NationStates Jolt Archive

NOTE: Sorry if someone else has written something like this, I haven't researched or looked to see if my idea is unique. If anyone's written a book on this idea, then feel free to sue me. :p

NOTE 2: This is NOT INTENDED TO BE FLAMEBAIT! Since I'm a socialist, I'm sympathetic with communism, and so the language I describe the other forms of government may be insultive. Feel free to suggest other words I can use.

This afternoon at school lunch-break I started toying with the idea of social structure, in particular communism and capitalism. (Someone else was talking about social structures, and it just started there)

One word appeared on the paper I was using: GREED. The driving force behind capitalism (according to me, I hate capitalism).

And I came to the conclusion that one social group slides above the other and becomes a government (or one government replaces another) because:


High CHARISMA and PUNCTUALITY
A motive of GREED/JEALOUSY or FORCE/ANGER


The motives are more influential in creating a government out of equality than the traits, but when replacing another government, the traits are crucial in creating a stable government.

For example, a man in a democracy becomes Head of Government when he is a) GREEDY/JEALOUS (of the former HoG's power) and b) CHARISMATIC (by giving speeches and appealing views), whilst a warlord creates a despotic government by exerting a lot of a) FORCE/ANGER against his people (which keeps them orderly) and b) PUNCTUALITY (as in he is the first warlord to do so)

Therefore, I believe that communism or anarchism can only work if all citizens are equally jealous, forceful, and charismatic and forward-thinking, as otherwise a group of citizens would display these traits and slide other the rest.

If a communist/anarchist nation was created with 10,000 citizens selected through an exam and found to be equal in the above "hierarchy traits", then how long would it last without a revolution compared to 10,000 random citizens?

I think this in an oversimplication. At least include bitterness as another variable. :-)

I think this in an oversimplication. At least include bitterness as another variable. :-)
I'm no political scientist... :(

Of course, people are more jealous if they are content with their government, and are more forceful if they are incontent with their government. Jealous people with charisma often diplomatically reform their government, and forceful punctual people would depose it.

Another variable to introduce: apathy. The less apathetic a person/group is, the more likely they are to reform or slide over.

I would ague that greed and egotism define all human emotion and behaviour (its this month's pet theory), man will try to dominate and exploit fellow man, its just his nature. If you had a commune of people equal in everyway the result would probably be Anarchy (as in the political system) know would exploit because they would be incapable. But they would have to be EXACTLY the same, any advantage would lead division. Thats my theory..