- 01 Aug 2014 16:26
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If we are guided by the Reactionary Political Model we can see numerous signs that many countries, particularly democratic republics where some strain, or strains, of progressivism are dominant, are slipping close to the edge of anarchy. These are "post-democratic" countries, where an increasing amount of sovereign ruling comes not from a relative minority of visible elected mob leaders, but from a teeming plethora of faceless low level government functionaries, non-government think tanks, academics, activists, agencies of foreign governments, corporations, charities and other rabble. This stage in the cycle of political decay is called bureaucracy. There is only one way for "progress" now, the next degeneration is anarchy. The rule of shiv wielding street gangs and paramilitaries.
Anarchy is universal disorder, unchecked proliferating crime, chaos, economic collapse. It will also be a great opportunity for new monarchies to arise. Anyone who can muster enough organised and disciplined violence to hang the street punks and smash the paramilitaries into bloody pulps and thereby make his new territories peaceful and secure will be able to make himself king and be loved for it by all the tormented people who desire peace and good order.
One might ask why a monarchy? Why not impose on the chaos a democracy? Aside from the fact that a democracy will tend to readily slide back into chaos, if one is going to go to the trouble of restoring order one should do it properly if one can. When the canvas you are working with is an anarchy and if one has the wisdom and strength then there are no limits to the level of order one can impose, so one should not restore order by half measures and instead go for maximum good order, order that will ruggedly survive and thrive for centuries. One should aim for a monarchy.
In the coming anarchy some adventurers, due to lack of insight, wisdom and ambition, will try to restore order only as far up as a democracy but others will have the sense to go for gold and make monarchies. As the monarchies and democracies expand they will eventually run up against each other and then come into competition. In these competitions the monarchies will tend to win for being leaner, more organised, far sighted, coherent, united and stylish.
In this way the coming decades will see a great renewal of monarchy across the world. Deposed monarchies will be restored, constitutional monarchies will restore their powers and wholly new ones will flower up from the rotten husks of old democracies. The new ones that will emerge are the most interesting to me, not least because I as a lunatic political adventurer of the first order intend to found one.
Founding a new monarchy from the anarchic ashes of a broken civilisation is a long term project still it is not unreasonable to consider possible targets ahead of time. Ideally the target country should not have an existing monarchy (constitutional or otherwise) or a recently deposed monarchy for it is difficult for a new monarchy to compete with the legitimacy and bonds of loyalty associated with the existing or recently defunct one. When anarchy erupts in places with an established monarchy the natural tendency will be to restore the established monarchy rather than support a new one.
Fortunately there are many places on the brink of chaos that have not had a monarchy for centuries. The majority of those places are in Africa and the Americas. Given the higher levels of technological development present in the Americas this continent will be the more desirable target, especially the USA.
Is this not mad? How can one puny little person, such as I, possibly entertain the notion of conquering some piece of the mightiest nation on earth? Of course I do not expect to do it by myself, I will seek many thousands of equally mad political adventurers to assist. Nor will we make our move while some lingering governance remains somewhat functional. Soon enough the time will come for the US when very much of it looks like Detroit does today, ruined and desperate for a strong hand, a daring heart and a visionary mind to renew. Who could refuse such opportunities? I certainly couldn't.
So that is my prediction and my call to arms. Will you join me?
The solution to 1984 is 1973!
If we are guided by the Reactionary Political Model we can see numerous signs that many countries, particularly democratic republics where some strain, or strains, of progressivism are dominant, are slipping close to the edge of anarchy. These are "post-democratic" countries, where an increasing amount of sovereign ruling comes not from a relative minority of visible elected mob leaders, but from a teeming plethora of faceless low level government functionaries, non-government think tanks, academics, activists, agencies of foreign governments, corporations, charities and other rabble. This stage in the cycle of political decay is called bureaucracy. There is only one way for "progress" now, the next degeneration is anarchy. The rule of shiv wielding street gangs and paramilitaries.
Anarchy is universal disorder, unchecked proliferating crime, chaos, economic collapse. It will also be a great opportunity for new monarchies to arise. Anyone who can muster enough organised and disciplined violence to hang the street punks and smash the paramilitaries into bloody pulps and thereby make his new territories peaceful and secure will be able to make himself king and be loved for it by all the tormented people who desire peace and good order.
One might ask why a monarchy? Why not impose on the chaos a democracy? Aside from the fact that a democracy will tend to readily slide back into chaos, if one is going to go to the trouble of restoring order one should do it properly if one can. When the canvas you are working with is an anarchy and if one has the wisdom and strength then there are no limits to the level of order one can impose, so one should not restore order by half measures and instead go for maximum good order, order that will ruggedly survive and thrive for centuries. One should aim for a monarchy.
In the coming anarchy some adventurers, due to lack of insight, wisdom and ambition, will try to restore order only as far up as a democracy but others will have the sense to go for gold and make monarchies. As the monarchies and democracies expand they will eventually run up against each other and then come into competition. In these competitions the monarchies will tend to win for being leaner, more organised, far sighted, coherent, united and stylish.
In this way the coming decades will see a great renewal of monarchy across the world. Deposed monarchies will be restored, constitutional monarchies will restore their powers and wholly new ones will flower up from the rotten husks of old democracies. The new ones that will emerge are the most interesting to me, not least because I as a lunatic political adventurer of the first order intend to found one.
Founding a new monarchy from the anarchic ashes of a broken civilisation is a long term project still it is not unreasonable to consider possible targets ahead of time. Ideally the target country should not have an existing monarchy (constitutional or otherwise) or a recently deposed monarchy for it is difficult for a new monarchy to compete with the legitimacy and bonds of loyalty associated with the existing or recently defunct one. When anarchy erupts in places with an established monarchy the natural tendency will be to restore the established monarchy rather than support a new one.
Fortunately there are many places on the brink of chaos that have not had a monarchy for centuries. The majority of those places are in Africa and the Americas. Given the higher levels of technological development present in the Americas this continent will be the more desirable target, especially the USA.
Is this not mad? How can one puny little person, such as I, possibly entertain the notion of conquering some piece of the mightiest nation on earth? Of course I do not expect to do it by myself, I will seek many thousands of equally mad political adventurers to assist. Nor will we make our move while some lingering governance remains somewhat functional. Soon enough the time will come for the US when very much of it looks like Detroit does today, ruined and desperate for a strong hand, a daring heart and a visionary mind to renew. Who could refuse such opportunities? I certainly couldn't.
So that is my prediction and my call to arms. Will you join me?
The solution to 1984 is 1973!