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anarchomonarkapitalism

The governing philosophy of billionlightyearland: a merger of anarchy, monarchy, capitalism and communism, held in one hand at the same time. It means we don't give any fucks while simultaneously giving as many fucks as possible.

DOCTRINE · FOUR PILLARSPLACEHOLDER TEXT

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Four systems, each contributing the one thing it is actually good at and surrendering everything else at the door.

  1. Anarchy contributes

    No permission needed to start.

    Nobody has to be asked. Any member may begin any thing at any hour, and no committee exists that could have stopped them, because no committee exists.

  2. Monarchy contributes

    Whoever has the idea is king of it.

    Authority is total, absolute, and expires the moment the thing is finished. The crown is passed hand to hand several times a day and has never once been contested, because it is a terrible job.

  3. Capitalism contributes

    The work must earn its keep.

    Every idea competes with every other idea for the only scarce resources we actually have: attention, tape, and Tuesday. What cannot survive that market gets filed as an instance and allowed to collapse.

  4. Communism contributes

    What survives belongs to everybody.

    Once a thing is finished, it stops being anybody's. Ownership dissolves into the collective, the crown comes off, and nobody gets to introduce it as theirs at a party.

THE CONTRADICTION

Held on purpose

The four pillars do not agree and are not meant to. The doctrine is the argument, not the settlement. When one pillar wins outright for longer than a week, we have found in practice that the work gets worse, and the Bureau is asked to intervene, and the Bureau makes it worse still.

Giving no fucks is what lets a thing get started. Giving every fuck is what makes it worth having started. Doing both at once is the entire skill.

NOT INCLUDED

What this is not

  • Not a real party, movement, or organisation.
  • Not an endorsement of any actual state or system.
  • Not advice.
  • Not, on close reading, coherent.