struggle going on in the world between ‘Social’ and ‘Despotic’ forces. The ‘Social Forces’ are the forces working to create an overall improvement in people’s lives. The ‘Despotic Forces’ are those that are willing to cause general misery for the sake of their own private gain. National Panarchists would like to see a National Ruling Class established which would be be strong enough to stand up to the Despotic Forces and be able to govern the country in the public interest. National Panarchists think that you can’t just wish away the differences between people of varying ethnic backgrounds, and these differences should be taken account of in deciding public policy. They think that it is important that everybody has a strong sense of their ethnic identity, and know where they belong, and can be part of a rich family and community life. They think that a democracy and an economy needs to be run on a national basis, and would put up trade barriers to protect national industries. They would seek to tame the power of the big banks and corporations and discourage the migration of workers. They would withdraw from the European Union and the New World Order. They would help set up alternative systems of global governance to give a better chance for all nations to develop freely according to their natures. Panarchism LOVE, WISDOM, RESOLVE and STRENGTH The starting point for a Panarchist is an openness to the world , and a desire to see it become a better place. This might be called LOVE. However LOVE needs to be tempered with WISDOM WISDOM is an understanding of how the world works. It is what is needed to translate the desire for a better world, into a course of action that will actually bring it about. And you also need RESOLVE and STRENGTH RESOLVE is the drive to keep pushing forward to a goal regardless of the obstacles placed in one’s path. But sometimes you will be opposed head on, with no chance to avoid a fight. In this case STRENGTH is needed to defeat the opposing power. SOCIAL and DESPOTIC forces The forces of good in the world, ie the forces that want to see the world a better place overall, are called the SOCIAL forces. However these are opposed by the DESPOTIC forces. These are the forces that are willing to see the world become worse overall , as long as power and the good life is available to a few. INTERNATIONAL DESPOTIC POWER In our own time Despotic Force at the highest level is concentrated in the hands of a single power. We call this the ‘International Despotic Power’ (or 'Monocracy'). This is the power which is co-ordinated by a group called the ‘Illuminati’ and which is usually known as the ‘New World Order’ , SCIENTIFIC DESPOTISM Some Despotic Powers rule ‘blindly’, ie doing what they want, without regard to any effect it has on the rest of the world, whether good or bad. However the International Despotic Power rules according to an intelligent and systematic scheme we call ‘Scientific Despotism’. This is the art of political manipulation in order to weaken the power of your opponents, and bring all the levers of influence into your own hands. It involves an understanding of what makes people act in particular ways, together with an inderstanding of the effects of many different people interacting with each other. It includes a wisdom as to how by influencing the behaviour of some people directly you are able to have an indirect influence on many more. One of its techniques is ‘divide and rule’. Using this technique a population is divided into different camps which are incompatible and unable to unite, and which can also be made to attack each other if desired. A FORCE – An Unorganised Group A Force is the combined strength of many individual people or groups all working in the same direction. A Force is made up of many people all ‘aligned’ in the same way, so that they will tend to attack the same target at the same time. A Force can be brought into being by converting many people to a single identity, philosophy and world-view. These people will then all tend to behave in a similar way in similar circumstances. A POWER – An Organised Group A Power is an organised group under the direction of a single mind, (that of the leader). Other things being equal it will be more effective than an unorganised Force. The leader of an organised group is able to direct the individual force of each group member in a co-ordinated way that takes into account the actions of other group members, and the changing external circumstances. The leader is also able to direct several group members to gather information, and so an organised group will tend to have a superior understanding of the environment it is in, than members of unorganised groups. For a group to become organised, it requires that one person is able to gain the allegiance of many people who are willing to lend them ‘authority’, and take direction from them. Generally people will accept somebody as a leader who they think will be likely to satisfy their needs and desires. A good leader will thus be someone able to create an effective group able to have success in the world, and who then distributes the spoils of war to their group members. FOR A BETTER WORLD – YOU NEED A BETTER POWER IN CHARGE A Despotic Power has to work hard to remain in charge because it is naturally less popular than a Social Power would be. Therefore a Despotic Power will have to make greater efforts to undermine any sources of opposition to it. It will have to bring in measures for surveillance, thought control, and intimidation, and measures to prevent any organised groups appearing that might become a source of opposition. Also a Despotic Power wants wealth and power for its own sake, and will drive those under its control to create as much wealth as possible, which they must then hand over. Therefore altogether life under the rule of a Despotic Power can be expected to be worse than it would be under a Social Power. Thus in situations where a Despotic Power has gained supremacy, a National Panarchist would seek to bring into being a Social Force that could attack and defeat it, and then set up a new governing Social Power. BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE POWER An effective organised group would: 1. Be constituted by people who share the same sense of identity, and are thus all inclined to accept the same authority. (ie they will all ‘rally to the same flag’) 2. Be led by a leader who has the necessary wisdom and aptitude to manage the internal workings of the group, and to direct the external actions of the group in the best way. 3. Be constituted by people who share the same culture, (a culture can be seen as predisposition to act in a particular way in a particular circumstance). People of similar cultural background can co-ordinate their behaviours easily in an unconscious way. If there is a lack of common culture then each persons actions have to be directed in a more deliberate and conscious way that requires a lot more effort. Also the disharmonies or greater efforts required may increase ill-feeling between group members, making close working more difficult. 4. Be constituted by people who have a good culture, eg the best philosophy of behaviour for the situation they are in, the best ideology to help them understand the situation. They can then do more on their own, reacting immediately to events on the ground, and placing less burden on the leader. 5. Be constituted by people of the right mix of different aptitudes. Then there will be somebody available to undertake each of the different tasks that need doing. CREATING A REVOLUTIONARY SOCIAL FORCE A Social Force will be made up of a number of different Powers. (ie a political movement will be made up of a number of different organisations) A Revolutionary will first need to set up their own particular organised group, and build up its strength. They will then try to increase the effectiveness of their group compared to other groups in society, so that it becomes the ‘lead group’ setting the alignment of the whole Social Force. They will want to encourage the setting up of multiple groups. This helps to spread the load of leadership, and allows different tasks to be carried out by groups which are specialised for the purpose. It also provides redundancy in case a particular group ceases to function. However they will try to ensure the groups are predisposed to work together in a productive way, rather than to waste energies unproductively. The aim then is to create a broad movement all pre-disposed to attack the Despotic Power in different ways. It is not essential for all groups to share the same ideology, but the core of the movement needs to share the same view on the nature of a new political system. PHILOSOPHY Panarchism is a radical crusading philosophy that seeks to create a better world. It tries to look at the whole picture in a spirit of goodwill and with the eye of wisdom. It seeks to take everybodies’ needs and wishes into account. A National Panarchist will naturally set up a group with a National Panarchist philosophy, however they will recognise the value of other philosophies. ‘Populism’ is a more defensive philosophy that is attuned to what the majority of a population likes or doesn’t like. It is not so concerned about the ‘whole picture’ or what minorities think. Its impulse is to stand up for the mainstream regardless of anything, and to attack whatever seems to be the cause of the distress. This can make it seem a bit ‘nasty’, however in extreme situations when the enemy has overwhelming force and is pounding at the gates, then this approach may be appreciated. In this case populists of different flavours may be the most trusted to make the stoutist defence. Different groups will be set up with different philosophies. In changing times then radical philosophies have the edge over conservative ones, and philosophies that are closely attuned to the situation at hand have the edge on those that aren’t. The ‘situation’ includes not only the actions of the despotic forces, but also the nature of the population that may be recruited to the social side. In current times we find that the large part of the population has been conditioned by the Despotic Power against the popular ideologies of previous times. They have created significant ‘anti-racist’ and ‘anti-populist’ sentiment so as to provide stony ground for modern racists or populists, and to create a pool of people willing to actively resist them, even against their own interests. Thus those who try and revive these old ideologies, or something of a similar nature meet a great resistance. This suggests it would be better to introduce a more divergent philosophy, that the Despotic Power was not expecting. It seems to us that National Panarchism might fulfil this criterion. Currently the far-right (radical populists with a fascist background) represents the main challenge to the Despotic Power. However most people who should in theory be supporting them, are in fact in a separate ‘liberal-left’ camp that is virulently antagonistic. The liberal-left expects ‘populism, racism, race-hate, nationalism and fascism’ all to come in a single package. However National Panarchism (which is nationalist and sometimes racially conscious, but non-populist and non-fascist with a left-leaning crusading impulse) breaks the normal boundaries, and can be expected to cause disorientation among the liberal-left. We think that it is the far-right’s populist attitude that acts as the trigger to activate the left’s conditioned hostility. While National Panarchism can be racially conscious this is probably not sufficient on its own to trigger a violent response, (though this has yet to be tested). Therefore it could provide an ideology that is both acceptable to the far-right and liberal-left creating a bridge between them. |