Arco Determinism: Difference between revisions

=== General Principles ===

In general, there is a reduced emphasis on individual liberty in favour of a collectivist ethos. While certain elements of liberal theory emerge in Arco Determinism (ie. the individual right to bear arms stemming from the need of settlers and farmers to defend themselves), generally the ideology is a mixture of conservative and liberal beliefs. In general, an emphasis on traditional family compacts, community involvement, access to healthcare, firearms ownership and education, strong municipal and governorate-policing, individual right of governorates to self-govern, limited federal governmental powers, classical economics, and progressive social policies for underprivileged represent the core ethos of Arcerion. While seemingly many of these are at odds, Arcers believe that it is their national duty and cultural obligation to work together and find common ground, as culturally and historically to not do so often resulted in razed settlements, failed crops, famine, or border conflict.  

=== Liberal Principles ===

The liberal principles of Arcer Determinism denote that the role of the state is twofold. First, at the governorate level, it is to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves. This comes in the form of social programs like subsidized daycare for single parents, regulated firearms laws that allow for possession of handguns, shotguns and other forms of weapons, food stamps and government-organized clothing and food centers for the impoverished, a progressive healthcare system that incentivizes emergency and critical care access for the most vulnerable, and common-sense policing with strong after-school and gang de-radicalization programs. The second portion of the role of the state is at the federal level. While Arcers pride themselves on small government, harkening back to an era where Kurst was weeks away by messenger (until the advent of rail and steam river boats), the federal government is mainly responsible for national security, foreign policy and investment, regulation of marco-commerce, centralized banking, regulation of financials sectors to prevent fraud and abuse of capitalist principles, and national infrastructure such as canals, waterways, and the Arcer National Railway Service (ANRS). Under the liberal context, this means that 'big government' or 'parent state' functions are decentralized to the Governorate-level, reducing the size and requirement for an overly-large federal government.

=== Conservative Principles ===

The other side of Arcer Determinism's two-sided coin is conservative beliefs that place a higher value on social ties and traditional Arcer cultural norms. What this translates to is modern legislation or foreign policy being shaped almost directly, and in most cases described as linearly, by past events or cultural trends. For example, with the rise of gun crime in Oakham Governate in the 1960s due to the rise of communist and socialist gangs and revolutionaries, some called for more strict gun laws to restrict the use of weapons. This however failed overwhelmingly in the Confederate Parliament, as traditional Arcer values of firearms ownership are a key tenet of the Frontier Spirit. The emphasis on traditional values such as leadership, authority, and agrarianism. Leadership is inherent in frontier settlements, and this places an emphasis on smart, informed community leaders protecting and governing their respective jurisdictions.

The emphasis on decentralized governance and community consensus is no more prevalent that in the official name of Arcerion, the Confederated Provinces of Arcerion. Arcerion is technically still a grouping of provinces (the Governorates) that observe the Constitution and are joined in a common union, that to protect the fate and right to self-govern of the Arcer peoples.  

== Role in Arcer Society ==

[[File:Northlea Flag.png|thumb|Flag of Northlea Governorate, representing the blend of Carnish Monarchy (red lion), Arco agriculture (yellow), and the Cronan landscape (green). ]]