Toward a Philosophy of Monarchy – Part Four

The essence of the authentic state is communal more than contract. The social contract is constitutionally associative, not empathically communal, and therefore is a fabricated social norm. The associative binds together individuals as ‘objects’ while the communal binds together humanity through empathy. Thus, the constitutional republic, as an associative contract, is a fabrication and unsustainable as a unifying, life-giving socio-political form. On the other hand, the Monarchy is totally consistent with the communal understanding of state. This conflict between the communal and associative forms is at the heart of the conflict between the Monarchy and the Republic respectively.

It is the communal understanding of state that the global elites have worked so hard to destroy. We see this typically as a disdain by the elites for local customs and traditions. The issue for the elites is that local traditions create friction in global markets. The elites need frictionless markets to maximize their wealth. Thus, their globalization must necessarily create uniformity at the expense of local self-expression and cultural autonomy. Conversely, Monarchy is actualized through local self-expression and cultural autonomy.

(The communal/associative construct above is taken from Edith Stein’s An Investigation of the State.)

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