Obviously two of the key factors in a society that determines its quality of life for its citizens and its power are its usage of natural resources and how it interacts with the environment and the technology such a society can wield.
One important aspect of DI is how it views the world. We have been given dominion over this world by God himself. We are to take care of it in a manner acceptable to him. This means we must be wise and compassionate stewards of our world. Even without a divine mandate it is simply plain foolish to abuse the world we live on and to waste resources or destroy our environment.
It is not as if we are not to acquire resources, or mine minerals, or harvest lumber. The resources of this planet are here for our benefit but we absolutely must keep sustainability in mind. I have no intention on living in a world-wide Los Angelos or Mexico City or even Beijing. If we consume until nothing is left the world will be a far more miserable place than it is now. One can only expect massive wars, natural disasters, and completely widespread poverty and starvation.
Therefore one aspect of DI is its emphasis on sustainable design and growth. We reject many claims of radical environmentalists as humans are designed to eat meat and both mining and lumber harvesting is essential to society but we do reject the insatiable growth and urban sprawl as practiced in modern society.
Technology can be a major help for this. Many resources should be put into research and development of technology that helps counteract pollution and minimizes harmful impacts on the environment from industrial or residential processes or buildings. Houses can be designed to operate as much off the grid as possible through solar power technologies or other technological processes that enable such things running hot or cold water with maximal efficiency and minimal impact. Toxic insulation materials can be replaced with just as effective non-toxic materials. Air conditioning or water heating can be done through well designed houses and solar heaters.
Sustainable agriculture processes that do not utilize pesticides or herbicides and avoid eroding or depleting the soil can be introduced on a massive scale. Such things as crop rotation, no till farming, and intercropping are a few such examples.
Another way to maximize sustainability is through meticulously planning and designing cities. One thing that can be done away with is personal transportation, which is a very inefficient and wasteful use of resources, with public transportation. High speed electric rails can be used in large cities or between cities to provide high speed and efficient transportation for people. These can be designed to be powered by clean sources of energy one of which is solar but could also include other forms such as natural gas or hydrogen power. Cities should be redesigned from the ground up with efficiency in mind.
Questions must be asked such as:
"How can we design this city to use as few resources as possible while maintaining the proper safety levels and quality of life for its citizens?"
"How can we minimize harmful impact to indigenous animal and plant life?"
"How can we keep as much greenery as possible and reduce the amount of waste that would blight our lands as possible?"
Once again the main principle here is sustainability. We must wisely manage what we have and take care not to damage our lands or hurt ourselves in the long run. We cannot strip the land of its resources and simply move on.
Now besides our very careful stewardship of our environment DI believes in the power of technology. We shall rigorously pursue the growth and utilization of technology. A very large portion of the resources that the DI society has will be directed towards developing better technology. Technologies that help us maintain the environment while still having widespread access to such items as computers or whatnot while be only one important sector of development. Medical technology will be pursued with nothing short of almost religious zeal. Developing cures for diseases and methods to help alleviate pain and suffering through physical handicaps or disease, developing medical technology that increases the lifespan and helps keep people healthier for longer, and technology that restores people with disabilities back to full health will be a very high priority of DI.
Also ever necessary is military technology. This will be developed at least as heavily as the United States or Former Soviet Union developed its military technology.
Because the earth can only hold so many people sustainably DI has its eyes on the heavens above. Technology that can further the grasp of humanity into the stars will also be developed. Almost limitless resources are beyond earth precious metals and chemicals can be found in abundance. This can alleviate much of the demand for resources on our planet and allow us to leave more of our planet untouched simply to enjoy the natural beauty of our world.
DI will always view technology much as the transhumanists view technology. We place no redemptive property on technology nor do we hold any humanistic views but to improve the human condition through technology is only a good thing. We can enhance our capabilities far beyond the power of our frail bodies. We can heal our wounds and grow our societies far beyond what the mere individual achieve. Although we cannot enhance our spiritual condition we can alleviate much pain through use of the natural intelligence and creativity that God gave us to be used appropriately.
March 23, 2010
The Convergence of Work, Education, and the Economy
What one might ask are questions on our economic goals. Our economic goals are to:
1)insure the monitoring of all trade in every shape or form
2)insure technological advancement
3)minimize luxury
4)meet each individuals physical and security needs
5)insure a life-long education and
6)maintain a constant population growth.
We realize as an ideology that our best investment is always people. By insuring the education, motivation, and morale of a larger and larger population, technological growth is a given.
In order to achieve these ends we must build from the ground up. We must, first, eliminate all individualistic attitudes through the education system, through mass-media, and by silencing all opposition. Individualism must be fought ideologically with content-based arguments, social experiments, and statistics. It is the goal of DI to systematically prove itself to power. Second all infrastructure must be rebuilt from the ground-up. Starting with communal living conditions equipped with a cafeteria, communal transportation, and virtual/interactive education. Our third goal will be the creation and institutionalization of a State Church, the reconstruction of language, and a one-world government.
We plan to use a step by step approach to reach our goals. We will steadily expose people to our ideas using persuasive appeal and constant repetition for re-enforcement. We will portray a good image by providing services through our non-profit activities as well as maintain the moral-integrity of our members. We will make it our goal to go into every man's world. By being an association of professionals we will steadily entrench ourselves in every area of society. Through the grace of God and by making it our mandate to insure each others success we will not fail. Furthermore, we can not be removed once we have become ingrained in the echelons of society without causing significant damage to its host. Virtually, we have democratic governments' support by providing us with unbridled speech. We plan to take advantage of this internationally.
An important aspect to achieving this is efficiency and enforcement. How may we do this. Simple, first each consumer will have a comprehensive budget (all capital is government controlled). Second, everyone will have to abide by a schedule. There will be no such thing as cash as an electronic point system is used instead, and finally everyone's location will be monitored by a GPS tracking chip via satellite.
An important reason the Soviet Union fell was because it couldn't stimulate investments. How do we insure investments? Simple, it is everyone's duty to take personal risk for their State. Each person will be forced to utilize their creative potential to add something to society whether it is an invention, a new service, or the discovery of new concepts as part of the education system. The education system will furthermore will be integrated with performance-based tangible and intangible rewards. We tend to utilize psychological rewards and punishments such as public recognition or conversely humiliation, upward mobility or downward mobility, and compliments or correction. We also will not minimize physical tangible rewards and punishment which might include such things as individual privileges vs. forced labor, extra recreation vs. temporary physical deprivation of necessities to cause discomfort, granted retirement vs. torture through isolation, tasers and lashing, and by utilizing expectations through making public examples and spectacles. Lastly, we plan to make education and work as enjoyable as possible. Our over-arching goal virtually involves making both entertainment educational and making entertainment and work inseparable, interconnected, and eventually somewhat synonymous.
So what will the education system involve? It will be divided into three phases. The first phase is the E-phase. This will include interactive lectures. This is superior to ordinary lectures because they can be paused and replayed, they are integrated with animated 3-d models, they are flexible in relation to time, and they have integrated quizzes. Textbooks will have both interactive media and comprehension testing. After this will be a comprehensive exam that will cover all topics presented. Lastly a review will be administered for any concepts not understood and then a later assessment. The second phase involves the steady application of concepts learned to improve society via collaborative teams. Education is life-long and the first/second phase work simultaneously. The third phase is education portrayed though osmosis in music, video and written narratives, and the news network. Rewards/punishments occur in all facets of the education/work structure to insure maximum efficiency.
1)insure the monitoring of all trade in every shape or form
2)insure technological advancement
3)minimize luxury
4)meet each individuals physical and security needs
5)insure a life-long education and
6)maintain a constant population growth.
We realize as an ideology that our best investment is always people. By insuring the education, motivation, and morale of a larger and larger population, technological growth is a given.
In order to achieve these ends we must build from the ground up. We must, first, eliminate all individualistic attitudes through the education system, through mass-media, and by silencing all opposition. Individualism must be fought ideologically with content-based arguments, social experiments, and statistics. It is the goal of DI to systematically prove itself to power. Second all infrastructure must be rebuilt from the ground-up. Starting with communal living conditions equipped with a cafeteria, communal transportation, and virtual/interactive education. Our third goal will be the creation and institutionalization of a State Church, the reconstruction of language, and a one-world government.
We plan to use a step by step approach to reach our goals. We will steadily expose people to our ideas using persuasive appeal and constant repetition for re-enforcement. We will portray a good image by providing services through our non-profit activities as well as maintain the moral-integrity of our members. We will make it our goal to go into every man's world. By being an association of professionals we will steadily entrench ourselves in every area of society. Through the grace of God and by making it our mandate to insure each others success we will not fail. Furthermore, we can not be removed once we have become ingrained in the echelons of society without causing significant damage to its host. Virtually, we have democratic governments' support by providing us with unbridled speech. We plan to take advantage of this internationally.
An important aspect to achieving this is efficiency and enforcement. How may we do this. Simple, first each consumer will have a comprehensive budget (all capital is government controlled). Second, everyone will have to abide by a schedule. There will be no such thing as cash as an electronic point system is used instead, and finally everyone's location will be monitored by a GPS tracking chip via satellite.
An important reason the Soviet Union fell was because it couldn't stimulate investments. How do we insure investments? Simple, it is everyone's duty to take personal risk for their State. Each person will be forced to utilize their creative potential to add something to society whether it is an invention, a new service, or the discovery of new concepts as part of the education system. The education system will furthermore will be integrated with performance-based tangible and intangible rewards. We tend to utilize psychological rewards and punishments such as public recognition or conversely humiliation, upward mobility or downward mobility, and compliments or correction. We also will not minimize physical tangible rewards and punishment which might include such things as individual privileges vs. forced labor, extra recreation vs. temporary physical deprivation of necessities to cause discomfort, granted retirement vs. torture through isolation, tasers and lashing, and by utilizing expectations through making public examples and spectacles. Lastly, we plan to make education and work as enjoyable as possible. Our over-arching goal virtually involves making both entertainment educational and making entertainment and work inseparable, interconnected, and eventually somewhat synonymous.
So what will the education system involve? It will be divided into three phases. The first phase is the E-phase. This will include interactive lectures. This is superior to ordinary lectures because they can be paused and replayed, they are integrated with animated 3-d models, they are flexible in relation to time, and they have integrated quizzes. Textbooks will have both interactive media and comprehension testing. After this will be a comprehensive exam that will cover all topics presented. Lastly a review will be administered for any concepts not understood and then a later assessment. The second phase involves the steady application of concepts learned to improve society via collaborative teams. Education is life-long and the first/second phase work simultaneously. The third phase is education portrayed though osmosis in music, video and written narratives, and the news network. Rewards/punishments occur in all facets of the education/work structure to insure maximum efficiency.
March 22, 2010
Practicalities of Collectivism
Rhetoric aside collectivism and brotherhood requires certain pragmatic measures. A government and society is obviously not run on words and ideals alone.
How can we create this brotherhood? How can we collectivize society without making the mistakes of governments like Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union? How will the economy function? How will people live their lives?
I cannot answer any of these questions with complete confidence. I do not possess the breadth of knowledge or the expertise to answer comprehensively but I do believe some things can be known and the paths to achieving this can be explained.
The questions must essentially be answered in reverse order. The Brotherhood is created through the collective. Society must be collectivized by avoiding the mistakes of previous societies. We avoid previous mistakes by understanding the economy and of course the economy requires describing how people live.
How then shall we live? Well a collective society is basically one in which society functions like an organism. Organicism or corporatism is a structure or ideology that sees all parts of society as like a cell within a body. The cells function is not to serve itself but to serve the body as a whole. All cells have a specialized function. The body (corpus in latin hence the name corporation or corporatism) is the collective that we all serve. In society there are many essential functions. Society has many needs and people fill those needs based upon their specific function and specialties.
In DI the collectivized society functions as a whole. The government and the public itself are indistinguishable. No separation can be made between people and their government. Going from the uppermost hierarchy of the society and the oligarchy that makes the decisions on a national (or international) level all the way down to the laborers who do the more basic menial work are all part of society and the government as a whole. "Private" businesses do not exist. The government is the people and the people are the government. The difference with democracy is that in DI the people are the government in an actually meaningful way. As opposed to an actual separation bridged by "elected" officials who supposedly represent the people.
People work not for profit, of either themselves or their businesses, but instead for the benefit of society as a whole. The laborers and workers and scientists are directed by the needs of society and work towards what is needed. People are not paid nor do they pay for anything either. People go to their assigned work and do their work duties for however long is required of them. In return society gives back to them whatever they require.
The middle man of currency is, for all intents and purposes, removed from society. The work and resources that society both produces and consumes is directed entirely towards the furtherance of the collective brotherhood. Efficiency of resource consumption and sustainability become key.
With this the economy becomes something that is based upon the most efficient and most effective distribution of resources. The leadership and experts in those matters for which it is relevant are the ones who decide how much is needed and where it goes.
Obviously this is where we need to be careful and avoid the mistakes made by other societies similar to this, the most relevant being the Soviet Union. I believe technology will help alleviate many of the problems that could be faced and a strong collective unity and sense of brotherhood are imperative. Those who contribute nothing without having some reason for contributing little will be punished and if necessary removed. Those who cannot contribute because of something they have no control over, such as mental or physical defect (or some other reason), will not be punished and nothing so callous or cruel as the euthanasia projects as practiced by Nazi Germany will ever be countenanced. Those who would help but cannot deserve mercy and compassion. If we become so malicious as to view them as "merely useless mouths" as the Nazis did we will inevitably fail. In addition to bringing about monstrous evil.
Of course if on the other hand people wish to simply leech off society and provide nothing in return when they are in fact perfectly capable will be used by the state as simply a slave labor force. If they will not contribute then they will earn what they have been given through hard labor whether they like it or not. If they completely refuse to contribute they may instead be banished from society or even executed.
With our economy based upon the gathering distribution and consumption of resources as opposed to monetary policies or any type of taxation our economy and society will be effectively collectivized. People will work together for the benefit of society itself not themselves. Of course selfishness and corruption is unavoidable and it would be extremely naive to think that we could create a "utopia" through people simply working perfectly in harmony and never with the thought of personal gain. Incentives must be given and it is to the advantage of society to reward hard work and selfless dedication. An incentive system must be provided. This incentive system will not be like money. It will be a variety of means such as increased vacation time or access to things that are only for those who have earned them. I have yet to flesh out a incentive system so all I can say at this point is how necessary it is.
When society obtains this form of collectivization the furtherance of brotherhood and communion with our fellow man must be emphasized. People who work together, bleed together, play together, and mourn together will always enjoy a much closer connection than those who remain "independent" and self centered.
DI will, in totality, reject the idea of multiculturalism or "respect" of other religious or ideological beliefs. There is no reason to accept the validity of most religions or most beliefs systems. Culture is often arbitrary and meaningless. Therefore cultures or beliefs that are in conflict with DI will not be tolerated. Four options will be presented either leave and keep your beliefs or culture, stay and stop practicing your beliefs, reject your previous worldview and accept DI, or practice your beliefs and be destroyed.
DI is based upon the servitude we owe Christ. We have dominion over the world and we will never tolerate false beliefs or corrupt cultures. Peace with other cultures is usually desirable and so is trade or exchange of ideas so isolationism is not the correct way to view things. We are commanded to go out into the world and make disciples of all nations. We cannot do so through entirely militant means either. Dialogue and furtherance of work that benefits all nations is a perfectly acceptable and is in fact the right thing to do.
The intricacies and detailed descriptions of the functionality of DI society is not something that is set in stone or fully thought out either. This represents the basics however and so will most likely not change much except maybe in certain areas.
Much work is left to be done and much constructive criticism needs to be leveled so as to refine and enhance the foundations of DI.
How can we create this brotherhood? How can we collectivize society without making the mistakes of governments like Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union? How will the economy function? How will people live their lives?
I cannot answer any of these questions with complete confidence. I do not possess the breadth of knowledge or the expertise to answer comprehensively but I do believe some things can be known and the paths to achieving this can be explained.
The questions must essentially be answered in reverse order. The Brotherhood is created through the collective. Society must be collectivized by avoiding the mistakes of previous societies. We avoid previous mistakes by understanding the economy and of course the economy requires describing how people live.
How then shall we live? Well a collective society is basically one in which society functions like an organism. Organicism or corporatism is a structure or ideology that sees all parts of society as like a cell within a body. The cells function is not to serve itself but to serve the body as a whole. All cells have a specialized function. The body (corpus in latin hence the name corporation or corporatism) is the collective that we all serve. In society there are many essential functions. Society has many needs and people fill those needs based upon their specific function and specialties.
In DI the collectivized society functions as a whole. The government and the public itself are indistinguishable. No separation can be made between people and their government. Going from the uppermost hierarchy of the society and the oligarchy that makes the decisions on a national (or international) level all the way down to the laborers who do the more basic menial work are all part of society and the government as a whole. "Private" businesses do not exist. The government is the people and the people are the government. The difference with democracy is that in DI the people are the government in an actually meaningful way. As opposed to an actual separation bridged by "elected" officials who supposedly represent the people.
People work not for profit, of either themselves or their businesses, but instead for the benefit of society as a whole. The laborers and workers and scientists are directed by the needs of society and work towards what is needed. People are not paid nor do they pay for anything either. People go to their assigned work and do their work duties for however long is required of them. In return society gives back to them whatever they require.
The middle man of currency is, for all intents and purposes, removed from society. The work and resources that society both produces and consumes is directed entirely towards the furtherance of the collective brotherhood. Efficiency of resource consumption and sustainability become key.
With this the economy becomes something that is based upon the most efficient and most effective distribution of resources. The leadership and experts in those matters for which it is relevant are the ones who decide how much is needed and where it goes.
Obviously this is where we need to be careful and avoid the mistakes made by other societies similar to this, the most relevant being the Soviet Union. I believe technology will help alleviate many of the problems that could be faced and a strong collective unity and sense of brotherhood are imperative. Those who contribute nothing without having some reason for contributing little will be punished and if necessary removed. Those who cannot contribute because of something they have no control over, such as mental or physical defect (or some other reason), will not be punished and nothing so callous or cruel as the euthanasia projects as practiced by Nazi Germany will ever be countenanced. Those who would help but cannot deserve mercy and compassion. If we become so malicious as to view them as "merely useless mouths" as the Nazis did we will inevitably fail. In addition to bringing about monstrous evil.
Of course if on the other hand people wish to simply leech off society and provide nothing in return when they are in fact perfectly capable will be used by the state as simply a slave labor force. If they will not contribute then they will earn what they have been given through hard labor whether they like it or not. If they completely refuse to contribute they may instead be banished from society or even executed.
With our economy based upon the gathering distribution and consumption of resources as opposed to monetary policies or any type of taxation our economy and society will be effectively collectivized. People will work together for the benefit of society itself not themselves. Of course selfishness and corruption is unavoidable and it would be extremely naive to think that we could create a "utopia" through people simply working perfectly in harmony and never with the thought of personal gain. Incentives must be given and it is to the advantage of society to reward hard work and selfless dedication. An incentive system must be provided. This incentive system will not be like money. It will be a variety of means such as increased vacation time or access to things that are only for those who have earned them. I have yet to flesh out a incentive system so all I can say at this point is how necessary it is.
When society obtains this form of collectivization the furtherance of brotherhood and communion with our fellow man must be emphasized. People who work together, bleed together, play together, and mourn together will always enjoy a much closer connection than those who remain "independent" and self centered.
DI will, in totality, reject the idea of multiculturalism or "respect" of other religious or ideological beliefs. There is no reason to accept the validity of most religions or most beliefs systems. Culture is often arbitrary and meaningless. Therefore cultures or beliefs that are in conflict with DI will not be tolerated. Four options will be presented either leave and keep your beliefs or culture, stay and stop practicing your beliefs, reject your previous worldview and accept DI, or practice your beliefs and be destroyed.
DI is based upon the servitude we owe Christ. We have dominion over the world and we will never tolerate false beliefs or corrupt cultures. Peace with other cultures is usually desirable and so is trade or exchange of ideas so isolationism is not the correct way to view things. We are commanded to go out into the world and make disciples of all nations. We cannot do so through entirely militant means either. Dialogue and furtherance of work that benefits all nations is a perfectly acceptable and is in fact the right thing to do.
The intricacies and detailed descriptions of the functionality of DI society is not something that is set in stone or fully thought out either. This represents the basics however and so will most likely not change much except maybe in certain areas.
Much work is left to be done and much constructive criticism needs to be leveled so as to refine and enhance the foundations of DI.
March 16, 2010
Towards a collective masterpiece
DI seeks to create a collective masterpiece through motivation, specialization, reconciliation, and actualization of each unique entity in one collaborative infrastructure. By concentrating on strengths and providing a tailor-fit education, DI uses each individual to maximum efficiency. This principle is founded upon the paradigm that someones weakness is another person's strength. DI wishes to bring structure to the panorama of individual diversity. The goal of this is to insure the flow of knowledge from different area of expertise to another via. generalists while promoting further research/design via specialists.
DI cares not only about peoples actions but peoples attitudes. DI insures motivation by individual attitude adjustment (IAA). It is the goal of DI that each person is motivated. DI does this actively by offering performance-based rewards and punishments. The object of which will be to insure the correct attribution of value in the person's mind about each particular subject at hand. DI will also do it passively by manipulation of each persons environment and minimization of privacy to achieve the regulation of all communication. Lastly, it will insure motivation through the learning process by the institutionalization of DI philosophy. The measuring rod of whether this works will be personal interviews and simultaneous lie detector testing. Attitude readjustment must be a will-breaking process which might include temporary individual isolation from all outside influences until treatment. DI recognizes the person under the influence of wrong thinking as a captive needing liberation. It recognizes that indoctrination in which right-thinking is inserted might be a necessary means to this goal. That being said motivation boils down to thinking correctly.
Once each individual is thinking correctly, it is important that each be assigned specific roles to which they will serve the community the best. Vertical movement in their role will be determined by qualification and merit. Roles are not seen as static but as an evolving, liquid, and dynamic spider-web of interactions and reciprocity. The goal is not individual happiness but efficiency. DI does not insure happiness by individual choice but rather by the mastering of the individual. Individuals that are unhappy with their life-skills are given attitude readjustment therapy. Roles, however, will be assigned by using the life-long learning process to learn about each individual. Feedback will be encouraged so as to identify any flaws in the system and to learn how to better sell DI ideology to the populace. The State will reply to each comment in an efficient manner so as to address every concern and hence reduce any uncertainty and ambiguity. That being said not only is the government highly involved, but each individual should be highly involved in the well-being of society. Roles exist to provide direction. Roles are the abdication of personal planning for collective planning of each individuals lives. The direction the roles provide goes hand in hand with motivation. It is the duty of the people to not only be satisfied in their roles but motivated. A personal and total government is necessary not only for the selection of goals but the ongoing maintenance of them.
The next logical step from being emphatic with one's place is being emphatic about the place of others in the power-structure. D.I. encourages not only the reconciliation of each entity, classes, and subcultures but the integration of each under a corporate identity. DI does this by insuring transparency between all entities to minimize distrust. DI then insures accountability by insuring information is quickly carried at the top to insure a simultaneous quick response time. DI also insures cross-communication via generalists between all social structures and furthermore creating projects that will encourage collaboration between different entities. The result of which encourages a steady outgrowth of new disciplines of studies and social structures. Telecommunications and monitoring technologies will be developed to aid in these ends. The overall goal is the binding of social structures and individuals into one conglomerate whole.
The final result will be social actualization. Society can be envisioned like a clock individuals are the gears. Social Actualization comes at the abdication of each individual to the collective self. The final realization is that we all exist for society and society for God. Collectivization comes when serving becomes the sole identity of each. This is in other words the death of the self-centered perspective to the emerging other centered perspective. DI wants everyone to see the world through the lens of the perfected world-view, to insure collaboration, maximum efficiency, and sustainability. Actualization can only be achieved by putting the collective will in agreement with the will of God. Actualization is the ascension of that will which can only be achieved through God's grace.
DI cares not only about peoples actions but peoples attitudes. DI insures motivation by individual attitude adjustment (IAA). It is the goal of DI that each person is motivated. DI does this actively by offering performance-based rewards and punishments. The object of which will be to insure the correct attribution of value in the person's mind about each particular subject at hand. DI will also do it passively by manipulation of each persons environment and minimization of privacy to achieve the regulation of all communication. Lastly, it will insure motivation through the learning process by the institutionalization of DI philosophy. The measuring rod of whether this works will be personal interviews and simultaneous lie detector testing. Attitude readjustment must be a will-breaking process which might include temporary individual isolation from all outside influences until treatment. DI recognizes the person under the influence of wrong thinking as a captive needing liberation. It recognizes that indoctrination in which right-thinking is inserted might be a necessary means to this goal. That being said motivation boils down to thinking correctly.
Once each individual is thinking correctly, it is important that each be assigned specific roles to which they will serve the community the best. Vertical movement in their role will be determined by qualification and merit. Roles are not seen as static but as an evolving, liquid, and dynamic spider-web of interactions and reciprocity. The goal is not individual happiness but efficiency. DI does not insure happiness by individual choice but rather by the mastering of the individual. Individuals that are unhappy with their life-skills are given attitude readjustment therapy. Roles, however, will be assigned by using the life-long learning process to learn about each individual. Feedback will be encouraged so as to identify any flaws in the system and to learn how to better sell DI ideology to the populace. The State will reply to each comment in an efficient manner so as to address every concern and hence reduce any uncertainty and ambiguity. That being said not only is the government highly involved, but each individual should be highly involved in the well-being of society. Roles exist to provide direction. Roles are the abdication of personal planning for collective planning of each individuals lives. The direction the roles provide goes hand in hand with motivation. It is the duty of the people to not only be satisfied in their roles but motivated. A personal and total government is necessary not only for the selection of goals but the ongoing maintenance of them.
The next logical step from being emphatic with one's place is being emphatic about the place of others in the power-structure. D.I. encourages not only the reconciliation of each entity, classes, and subcultures but the integration of each under a corporate identity. DI does this by insuring transparency between all entities to minimize distrust. DI then insures accountability by insuring information is quickly carried at the top to insure a simultaneous quick response time. DI also insures cross-communication via generalists between all social structures and furthermore creating projects that will encourage collaboration between different entities. The result of which encourages a steady outgrowth of new disciplines of studies and social structures. Telecommunications and monitoring technologies will be developed to aid in these ends. The overall goal is the binding of social structures and individuals into one conglomerate whole.
The final result will be social actualization. Society can be envisioned like a clock individuals are the gears. Social Actualization comes at the abdication of each individual to the collective self. The final realization is that we all exist for society and society for God. Collectivization comes when serving becomes the sole identity of each. This is in other words the death of the self-centered perspective to the emerging other centered perspective. DI wants everyone to see the world through the lens of the perfected world-view, to insure collaboration, maximum efficiency, and sustainability. Actualization can only be achieved by putting the collective will in agreement with the will of God. Actualization is the ascension of that will which can only be achieved through God's grace.
March 11, 2010
Brotherhood and Collectivism
One of the most essential aspects of Dominionist Integralism (DI) is the foundation in brotherhood or collectivism that it entails. DI is a philosophy that is totalitarian in nature. What I mean by totalitarian is that it is a "total" philosophy. It is all encompassing. Many political philosophies are narrow in nature. They are only concerned with the nature and functionality of the political process. DI is concerned with all aspects of society from the highest authority in government and even the universe all the way down to the merely pragmatic or basic minutiae of life.
The ideal of brotherhood is essential to this and collectivism is essential to the formation of this brotherhood. Humans are social by their very nature. Humans almost without exception work better using collective efforts. No one person ever builds an entire building. People can individually build houses but show me a person who can build skyscrapers or factories by themselves.
Efficiency is gained through specialization. It is well known through basic economic studies that specialization is far more effective for everyone when people specialize and work together as opposed to when people simply do everything for themselves and by themselves. People are not born through their own self determination or the act of a solitary person. People are born through the act of two people, a man and woman. This is rather basic biology. This is also something that really should not have to be explained to people because of how basic and fundamental it is to humanity. We are all quite familiar with this concept of social needs.
That principle can be extended however. We are connected to one another through blood and in a brotherhood that transcends physical or biological connections. People create families. Families come together and create a society. Through our society we create something far greater than the sum of its parts.
Our dominion over our world is nothing short of a divine mandate. Our need and longing for the collective is nothing short of indelibly burned into our very natures. DI seeks to remedy this disconnect created by the false hopes and misguided ideals of democracy and individualism. People gain their meaning through the collective. We gain also our identity and purpose in the collective. People foolishly believe that individualism or democracy creates independence and helps fight conformity but that is a lie. People will conform just as easily within a "free society" and they will become enslaved just as easily in a democracy. Becoming a slave to one's own impulses and the demagoguery of others is no different than enslavement to a tyrant or having ones identity subsumed within a group identity.
Simply wearing different clothes and believing in different but equally shallow ideologies is not being independent. The very search for individuality is in itself conformist. Using the long trumpeted but ultimately empty rallying cry of freedom is to simply follow a well worn path and to follow the lead of people before you who have done so for thousands of years.
Independence comes from meta-cognition. It comes from knowing the truth. It comes from subservience to righteousness. If you replace God with your own self made god of impulsiveness, shallow thinking, and self centered "morality" you are simply a slave to your own failures. Your freedom is an illusion.
With this DI seeks to unite humanity. We cast aside the false idols of materialism and individualism. We dedicate the self to the collective. We do not lose our identities we gain new ones that are more natural and more compassionate then the feeble identities we have now. We put the collective above the individual. Will this cause harm to the individual? No, of course not. Being part of the collective, this transcendent brotherhood, we benefit from the help and sacrifice of all the other members.
In the collective all are useful all have a place. No one is cast aside. No one is unloved. Those who would break this unity or who would leech off of the brotherhood will be punished as they should but even then repentance and redemption is always possible.
Society should work as one. Private enterprise and capitalism is nothing but a sham. It is exploitation disguised as freedom. Our wealth does not come from hard work and an increase in prosperity it comes from exploiting others. It comes from casting aside the unfortunate in society. We would trample those under us to gain more wealth and more material gain. As long as we don't have to deal with those who suffer we are fine. Most support this system because they are comfortable and complacent. They prefer to either leech of the system or they prefer to consolidate their power by taking from others. Capitalism is kleptocracy and nothing more. Our prosperity comes from technology and little pieces of brotherhood or a collective acting in furtherance of humanity in spite of capitalism. We have falsely attributed our wealth to capitalism.
A charge that could be leveled against DI would be charges leveled against communism. We know that communism failed. Just look at the Soviet Union. Will we simply be as they are? It is definitely a danger but there is more to it then the ignorant fears of the masses and the overzealous reaction to socialism or communism in today's society.
For one the Soviet Union was corrupt to begin with. They held unfailingly to Atheism and naive Humanism. The Soviet Union, or countries like North Korea among others, fail not because they are communist but because their philosophy is based upon a lie. Humanism is arrogance and ignorance dressed up in a belief in humanity. They hypocritically point out religious wars yet atheist governments in the past century have killed more people than the people killed through all religious wars combined. The Crusades pale in comparison to the Soviet purges. The Holocaust killed far more then the Inquisition ever did. The hundreds of thousands killed in the many religious wars does not compare to the horrendous industrialized slaughter of tens of millions within a span of only one hundred years imposed by secular or outright atheist governments.
They based their foundation on mankind and humanist ideologies. Therefore they were doomed form the start no matter what government they pursued. They put their foundation upon the quicksand of human pride.
DI will make no such mistake. We reject the corruption of secularism as we base our brotherhood on the ideals as given to us by God. We strictly recognize God as our Lord. We do not build a foundation on sand. We build our foundation on a rock that endures for eternity.
Our brotherhood is one which looks to our redemption and our savior. We build our families and our society to serve each other as God has commanded. We deny the self so we may love our fellow man. We sacrifice ourselves so that others may benefit from our blood and tears. We work not for selfish gain we work so that those we love may join us in eternal salvation with God. Selfishness will always exist. No philosophy or society can change that. What can be changed however is to reject a philosophy or societal structure based entirely upon self centered ideals.
The ideal of brotherhood is essential to this and collectivism is essential to the formation of this brotherhood. Humans are social by their very nature. Humans almost without exception work better using collective efforts. No one person ever builds an entire building. People can individually build houses but show me a person who can build skyscrapers or factories by themselves.
Efficiency is gained through specialization. It is well known through basic economic studies that specialization is far more effective for everyone when people specialize and work together as opposed to when people simply do everything for themselves and by themselves. People are not born through their own self determination or the act of a solitary person. People are born through the act of two people, a man and woman. This is rather basic biology. This is also something that really should not have to be explained to people because of how basic and fundamental it is to humanity. We are all quite familiar with this concept of social needs.
That principle can be extended however. We are connected to one another through blood and in a brotherhood that transcends physical or biological connections. People create families. Families come together and create a society. Through our society we create something far greater than the sum of its parts.
Our dominion over our world is nothing short of a divine mandate. Our need and longing for the collective is nothing short of indelibly burned into our very natures. DI seeks to remedy this disconnect created by the false hopes and misguided ideals of democracy and individualism. People gain their meaning through the collective. We gain also our identity and purpose in the collective. People foolishly believe that individualism or democracy creates independence and helps fight conformity but that is a lie. People will conform just as easily within a "free society" and they will become enslaved just as easily in a democracy. Becoming a slave to one's own impulses and the demagoguery of others is no different than enslavement to a tyrant or having ones identity subsumed within a group identity.
Simply wearing different clothes and believing in different but equally shallow ideologies is not being independent. The very search for individuality is in itself conformist. Using the long trumpeted but ultimately empty rallying cry of freedom is to simply follow a well worn path and to follow the lead of people before you who have done so for thousands of years.
Independence comes from meta-cognition. It comes from knowing the truth. It comes from subservience to righteousness. If you replace God with your own self made god of impulsiveness, shallow thinking, and self centered "morality" you are simply a slave to your own failures. Your freedom is an illusion.
With this DI seeks to unite humanity. We cast aside the false idols of materialism and individualism. We dedicate the self to the collective. We do not lose our identities we gain new ones that are more natural and more compassionate then the feeble identities we have now. We put the collective above the individual. Will this cause harm to the individual? No, of course not. Being part of the collective, this transcendent brotherhood, we benefit from the help and sacrifice of all the other members.
In the collective all are useful all have a place. No one is cast aside. No one is unloved. Those who would break this unity or who would leech off of the brotherhood will be punished as they should but even then repentance and redemption is always possible.
Society should work as one. Private enterprise and capitalism is nothing but a sham. It is exploitation disguised as freedom. Our wealth does not come from hard work and an increase in prosperity it comes from exploiting others. It comes from casting aside the unfortunate in society. We would trample those under us to gain more wealth and more material gain. As long as we don't have to deal with those who suffer we are fine. Most support this system because they are comfortable and complacent. They prefer to either leech of the system or they prefer to consolidate their power by taking from others. Capitalism is kleptocracy and nothing more. Our prosperity comes from technology and little pieces of brotherhood or a collective acting in furtherance of humanity in spite of capitalism. We have falsely attributed our wealth to capitalism.
A charge that could be leveled against DI would be charges leveled against communism. We know that communism failed. Just look at the Soviet Union. Will we simply be as they are? It is definitely a danger but there is more to it then the ignorant fears of the masses and the overzealous reaction to socialism or communism in today's society.
For one the Soviet Union was corrupt to begin with. They held unfailingly to Atheism and naive Humanism. The Soviet Union, or countries like North Korea among others, fail not because they are communist but because their philosophy is based upon a lie. Humanism is arrogance and ignorance dressed up in a belief in humanity. They hypocritically point out religious wars yet atheist governments in the past century have killed more people than the people killed through all religious wars combined. The Crusades pale in comparison to the Soviet purges. The Holocaust killed far more then the Inquisition ever did. The hundreds of thousands killed in the many religious wars does not compare to the horrendous industrialized slaughter of tens of millions within a span of only one hundred years imposed by secular or outright atheist governments.
They based their foundation on mankind and humanist ideologies. Therefore they were doomed form the start no matter what government they pursued. They put their foundation upon the quicksand of human pride.
DI will make no such mistake. We reject the corruption of secularism as we base our brotherhood on the ideals as given to us by God. We strictly recognize God as our Lord. We do not build a foundation on sand. We build our foundation on a rock that endures for eternity.
Our brotherhood is one which looks to our redemption and our savior. We build our families and our society to serve each other as God has commanded. We deny the self so we may love our fellow man. We sacrifice ourselves so that others may benefit from our blood and tears. We work not for selfish gain we work so that those we love may join us in eternal salvation with God. Selfishness will always exist. No philosophy or society can change that. What can be changed however is to reject a philosophy or societal structure based entirely upon self centered ideals.
March 4, 2010
Prolegomena
I believe that a good way to start the blog on Dominionist Integralism is to begin with a mini prolegomena. Obviously one thing that must be discussed first is what Dominionist Integralism (DI) is and why I believe it is needed.
My first point is on the failure of Capitalism, Democracy, and Secularism. DI can be defined firstly by its opposition to each of these ideals or philosophies. DI is not Capitalistic but collectivist, it is not democratic but instead a meritocratic oligarchy , it is not secular but instead fully recognizes the futility of operating independently of God.
Dominionist Integralism is partially describe in the name itself. The first word, Dominionist, comes from the idea that God has given humanity dominion over the world and it is our duty to exercise our power in his name and in a manner reflective of his nature. We are to obey God primarily and to secondarily rule with compassion, wisdom, and justice. In are in effect a theocratic form of government. The society itself should give its worship and service to Jesus Christ first and foremost. I specifically invoked the name of Christ to contrast with the blasphemous politically correct Unitarianism often in favor with our society. DI rejects all false religions and also especially rejects the ideal of a "neutral" stance on religion. Atheism is not a neutral position nor is it even a tenable ideal.
The next word, Integralism, is based off the idea of an integral or a whole. DI is a holistic philosophy. It is not a piecemeal ideal that is related to only a few aspects of society or realms of thought, it is all encompassing. This means our society is collectivist. We specifically reject philosophies of individualism or selfish social structures. Individualism is merely selfishness disguised in a layer of perceived freedom. Individualism is responsible for many of the ills on society today. When people act in a selfish and entirely self centered manner we should not be surprised to see an increase in broken families and violent crimes.
DI acts as a brotherhood and a unitary collective as opposed to the "melting pot" of democracy. We reject the supposed advantages of multiculturalism as sin posing as "freedom". In our democracy we have replaced doing what is right with a logically self refuting relativism and political correctness. The public has replaced critically examining issues and using careful judgment with unthinking and irrational knee-jerk moralizing. People prefer to justify their behavior with empty and often false rhetoric. Freedom is used to justify pretty much anything. It is used so often in a confusing and contradictory manner it has become meaningless. Freedom often is just an enabler for whatever behavior or impulse people wish to indulge in. Tolerance is used to gain public sympathy or to ease cognitive dissonance of easily swayed people. Human rights are frequently conjured out of thin air in order to make people think as if they deserve something.
This has only led to the culture of ignorance and me first attitudes people share. People only care about doing whatever they want, whenever they want regardless of the consequences or rightness of the act. If somebody points out the harmfulness of a behavior or the immorality of a lifestyle people simply create human rights and pretend moral indignation that somebody would impinge upon their "freedoms" or would dare to be so "intolerant" of other beliefs.
Shallow and ignorant beliefs are the norm now. Unfortunately this behavior and society is not sustainable. Despite the supposed moral purpose of tolerance and political correctness it is actually an incubator for great evils. When people foist feeble mindedness upon themselves by actively indulging in ignorance and sinful or destructive behavior they are easily manipulated and easily destroyed. False teachers and false prophets will gather many to their banner by simply speaking that which people want to hear. People love nothing more than to hear that what they do is okay no matter what it is. They can gain confidence by believing in a philosophy of relativism.
This is a philosophy that is built on sand. It will not survive and people will end up paying for their ignorance. It is this that Dominionist Integralism seeks to correct. Instead of the self centered society that permeates our world we focus on self sacrifice and working towards the betterment of society. This is not to be compared to Marxist communism. Marxism rejected God and attempted to stamp out religion. It failed. We do not hold any illusions of self sufficiency. We put our faith not in the feeble strengths of man but in the rock and foundation that is God. One thing that is to be kept in mind also when you think of the collectivism DI espouses is that sacrifice and working together for the benefit of society does not deprive the individual of anything. Societies collapse when they fracture into numerous individuals who do not work together. Societies do their best and the quality of life is the highest when people work together and make sacrifices for each other.
DI approaches society form a top down view. We will not elect leaders on the basis of a popularity contest but will choose leaders on the basis of merit and willingness of the person to sacrifice themselves for the society as a whole. Our society is failing in many ways because of the lack of leaders who have any worth or skill. Most people view politicians with contempt and for good reason. Our politicians have no good reason for being in the position they are in. Our leaders are not really educated enough or well trained enough to make effective decisions. What is even worse is the idea that somehow we need elections to choose leaders. Not only do politicians often posses minimal competence but a public that idolizes ignorance and relativism often makes decisions on matters that end up being disastrous. The public as a rule does not posses the competence to make national decisions. those who are qualified to make decisions are always outweighed by those who aren't. This does not mean the public is and always will be ignorant or uneducated. It means that important decisions on many things such as the economy or specific legislation is an issue complicated enough that most will not posses the education to understand it at highly competent level.
DI is a view that sees a society that is collective and based on working towards the betterment of society. We reject any ideal that puts the self above either God or our fellow man. We see a society that is meritocratic and where only those educated and trained to deal with certain issues are the ones who make the decisions that need to be made. We reject mob rule or popularity contests as an illusion of power and freedom. We see a society that is united and a society that recognizes the God who created us and Jesus Christ, our only salvation and only Lord. We work to exercise our dominion over the world that was given to us with the traits that reflect the one who created it.
My first point is on the failure of Capitalism, Democracy, and Secularism. DI can be defined firstly by its opposition to each of these ideals or philosophies. DI is not Capitalistic but collectivist, it is not democratic but instead a meritocratic oligarchy , it is not secular but instead fully recognizes the futility of operating independently of God.
Dominionist Integralism is partially describe in the name itself. The first word, Dominionist, comes from the idea that God has given humanity dominion over the world and it is our duty to exercise our power in his name and in a manner reflective of his nature. We are to obey God primarily and to secondarily rule with compassion, wisdom, and justice. In are in effect a theocratic form of government. The society itself should give its worship and service to Jesus Christ first and foremost. I specifically invoked the name of Christ to contrast with the blasphemous politically correct Unitarianism often in favor with our society. DI rejects all false religions and also especially rejects the ideal of a "neutral" stance on religion. Atheism is not a neutral position nor is it even a tenable ideal.
The next word, Integralism, is based off the idea of an integral or a whole. DI is a holistic philosophy. It is not a piecemeal ideal that is related to only a few aspects of society or realms of thought, it is all encompassing. This means our society is collectivist. We specifically reject philosophies of individualism or selfish social structures. Individualism is merely selfishness disguised in a layer of perceived freedom. Individualism is responsible for many of the ills on society today. When people act in a selfish and entirely self centered manner we should not be surprised to see an increase in broken families and violent crimes.
DI acts as a brotherhood and a unitary collective as opposed to the "melting pot" of democracy. We reject the supposed advantages of multiculturalism as sin posing as "freedom". In our democracy we have replaced doing what is right with a logically self refuting relativism and political correctness. The public has replaced critically examining issues and using careful judgment with unthinking and irrational knee-jerk moralizing. People prefer to justify their behavior with empty and often false rhetoric. Freedom is used to justify pretty much anything. It is used so often in a confusing and contradictory manner it has become meaningless. Freedom often is just an enabler for whatever behavior or impulse people wish to indulge in. Tolerance is used to gain public sympathy or to ease cognitive dissonance of easily swayed people. Human rights are frequently conjured out of thin air in order to make people think as if they deserve something.
This has only led to the culture of ignorance and me first attitudes people share. People only care about doing whatever they want, whenever they want regardless of the consequences or rightness of the act. If somebody points out the harmfulness of a behavior or the immorality of a lifestyle people simply create human rights and pretend moral indignation that somebody would impinge upon their "freedoms" or would dare to be so "intolerant" of other beliefs.
Shallow and ignorant beliefs are the norm now. Unfortunately this behavior and society is not sustainable. Despite the supposed moral purpose of tolerance and political correctness it is actually an incubator for great evils. When people foist feeble mindedness upon themselves by actively indulging in ignorance and sinful or destructive behavior they are easily manipulated and easily destroyed. False teachers and false prophets will gather many to their banner by simply speaking that which people want to hear. People love nothing more than to hear that what they do is okay no matter what it is. They can gain confidence by believing in a philosophy of relativism.
This is a philosophy that is built on sand. It will not survive and people will end up paying for their ignorance. It is this that Dominionist Integralism seeks to correct. Instead of the self centered society that permeates our world we focus on self sacrifice and working towards the betterment of society. This is not to be compared to Marxist communism. Marxism rejected God and attempted to stamp out religion. It failed. We do not hold any illusions of self sufficiency. We put our faith not in the feeble strengths of man but in the rock and foundation that is God. One thing that is to be kept in mind also when you think of the collectivism DI espouses is that sacrifice and working together for the benefit of society does not deprive the individual of anything. Societies collapse when they fracture into numerous individuals who do not work together. Societies do their best and the quality of life is the highest when people work together and make sacrifices for each other.
DI approaches society form a top down view. We will not elect leaders on the basis of a popularity contest but will choose leaders on the basis of merit and willingness of the person to sacrifice themselves for the society as a whole. Our society is failing in many ways because of the lack of leaders who have any worth or skill. Most people view politicians with contempt and for good reason. Our politicians have no good reason for being in the position they are in. Our leaders are not really educated enough or well trained enough to make effective decisions. What is even worse is the idea that somehow we need elections to choose leaders. Not only do politicians often posses minimal competence but a public that idolizes ignorance and relativism often makes decisions on matters that end up being disastrous. The public as a rule does not posses the competence to make national decisions. those who are qualified to make decisions are always outweighed by those who aren't. This does not mean the public is and always will be ignorant or uneducated. It means that important decisions on many things such as the economy or specific legislation is an issue complicated enough that most will not posses the education to understand it at highly competent level.
DI is a view that sees a society that is collective and based on working towards the betterment of society. We reject any ideal that puts the self above either God or our fellow man. We see a society that is meritocratic and where only those educated and trained to deal with certain issues are the ones who make the decisions that need to be made. We reject mob rule or popularity contests as an illusion of power and freedom. We see a society that is united and a society that recognizes the God who created us and Jesus Christ, our only salvation and only Lord. We work to exercise our dominion over the world that was given to us with the traits that reflect the one who created it.
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