Monarchy and the communal understanding of the state
Monarchy and the communal understanding of the state
It is the communal understanding of the state that the global elites have worked so hard to destroy.
The essence of the authentic state is communal more than contractual. Because of its constitutionally associative nature, rather than being empathically communal, the social contract is a fabricated social norm. The associative binds individuals as ‘objects’ while the communal binds humanity through empathy. Thus, the constitutional republic, as an associative contract, is a fabrication and unsustainable as a unifying, life-giving socio-political form. 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 the 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 minimal friction in markets to maximize their wealth. Thus, their globalization must create uniformity at the expense of local self-expression and cultural autonomy. Conversely, Monarchy comes to life by valuing local self-expression and cultural autonomy.
(The communal/associative construct above is taken from Edith Stein’s An Investigation Concerning the State.)1
Stein, Edith. An Investigation Concerning the State. Edited and translated by Marianne Sawicki. Washington DC: Institute of Carmelite Studies ICS Publications, 2006.