The Confederacy of Free LandsBoard

The Iron Confederacy’s new recruitment campaign has brought many new members into our region, including new arrival Temple state, a Swedish Catholic clerical-fascist with experience fighting against communist insurgents in both Sweden and in Ukraine. This is why the most recent debate regarding whether or not fascism is reactionary was an important topic to be discussed in our regional message board (RMB).

The debate started with Temple state defending a position of Christian technocratic feudalism with a perceived similarity to some of the views of Julius Evola, the Italian self-described “superfascist” and ideological progenitor of neo-fascist ideologies. Regarding policy, Temple state advocated rewarding soldiers with property to ensure that titles are not inherited, but only earned by each and every individual of his generation on basis of merit. Temple State also asserted that the philosophy of Fascism was a reactionary movement that predated Mussolini, and was essentially symmetrical to the proto-feudal system of landowning magistrates dating as far back as the Roman Empire itself.

Tupolite, His Excellency’s Prime Secretary, pointed out that proto-fascism had a combination of rightist as well as leftist properties, giving the example of the French and Italian national-syndicalists who, in the vein of French syndicalist philosopher Georges Sorel, practiced far-left economics, while ultimately substituting Marxism for the integral nationalism espoused by French national-conservative and monarchist reactionary Charles Maurras in his magazine publication Action Francaise, and could therefore not be simply described as reactionary. Furthermore, Tupolite expressed that Temple State's definition of fascism was incorrect, quoting from Mussolini's Doctrine of Fascism, which states "[d]ead and done for are feudal privileges and the division of society into closed, uncommunicating castes." What this quote references is fascism's true economic policy as a corporatist state which uses welfare, negotiations, and government projects to improve the lives of all citizens without abolishing the middle class, as well as denouncing the reactionary concept of feudalism as excluding popular integration of the masses.

This discussion came to a head when Temple State accused Tupolite’s interpretation of fascism as being “too left-wing” and bordering on Strasserism, and denounced his support for decreased social and economic divides within the major ethnic constituency of the nation as a form of egalitarianism. Tupolite was quick to use his prerogative as Prime Secretary to enforce the respect that his station demands in response to these wholly inaccurate claims. Subsequently, Tupolite delivered a public speech to clear up any and all misunderstandings that the debate may have caused. After the conclusion of the speech, Vlandia, alias Rhomain, respected Father of the Fascist Revolution, reaffirmed his confidence in the Prime Secretary, declaring that he would “follow (Tupolite) to the gates of hell and back.”

What can be learned from this discussion is that there are ideologies similar to fascism with an entirely different economic system in base. Of course economy system is vital to our prosperity, but this does not mean that we cannot recruit socially like minded people who share many of the same goals as us. We need idealists, truth seekers, and those who are opposed to degeneracy. These ones may initially have different goals from ours, but they can still be educated and can still assist us in accomplishing our mission.

One of the recent initiatives discussed among His Excellency’s State Defense Commission is the issue of declining activity among some incumbent ministers of the government. Sijiao, longtime Director of Civil Cohesion and permanent member of the Commission, has recently allowed his nation to cease to exist (CTE), demonstrating that even the Social Integralist State’s most historically adept operatives have grown accustomed to slacking off. To combat this malaise, Emperador Hispanyo and Prime Secretary Tupolite have been hard at work assessing new candidates for certain positions occupied by the habitually inactive and reliable. Temple State, whose enthusiasm for government and activity levels have been relatively high as of late, has been considered to replace Sijiao as Director of Civil Cohesion on the precondition of future service in a TIC military operation. In addition, the office of the Director of Immigration, occupied for months by frequently inactive citizen The oneundreth reich, has been recently occupied by permanent State Defense Commission member and Integral Social Vanguard (ISV) Secretary New french etat, whose record of superb administration not only includes previous service as Prime Secretary for the Iron Confederacy but also contributions to close ideological affiliate regions International Fascist Federation and Fifth Empire as IFF Bouncer and Imperial Minister of Foreign Affairs, respectively, with his puppet-nations Kizerns Borond and Neo-Cuba. Replacement of Archbishop CrimsonScribbles as Director of Religious Affairs with either Temple State or Rhomain has been considered due to CrimsonScribbles’s seeming lack of particular dedication to the Iron Confederacy over other pro-Catholic regions, lack of in-region presence, and the government’s preference that a majority of available positions should be occupied by natives, but this idea was scrapped on the basis that acting in this manner would result in cessation of relations with the Shrine of St. Margaret Mary and by extension with the Virtual Roman Catholic Church (VRCC). Further changes to government have been planned by Hispanyo and Tupolite, but information about these plans is not forthcoming at this time.

When New french etat spoke in the RBM about clerical-fascism, the topic sparked a debate regarding Church and State. Once more there a divergence of opinion between Prime Secretary Tupolite and new arrival Temple State on the topic, with Temple State expressing his support for a complete theocracy. Tupolite instead took the position that the state and the church must demarcate respective fields of activity beforehand by treaty to avoid conflict, while affirming an understanding of the ritual significance of Christianity to virtually all European nations. Though enthused with Tupolite’s pro-Catholic policy, Temple State could not help but object to Tupolite’s view on the matter due to Tupolite’s rationale of “psychologizing the faith.” New french etat, though a clerical-fascist like Temple State, took a stance more in agreement with Tupolite’s, though from a different philosophical perspective, stating that all governments except for the Vatican are essentially governments of man and therefore that a confessional state, as opposed to outright theocracy, would have to be enough.

The doctrine of Church and State did not exist before the Enlightenment. However, ever since churches and kings have ruled nations coherently, there has existed a disparity between which party should have more power, with such historical examples as the Investiture Controversy in the England of King Henry II and the Holy Roman Empire of Kaiser Heinrich IV and the internecine Guelph-Ghibelline warfare in medieval Italy. Most current governments are not only secular, but some, especially contemporary left-wing governments in Europe and Latin America and the oligarchic tyrannies of China and North Korea, are anti-religious and/or anti-clerical and seek to undermine the morals and values of the nations over which they preside. However, giving power to uncompromising zealots always results in inhuman persecution and public resentment for whichever faith the leader claims to have adopted. This is one of the reasons for the decreasing respect for Christian values in the Western world. Yet still Christian values are integral to the Fascist state, whether those nations are Christian or not. This is because rather than demanding what non-believers must practice, Christian leaders instead tell non-believers what they must not practice for the benefit of themselves and their communities. An example of this can be seen from the former Empire of Japan which banned pornography and sexually explicit material despite the fact that their native religions did not forbid these things. This was because the Japanese Constitution took elements from the Bible and the American Declaration of Independence without sacrificing its unique national traditions and culture or its distinctly illiberal prewar line of political development.

Alternatively, it is possible for a government to have a state religion without persecuting citizens who are not members of that faith. This of course would require certain immutable legislation to ensure that no religion is oppressed. The Father of Fascism, Benito Mussolini, re-instated the Catholic religious teaching in Italy’s schools, made Roman Catholicism the state religion, and established Vatican City by ratifying the Lateran Treaty with the Holy See, yet during this time the religious rights of all faiths, including Judaism, were protected by the state. However, as Mussolini came under pressure from the Third Reich, religions in Italy started to face persecution, even resulting in the loss of Catholic privileges. However, in countries like Spain and Portugal during the fascist era, such atrocities never occurred.

In recognition of the lack of a public forum where curious fascists, Third Positionists, and miscellaneous sympathizers to the cause could field their queries for the TIC government, and in hopes that regions with whom TIC refuses embassies yet has an interest in nonetheless could use this forum discuss foreign policy matters and resolve differences, the State Defense Commission recently approved the establishment of an official, government-authorized embassy thread within the NationStates Gameplay community. Initial reception has been mostly hostile due to the unfortunate predominance of anti-fascists in these forums; nevertheless, this move represents a meaningful step in improving the Iron Confederacy’s presence on the world stage. Notable mention should be given to Xoriet and Jar Wattinree, two Pacifican raiders and enemies of the state who have been known to take delight in taunting His Excellency the Emperador on occasion, as well as Federation of Conservative Nations (FCN) native and known anarcho-capitalist LiberNovusAmericae, who alone out of all the non-fascists to post in the thread had the courtesy to clarify that he had no intentions of opposing us militarily. In this reporter’s opinion, more non-fascists should adopt this man’s commendable stance when dealing with those they disagree with.

Prime Secretary Tupolite has recently begun a new initiative inspired by the historical fascist doctrine of the corporate state to consummate the ISV’s long-standing promise to create a revolutionary new order within The Iron Confederacy. Tupolite implored the region’s population to come forth with independent ideas for boosting social and recreational activities so that these various categories of activity could be regulated by the state through the system of centrally controlled syndicates. Already the Iron Confederacy Media Distribution Syndicate (ICMDS) has been established to publish this very paper, and an interview series “Great Leaders” is purported to also be in the works. A second syndicate, the Iron Confederacy Leisure Time Organization (ICLTO) has been established to supervise future recreational activities in the region. A regional roleplay server has been suggested to fall under this realm of activity, but has thus far not been opened to public participation.

Reports from the Iron Confederacy’s allied government in the Imperial Catholic Alliance (ICA) indicate that there was a concerted effort by the liberal-democratic government of the Federation of Conservative Nations (FCN) to infiltrate the Discord servers of fascist and fascist-sympathetic regions for intelligence-collection and espionage purposes. Krich aerd, the Princeps/head of government of the ICA and a friend of several members of the State Defense Commission, recounted exposing one of Jakobly’s past infiltration attempts to the Decreeist regime in Farkasfalka and a subsequent attempt by Jakobly to uncover confidential details about ICA operations by feigning interest in that region, shortly after the ICA’s initial secession from the FCN. Possibly due to resentment of his superiors for their mockery of his repeated failures, Jakobly seemingly turned on the FCN’s political elites and tried unsuccessfully to hack into the account of FCN founder Gagium. This resulted in the deletion of Jakobly’s nation and the temporary flight of Gagium and other influential FCN mainstays from the Conservative Party, though most have since rejoined as the party has come under slightly less incompetent leadership. TIC and the other fascist states, which are constantly under external threat by a constellation of retrograde and antisocial sorts, should only hope that our enemies’ efforts to infiltrate us in the future should be so inept and miscalculated as Jakobly’s.

Drama is underway in TIC’s closest and most loyal allied region, the Holy Reich of Bunicken (HRB), as the Reich’s Empress and ambassador to TIC and the ICA, Kaiserin Lady Morrighan, has been attacked in a civil suit by her associate Dark/Jackson Frazier, who is another high-ranking Bunicken official. The nature of the suit was apparently motivated by Jackson’s personal distaste for Morrighan’s fascist ideology and desire to promote libertarian, democratic, and capitalistic forms of thought in and outside of their region. Kaiser Wilhelm of Bunicken’s banishment of Jackson’s friend Confederacy Jim for presenting a security threat to the Reich may also have exacerbated the situation. While many details surrounding the fiasco are still nebulous as of the writing of this article, it appears that the case has ended with Lady Morrighan’s departure from Bunicken under a tense atmosphere of insuperable internal pressures. What is certain is that Jackson’s actions are motivated by a palpable desire to purge all traces of fascism from the Reich’s government and a secondary desire to influence Confederacy Jim’s return to Bunicken, possibly in a position of renewed status. In this reporter’s opinion, the events evidence that Jackson, Jim, and other libertarian elements in Bunicken have constituted themselves with malicious intent as a fifth column in HRB politics with the ultimate goal of dismantling Bunciken’s healthy and prosperous alliances with fascist governments and decentralizing power on the side of domestic politics to leave the Reich’s once-powerful state in shambles. Lady Morrighan has since resigned from Bunicken after many malicious lies were spread about her, sacrificing her position in order to ensure that Kaiser remains free from blackmail. Now, one can only hope that someone restores order and punishes these contemptible traitors before it is too late.

In order to encourage members to be more familiar with each other, TIC has released a new discord server. Considering how many other regions already possess such a platform, it could be said that the creation of this server has long been overdue. If you do not have a discord account, it is highly recommended that you get one and join the server. Here TIC members and friends from other regions can chat, play games, and share opinions with each other. Knowing each other better will help to strengthen our unity and become more adept at detecting spies. This new server will also allow us to recruit more members and give us the ability to express ourselves without the need to worry about the ire of NationStates moderators.

All friends of the TIC who would like to get to know us better are welcome to join us as guests.

A recent debate on the TIC forum dealt with the topic of homosexuality within the fascist state. Shorlande posted that he believed that homosexuality is a mental illness and should be treated with therapy (a post which was unjustly taken down). The oneundreth reich responded by stating that we should be tolerant of the practice. But as John Wesley put it, “[w]hat one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace”. It is well known that the Holy Bible forbids homosexuality as a serious sin (Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10). As such all fascist governments banned the practice of homosexuality, including the pagan Empire of Japan who wished to modernize and be more like the Western Powers. Benito Mussolini even went as far as shipping all homosexuals to Tremiti island. Still the Bible also mentions that is it possible for homosexuals to change and receive salvation (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). There is also concern over people who involuntarily became homosexuals through past abuse or a legitimate disorder. The underlying issue here is that there is not one single reason why someone becomes a homosexual, especially between men and women. This is because sex is more biological for men than it is for women. Men may become sexually attracted to seeing themselves presented as a women. Alternatively their brains may have become confused, replacing the message "marry and reproduce" with the selfish message "please yourself with sex". For women, on the other hand, they may have developed an unnatural craving to be in the role of a man, or to have a masculine woman dominate them. But for the majority of self proclaimed homosexuals these reasons do not apply. Instead they follow it like a fashionable trend, wishing to not attach themselves with the natural responsibilities tied with their sex. In that sense they are anarchists who reject what is beneficial for society.

It is self evident that tolerance towards homosexuality has led to the corruption of morals and the family unit. Today there exist same sex marriages where lesbian mothers will receive artificial insemination, and gay fathers will adopt an orphan as their own child. Across the world the normalization of homosexuality has been forced upon people without their consent. As a result today's youth are taught that gender does not exist, that fathers are not important, and that it is okay to satisfy all of your sexual urges like animals. However, the fact remains that "transgendered" men do not become women, nor do "transgendered" women become men. Instead they become feminized men or masculinized women, counterfeits or impersonators of the sex with which they “identify. No amount of mutilation or hormone injection will change this reality. Hence despite the sensitivities of the LGBT community, and their vehement opposition towards our values, we must not waver with our morals. Always remember that a fascist is an idealist first. The family is central to our model of government for it is the basis of proper hierarchy. If the family falls apart, so does everything else.

After the events from the previous month led to Ladymorrighan's resignation from Bunicken, she took it upon herself to reorganize under a different New Reich of Bunicken, while maintaining the alliances that she had. Ladymorrighan had endured lawsuits and blackmail despite being innocent of all accusations made against her. Unfortunately, even after Ladymorrighan's resignation, the harassment and conspiracy has not stopped. Reports have stated that people in Bunicken have had their computers hacked along with threats of doxxing. As a result many fascist regions are increasing security in order to root out potential spies and slanderers.

On a positive note, Correctional facility, a high ranking advisor and part of the Most Trusted Inner Circle of Government, left the region to join Ladymorrighan at the New Reich of Bunicken. Right from the start of the persecution, Correctional facility protested the harassment that was directed towards Ladymorrighan, recognizing that her hard work was what was keep the region from collapse. As a result of this departure, the slanderer who started this conspiracy against Morrighan was expelled from Bunicken.

Many of our comrades have expressed mixed feelings towards Ladymorrighan's views and decisions. This is understandable as she is a capitalist monarchist who identifies with the national spirit of the Third Reich. However Ladymorrighan still remains a great friend and ally of the the Iron Confederacy and is friendly towards our political and moral stances. In her other region National Socialist Ministries, her original intentions for encouraging a less race based system of National Socialism but this region then became largely hijacked by racialist views, despite the protest of Lady Morrighan herself. Ladymorrighan has stated that she wants this new region to be based on ideological unity rather than conflict. Although time will tell if this vision will come into fruition.

The following is a public address that was telegramed to members of the Iron Confederacy on July 6, 2019 by Fascista Stato.

Will of the People: The Source of Democratic "power".

As we all are undoubtedly more than aware of, the argument for the continued existence & protection of the mass-democratic regimes of the world lie deep down in the philosophical stake of the enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and his concept of "general will". For clarity's sake, I am using the word "stake" as the idea he established would force its way through the anti-democratic regimes in and around the political scene, pave way for "the people's revolution(s)" in many places, and to this day, continues to inspire violent terrorist action against lawful governments, and to this day, remains one of the central pillars of protection for the great democratic standard..Unfortunately, The so-called "will of the people" (General Will) is absurdly vague and subjective, prone to exploitation, more so for misunderstanding. It is said the will of the people is found in the written law, and customs of the State, made possible by measured vote. Alas, these are the work of few men/women at the supposed behest of many, but what absolute finality is there to say that them being in the position which allows them to "represent the will of the people" accurately? Or that the laws & agreements made are not fully influenced by lobbyism, personal/private-group interest, finance, or corruption? and merely sugarcoated with populist sentimentality? What sort of will of the people is it in parliament if the decision(s) made were externally influenced by non-citizen platforms? Well, you can always say that the fact that they won an election is a sign of the will as the people as the decisions they make are in line with what their supporters except and were promised, but then again, are there not many other people who did not vote for these men/women? Or voted against them in favor of a group of other men/women? What sort of "will of the people" can you seriously hope to discover amidst the great nation's governing apparatus when only a mere portion of the people, I repeat, THE PEOPLE, showed up their thumb? And to continue, how certain can you ultimately be that those who voted, did so with full heart and understanding? Instead of based on appearance, hearsay, rough ideas in your head based on a few bits and pieces gathered here and there? Or that you had a friend who recommended you to support? That you just went with the others? In which case there was no real will at all, but rather the will of someone else that you merely supported, and thus, not a proper representation of individual will as part of the "general will"!! You would really need to dig deep and make your educated opinion on things, to clearly and consciously think and decide that "This is the person/group of people I really want to lead, This is my own will, I want no-one else.", that you have done your research and have made your will, because will would surface in situations where awareness of all options and alternatives has been achieved. You can't make your will if you don't properly know the other things you may un-will simultaneously, or will against. Choosing, is when you think " Eh, I this is okay", willing is in a sense deeper; "This is the one that works, I want this, not that". Will, as I'm trying to say, would then require a sense of true confidence, and that is achieved when you have carefully weighted your options and self-reflected them with yourself and your values. Otherwise it is an imagined will, one that outsiders may find hard to understand.."How can you want X when Y is available"? Now of course, you would need to assert yourself and the correctness of your decision, but if you did not take the effort necessary to know Y, your efforts go amiss.

Something to unstable as this "Will of the People" is by no means a solid basis to build a foundation.

But back to the issue of subjectivity and round-edgedness...what does the will of the people mean to you? The Soviets said that the will of the people was equality at the cost of freedom, the democratic-capitalist nations say that the will of the people is freedom at the cost of equality. And as noted before, Rousseau said that "General will" was expressed through the law. However, such a "general will" is constantly changing, which would make it more of a "will of the moment" and with the nature of Democracy, "a will of a portion". Often the large masses lack direction and will follow a few visionary leaders who have envisioned the "will of the people" for them.

Will of the people sounds like something which should be long-lasting, considering that an entire people would rally behind it and support motions designed to proactively drive forward that will. The Templars didn't swear an oath to the Holy Order only to have the fundamentals of the order changed by the next grand-master and/or pope. One has to know what he signs up for, and that what he signs up for will be what he gets.

There is however, a revelation to be found. There is a will of the people, an eternal and solid, unchanging will of the people as opposed to the temporal and subjective, a one true will of the people, which if neglected, has more often than not led to rebellion and conflict, downfall and tragedy. What the people always really want the most is to live in safety and security, to have enough food and life-necessities. This is what it all boils down to, not all wish to have many friends, not all wish to travel around and see new places, but safety and prosperity? That is what we all want, whether we realize it or not. It is the most important of our needs, everything else is an option only if safety and security is achieved. You can't plan forward in your life if you are not confident enough in your tomorrow. And so, what we need the most, is also vice versa, what we want the most. This is a natural axiom. Do not understand this in the sense of "Will of the people of x nation" as the concept is used predominantly across the globe, rather, understand it as the primordial will of the people of all the people, a want imbued in everyone everywhere, across time and space.

Fascists of history never really defined the "will of the people", or used it that often in rhetoric, this is simply because we understood that all that fancy-schmancy elaboration didn't properly respect or honor the truth which lies beneath, and thus, we gave the people exactly what they needed, and even some more! The Soviets gave security and safety, but millions died of poverty, and the quality of life was far below the western level. Periodically there were also shortages of food caused by warring and inefficient agriculture. On other side, western-nations gave plenty of food and quality consumer-products, but left themselves vulnerable due to political bickering and weakening of their national military, relying on alliances for help. You should never rely on others for help in the case of a hostile incursion.

Also, some would see the State as an agreement between the people, but I would view it more as a natural extension of mankind's inner need for hierarchy, and also as a part of the ongoing process by which we organize ourselves. The States are the political institutions -however very much natural- designed by man's inevitable inner spiritual need for hierarchy and order. People formed tribes and villages, small communities. Eventually, these were taken under the control of a prince, vassal of the king, a feudal lord. In time the power of Kings was increased and a centralized control was born, the unified nation was born. And in places where there had never been a king or an Emperor, new nations were forged from scattered principalities, we got Germany and Italy. Both natural & moral laws dictated that these nations could not be controlled by several local lords, they needed a State to be the guiding hand. A strong monarch as the head-of-state.

The next possible step in this process is the Empire. Empires are nations which have exerted their dominance over other nations and people, either assimilating them fully or loosely integrating them. The Empire is without a doubt, the strongest and highest form of human organization. And where the States and Empires make haste to keep their subjects safe from fear, and secure with their future, there does the will of the people ebb and flow.

Economic Growth: A Misplaced Dream

As we turn our attention towards the threats of the degenerated & decayed supercapitalist global system around us, and as we continue our adamant efforts to counter it with a system that is based on stronger morals and a rational understanding of the world and its people, we are always met with the same critique, the same defense, the same offense in defense. We are always told that if we wish to purify society from the grip of consumerism and its anti-humanity, we must be willing to embrace the consequences it has on the economy, a very vital part of welfare of people, young and old, male and female.

We are told that without consumerism, there is no economic growth, no economic prosperity. And indeed, it seems like the world, its leaders and its people, have gone crazy over the concept of "economic growth". We are constantly told in schools and in media that in order to have prosperity and well-being (smiley face), each year we must produce and consume more goods and services than the last year, more more and more. Again and again. Those nations with less than 3% of annual GDP growth, are the failed states, are seen by others as failed economies.

The problem? We are told to try and achieve infinite growth in a finite world. I repeat, Infinite growth in a finite world. It is this fixation on greed that has caused so many of the world's problems, both ecological and social.

As with Free-Market Capitalist dogma, In order to create more goods and services each year, you are going to need to have a demand, as no entrepreneur is going to create anything if it is going to be gathering dust in a storage room and would not have enough attraction in the markets, and in order to have a demand, there must be a motivation and a will to consume, thus, we are left with the Consumerist society, a society where people are not defined by their culture, but by their consuming habits and brand-loyalty. It is a society where the people are denied self-respect and left to struggle in a constant state of discontent, surrounded by advertisements, left vulnerable to all the tricks that the corporate fat-cats have in their sleeves.

Fortunately for us, the wise and thoughtful people of the world have already come up with solutions and alternative models, one of these is called "Steady-State Economy", ever heard of it? No? that is no surprise. Anything that competes with the idea of constant economic growth with the limited resources that we have is swept under the rug and never talked about.

Steady-State Economy -in its very basic sense- aims to establish an alternative economic model to the idea of perpetual growth. Since we are bleeding our world dry, and turning people into mindless monsters, there needs to be a way to address both the ecological and social problems. The TIC is not saying Fascism's economic model is a replication of this Steady State, the point is that alternatives do exist, can exist, and that life can work out without consumerism. Anti-Consumerism is not and will never be Fascism's weakness.

As Fascists, we have truly opened our eyes and seen the Truth in all things, the absolute eternal Truths that power our eternal march, our eternal road; Via Aeterna. Take solace in this fact, use it to power your own journey as a part of a whole. Take these important messages into your heart, and know that there are very many other people deluded while you are enlightened. There may not be a row after row of like-minded Fascist waiting to go with you, but at least you've risen above while so many still struggle in a state of confusion.

Arriba Confederacion!