The 20th century was the century of ideologies and destruction. Communism entered the stage in 1917 and died almost immediately, fascism too disappeared within the concentration camps, a dozen years after its first implementation.
After the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, a single ideology was left, centered in the US empire and affecting the whole world: liberalism along with its corollary dogmas like individualism, materialism, atheism, and nihilism, have brought humanity to the brink of oblivion.
Despite their obvious pro imperial bias, every day the mainstream media provides additional proof of the utter disaster that is going on around our planet and the ongoing disintegration of individuals and societies.
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In previous articles I repeatedly wrote about the nefarious effects of liberalism spread by the US empire: the destruction of
beauty, family,
gender, identity, moral consciousness,
religions, and so forth. Basically, all the features that define our very identity as humans are being systematically twisted, reversed, destroyed.
While it's a necessary exercise to be fully aware of the inanity of imperialism, it remains incomplete. To
paraphrase Albert Camus, the revolted man says 'no' to the existing world but he also says yes to something else, to a better world. So, the next natural step is to propose an alternative: a new political and social model that deeply resonates with the human values we all must embrace.
This is an exercise of thought and also an exercise of hope, and there's not much to lose, because no matter how imperfect this sociopolitical model is, it's unlikely to be as destructive as its predecessors, no matter how hard we try!
The idea to write this article came from a discussion on our forum titled "
Hope, fear, and the future". One of Joe Quinn's contributions in this thread brought to light a key point:
Life is about growth, but what is "life" if not the relationships we have with other people, and therefore what is growth in life but the growth of our relationships with others. But growth in what way? A combining perhaps, of those formerly unique private worlds, into something greater than the sum of the parts, something that can create or attract a new life or world by the concentration and communalization of those private realities that in themselves do not have the strength or power to do so. In addition, of course, this process would have to involve not just a shared view of reality, but rather one that resonates with an objective reality, or with the greater forces of nature aka broad-scale objective reality creation.
This idea grew further while reading Alexander Dugin's excellent work: "
The fourth political theory". There are several similarities between both models. But, unlike Dugin who proposes a strategy to transition from the current liberal world to his fourth political model, we solely focus here on the specifics of our ideal world after transition. That's why our model is called "postimperialism".
Our hypothesis is that the US empire will soon collapse and may bring with it most of the planet. This global catastrophe may be due to intervention of the human and/or cosmic variety. Postimperialism proposes a model of society that could flourish after this major reset.
Bilbo Baggins' house in the Shire
So the task at hand was no less than figuring out the organization of an ideal society. All I could come up with was a rather naive image similar to Bilbo's village in
Lord of the Rings. I was certainly aware of many shortcomings of the current system but what were the best ways to remedy it? So, as usual, sitting around the kitchen table, I began to ask about this or that point and others would suggest solutions.
I was surprised to see how much thought all of us had already given to this topic, and how much extra thinking we gave during those conversations. It suggests that indeed there's a deep craving in all of us for a better world, and that it goes beyond a mere unrealistic dream. Indeed, you will find below many very operational and concrete ideas that are definitely worth testing.
So this is the way we came up with the features of our ideal society. This is, by definition, an incomplete work that must evolve in an organic way. It's a first step aimed at planting a seed in the reader's mind and encouraging him/her to think about this ideal world. And let's face it: every great (and not-so great) achievement in this world started with an idea, a flash of imagination or inspiration that informed the process that became the foundation of its realization.
