Post by Brandon O'Brien on Feb 26, 2011 12:47:45 GMT -5
"The Duty of the Party and the Nature of Micronational Communism" was written by Bartholomew Henzelli on 27 September, 2006 and was cataloged in the People's Library of the Democratic Republic of Kampong. It outlines a theory of micronationalism that points to communism as the only reality of the hobby and illustrates the necessary functions and duties of the Party in regards to this reality.
The Kampong Collection was the foundation of the MacDermott Library's Special Collection.
The Duty of the Party and the Nature of Micronational Communism
The micronational experiment can best be described as a hobby, albeit, in some cases, an extremely personal and serious hobby. There is, however, a darker side to this hobby. In the effort to create a "perfect" or ideally perfect system in model governments, one must first begin to understand the nature of the system, and how communal law and order inherently leads to utopian socialism.
The micronational system is based on a manic scramble for citizenry and then a manic scramble for activity. During all this, there is a manic scramble for foreign relations and recognition. As such, it is perhaps best to understand micronationalism as an inherently Marxist activity in that it encapsulates the very tenet of Marxian Socialism: "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." Every micronation seeks to utilize its members to the greatest possible effect and intends that each citizen sees in his or herself a solemn duty to uphold and continue to uphold the nation to which he or she belongs. In this way, the micronation supplies everything needed for the citizen to help influence and build the nation to which they belong.
Politically, this is a literal sense of the proletarian dictatorship, as most micronational democracies uphold the virtue of 100% democratic inclusion. However, some recent micronations (most notably, Middle Korea and Caesaria) have built-in protections against complete inclusive democracy. Why is this? The answer to Middle Korea is simple. They have adopted for themselves the political structure of a rigid fascist dictatorship (albeit, a very benign dictatorship under the leadership of the charismatic and very personable St. Fenix). Caesaria has built into it a twin-tiered citizenship designed so that only the most worthy and most contributing citizens ever gain voting rights. Thus, while Middle Korea believes in ruling a people desperate to be controlled, Caesaria believes in building a society where the best rule through wisdom--the epitome of the meritocracy.
Yet these exceptions are few and far between. Some self-proclaimed Communist nations seek to create Stalinist fascisms in the hopes of spouting off the same Marxist diatribes they learn in school from their history tapes. These rarely last long as they are primarily clones of Stalinist Russia, of which no one wants to be a part.
So the age-old question becomes, "What is to be done?" As micronationalism churns its gears of history towards democratic utopias, one begins to wonder--where have all the Marxists gone? They have gone where they always go--the newest fledgling communist republic. They try out their theories, have a blast, and when the republic implodes, move on to the next one.
Or, more likely, they go to existing and well-established micronations and build up the party there. The Republic of Lavalon (in two of its previous incarnations in the Second and Third Republics) had rather active communist parties, but a lack of party activity all around has led to a now-present lack of political parties altogether in Lavalon. But have the Communists gone? No. In fact, the present and previous premiere were both active Communists in the Third Republic. They have simply gone quiet for now.
This brings us to an interesting notion--micronational communist parties seek for the official creation of a communist state, some knowing full well that, politically, the state is already largely Communist. All it needs is a guiding party to move it to the full acceptance and build of Socialism. And that is what the party is for.
It is the duty of the Party to be a guiding force for the transformation from a strong, centralized government to an all-inclusive democratic socialist society where the people provide for each others' every need. Micronationalism is already halfway to building Socialism. All it needs is a little push.
The Kampong Collection was the foundation of the MacDermott Library's Special Collection.
The Duty of the Party and the Nature of Micronational Communism
The micronational experiment can best be described as a hobby, albeit, in some cases, an extremely personal and serious hobby. There is, however, a darker side to this hobby. In the effort to create a "perfect" or ideally perfect system in model governments, one must first begin to understand the nature of the system, and how communal law and order inherently leads to utopian socialism.
The micronational system is based on a manic scramble for citizenry and then a manic scramble for activity. During all this, there is a manic scramble for foreign relations and recognition. As such, it is perhaps best to understand micronationalism as an inherently Marxist activity in that it encapsulates the very tenet of Marxian Socialism: "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." Every micronation seeks to utilize its members to the greatest possible effect and intends that each citizen sees in his or herself a solemn duty to uphold and continue to uphold the nation to which he or she belongs. In this way, the micronation supplies everything needed for the citizen to help influence and build the nation to which they belong.
Politically, this is a literal sense of the proletarian dictatorship, as most micronational democracies uphold the virtue of 100% democratic inclusion. However, some recent micronations (most notably, Middle Korea and Caesaria) have built-in protections against complete inclusive democracy. Why is this? The answer to Middle Korea is simple. They have adopted for themselves the political structure of a rigid fascist dictatorship (albeit, a very benign dictatorship under the leadership of the charismatic and very personable St. Fenix). Caesaria has built into it a twin-tiered citizenship designed so that only the most worthy and most contributing citizens ever gain voting rights. Thus, while Middle Korea believes in ruling a people desperate to be controlled, Caesaria believes in building a society where the best rule through wisdom--the epitome of the meritocracy.
Yet these exceptions are few and far between. Some self-proclaimed Communist nations seek to create Stalinist fascisms in the hopes of spouting off the same Marxist diatribes they learn in school from their history tapes. These rarely last long as they are primarily clones of Stalinist Russia, of which no one wants to be a part.
So the age-old question becomes, "What is to be done?" As micronationalism churns its gears of history towards democratic utopias, one begins to wonder--where have all the Marxists gone? They have gone where they always go--the newest fledgling communist republic. They try out their theories, have a blast, and when the republic implodes, move on to the next one.
Or, more likely, they go to existing and well-established micronations and build up the party there. The Republic of Lavalon (in two of its previous incarnations in the Second and Third Republics) had rather active communist parties, but a lack of party activity all around has led to a now-present lack of political parties altogether in Lavalon. But have the Communists gone? No. In fact, the present and previous premiere were both active Communists in the Third Republic. They have simply gone quiet for now.
This brings us to an interesting notion--micronational communist parties seek for the official creation of a communist state, some knowing full well that, politically, the state is already largely Communist. All it needs is a guiding party to move it to the full acceptance and build of Socialism. And that is what the party is for.
It is the duty of the Party to be a guiding force for the transformation from a strong, centralized government to an all-inclusive democratic socialist society where the people provide for each others' every need. Micronationalism is already halfway to building Socialism. All it needs is a little push.