Message from @NormanLord
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The English could never understand why we refused their religion, language, culture, government etc for so long, it's funny in many ways after we gained independence the remnants of the British civil service in Ireland kept the processes killing Ireland ticking over
Emigration, shrinkage of Irish speaking areas, declining church attendance so on and so forth
I've never given it much credence tbh, even I couldn't tell the difference between Irish and Brits at a glance
Dugin believes it's to do with the projection of behavioural norms onto ethnic classification, meaning only the English can really ever be "white" per se
I'm pro dynastic succession. One of the only arguments I have against monarchy is the succession problem. This structure might allow the beneifts of monarchy with some responsiveness to lower levels
It looks good on paper but if it's in conjunction with capitalism the current state kf affairs would be the same, you can buy votes with bribes if need be when there's fewer people voting in the really important elections
The ultimate question is from where does the power derive
Who holds the purse and sword, and how to they hang onto them
In the simplest example, a gang lord, has property, industry and wealth of his own to pay for men of his own to execute his own will
In a democracy, the military is paid by the exchequer, which draws money from mass taxation, which is sold and repackaged by politicians to voters, and the media makes those politicians electable
So no power rests in the hands of politicians who aren't independently wealthy in a democracy
I think one of the benefits of this approach is that you can have a personal relationship. If you see ads telling you to vote out Joe but you know Joe personally you've got more information. Also it's harder for money to corrupt when it needs to influence many different elections to influence the top
If concentric circles of voting takes place, not to say it's a bad idea, it's not, and has many historical precedents, the issue you run up against is fracturing of the national power structure
If there's a centralised military there's a centralised government and centralised power
That might be more of a feature than a bug. Absolutist states replacing feudalism preceded liberalism by placing everything into one large pot that could be taken over by subversive elements
Well there's your answer
You're a reactionary
I am
Neoreactionary is the label I choose
So what you propose is a mechanism by which the goals associated with that can be achieved
So I'd recommend reading his works
I'll add it to the list
Another term for what I'm attempting might be democratic feudalism
Since the vassals can vote out their lieges. But I don't want that to be done by a simple majority. In practice if a Lord lost the support of his vassals he may not be a Lord for long, but this is a more bloodless way by having the support be formalized
I aprove too
I don't know a lot about what you were talking about but at a glance the idea of smaller groups electing a member to a higher position somewhat resembles how senators were elected before the 17th amendment when state legislatures would elect senators. Or am I misunderstanding? @BWMiller
That's somewhat to the point, but I'm thinking the groups would be much smaller and the hierarchy larger
Right, the state legislature was straight from the people still so it's not quite there. I'll look into it more
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Why'd you have to shid on em
Cringe and bluepilled
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too easy
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