DOMCARTT

The Decimation of Modern Civilization and Regression to Tribalism:
An Eschatological Politics

Haskell H. Hershel


AN INTRODUCTION
	What is the saga of human civilization thus far? – Is it a series of cultures cyclically recounting a rise, rule, decline, and fall? – Is it a projected progression to some interstellar destiny? – Is it a brief footnote in the multi-volume lexicon of our planet’s history? Ultimately, the question is a rhetorical one: a Rorschach blot to beg a further question: What saga would we want human civilization to recount, since we are the only ones currently capable of judging it? . . . Would we want one which tells the listener that the few constrained the many through comfort and fear? – One which reads like the accounts of a dog kennel? – One where convenience of the masses rather than survival of the fittest reigned supreme? Is the true saga of humanity the saga we want? Assuming we don’t episodically cherry-pick snippets from antiquity to now, the saga we desire to uphold is dissimilar from the saga we’ve partaken in for millennia recorded. So is there some answer that can rectify the dissimilarity between hopes and actuality; some answer that can forge a civilized saga worth remembering in full?
	If there is an answer, it certainly isn’t specific: neither communism, nor a republican form of government, nor socialism, nor national socialism, nor an ethno-state, nor a philosopher king, nor any particular political organization; for the best organization is the one that works, and what has worked in accordance with human nature, let alone the natural world beyond the walls, is competition. Where there is a lack of competition, where a monopoly exists, there is a heavy, degenerative effect on that system.
	This is what we’re witnessing and experiencing from nation to nation as global banking interests fund Western military and corporate operations to homogenize humanity into a single entity under their ascendancy. The globalization effort is headed by technocrats, plutocrats, and political bureaucrats pitting factions against one another to expand their manipulation and suppress awareness of their role in placating humanity into chains; though very comfortable and convenient chains. The chains of the dollar (a world currency), the chains of electronic echo-chambers (neo-dogmatism), the chains of ‘acceptance’ (tolerance as a vice), and the chains of industrialism (humanity childminding machines). Through division, they solidify their united interests; through technology, the process of control is made easier. Selective news reporting, selective entertainment messaging, and selective opportunities for expression compress us into a certain misrepresented reality, while the techniques of the future will absolutely replace reality into a vision benefiting those who orchestrate civilization and technology.
	A monopoly over the mind is steadily forming – a monopoly one can easily gleam from the history of civilization and technology. Civilization requires compliance (expected individual output) for its logistics to properly unfold so that cities can feed and protect themselves. By reshaping natural environments into resources, civilization voraciously consumes to bulwark an ever-expanding population. Concurrently, technology has been moving, since the Industrial Revolution, in the creation of machines to ease both physical and mental labor to the point that a machine can determine how best to do the labor all on its own. Technology, as some grand institution-idea, can only exist through civilization, and civilization is incumbent upon technology to support its populations. Together, they asphyxiate human nature by forcing the individual to comply to the requisite logistics. Those who control the machines managing logistics (not the ‘means of production’, but the ‘means of social order’) move us toward total globalization to expand their influence. A monopoly over man; a species uncontested, with no reason to reach out for the stars. Why? . . . No competition.
	Yes, there is competition within the system as individuals battle for employment, promotion, exposure, etcetera, but there is no system-against-system competition which is not contrived for the greater goal of globalization. No goal exists for any society anymore – the individuals within work for nothing except themselves, not even as a piece of the group; and the group works only for a species-group. The outrageously complex nature of international bureaucracy and logistics impedes anything considered too large a change, except in the cases of defiant persons significantly impeding operations, from which point a new norm is established, though typically favoring homogenization yet more.
	Yet if we were to see one city block boycott their work, (their function in civilization) or one grocery store forgo a single food shipment, the whole endeavor within their sphere would collapse. Civilization, as an institution, has erected a charade to convince the masses that it is necessary and that everyone’s function within it is necessary to that necessity. And that is the saga of human civilization thus far. And projecting, forecasting, for the future gives us very little hope of things improving.

THE FAILURE OF OTHER SOLUTIONS
	What are the ways of escaping this impending future of human obsolescence, environmental catastrophe, and serfdom? What are the ways of escaping a united humanity? While one might theorize on ways of inducing the masses to take responsibility for their lives and act now, history has proven that without starvation or true mass injustice, nobody will raise a finger. It takes either extreme discomfort, or a lack of political or social involvement to drive someone, let alone a populace, into action. Neither of those two conditions are met whatsoever as of now, as we find the standard of living the highest it’s ever been, with the personal capacity for expression similarly exalted. The individual may be convinced and improved, but never the masses needed for revolution or revision without those two prompts. And even if it were possible to mobilize a change to civilization, things would eventually, inevitably, return to the current predicament given enough time. Ideas and groups have entropy too.
	That last observation gives testament to the fact that it isn’t specific people or certain societies which are at fault – the problems of civilization seem to be biologically and historically human in nature. It seems as though it is the institution of civilization itself which is to be blamed – that revising civilization is far less promising or practical as decimating it. To rid oneself of cancer, one undergoes chemotherapy; to prepare for the spring, farmers burn the stubble from their fields; to be born again, the phoenix must immolate itself. It is within the absence of civilized life that we will find the greatest degree of competition and fulfillment of human nature.
	Do we anticipate anarchy and hope for a utopia within every person? – Hardly. Humanity seeks humanity; we are a social species. Other than a select few, most everyone feels the need to congregate, to be a piece in a community, to trust and to share. Anarchy will always evolve into tribalism given enough time. Tribalism, however, does not always evolve into civilization. Yet once civilized, the cities press for evolution into a single, perfect, orderly dominion. Only tribalism satisfies all human needs without becoming gluttonous. Anarchy is deficient in meeting human nature while civilization is insatiable in it. Individuals may choose to seek the tribal, but civilization never ‘devolves’ back into tribalism without a catastrophic prompt.

A PROPOSAL
	The title of this paper, ‘Decimation of Modern Civilization and Regression to Tribalism’, can be abbreviated into an acronym which will, for our present purposes, be the conversational title of this political philosophy: DOMCARTT. Clarity, brevity, and persuasion are principal to our delineation on what, why, and how DOMCARTT should be embraced; and rather than being a parody of traditional political mores, as some fringe ‘comedy parties’ propagate, and rather than attempting to capitalize on any ‘apocalypse fad’, (see: Mad Max, The Walking Dead, the Fallout series, Planet of the Apes, etc.) DOMCARTT approaches the subject with tact and gravity.
	We here advocate for a near-extinction-level-event to prevent civilization from removing meaningful competition. We here advocate for the idea of a ‘positivist catastrophe’ – destruction as an act of creation – “every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” We here advocate for the reformation of tribes across Earth to exist in small communities within an unmarked territory which they oversee and which stands in opposition to external communities. We here acknowledge that tribalism can only be accepted by the masses if all civilization is destroyed and the comfort of its security wiped from memory.
	What kind of catastrophe are we discussing? – We’re talking about thermonuclear holocaust; we’re talking about detonating mushroom clouds across the face of the planet; we’re talking about meteorites obliterating the dinosaurs, and pathogens poisoning Europe; we’re talking about rapid human evolution due to infected genetics. We’re talking about the Book of Revelations and Shiva. We’re talking about anarchy coagulating into primal, savage communities. We’re talking about a fresh start, inoculation, no monopolies, competition! We’re talking about DOMCARTT. The decimation of modern civilization to prompt a regress to more primitive communities.
	Why tribalism then? – As we’ve stated above, it seems to be the natural state of human affairs: the mean between gluttony and deficiency, between civilization and anarchy. Tribalism occurred for peoples everywhere, exotic or inland – civilization and anarchy did not. Whereas civilization naturally expands its population into larger and larger sums, the tribal system will maintain a relative status quo due to life expectancy and a need to balance the population’s needs with local resource availability. One has a meaningful role in a tribal setting. One has a meaningful, constant, long-term relationship with friends, family, and the larger community as a unit. One has a meaningful connection to nature, forced into its capriciousness and wonder. One has a means of competition with other tribes. One has an economy based in the currency of honor and strength. One has tradition and culture that cannot be bought or sold. The ethos of the tribe is the savage nature of our species.
	Frankly, the only way to attain this meaningfulness again is to undergo the birth pangs of a total catastrophe. To embrace a destruction so magnificently complete that humanity risks extinction. Some might ask where the authority to make such a wager is derived from. To them, we answer that DOMCARTT would only be the natural answer to the problem of a civilized monopoly over an uncivilized species. There are simply two futures: one with a clean, aggregated, obsolete humanity progressing into a transhumanistic oblivion – the other with a dirty, clannish humanity regressing to the mean and struggling. By all measures, the latter seems most in spirit with all understanding of human needs and aspirations.
	Instead of seeking to create a perfect environment to create a perfect system, like communism, or creating a perfect human to create a perfect system, like national socialism, tribalism uses nature and its harsh selection process to allow vitality within the community – the methods of both ideas in a way that has been proven effective throughout time. The spiritual will form from the bosom of nature, as it once did, rather than interpretations of ancient texts. It will be shamanistic, pagan, pantheistic, fluid, dynamic, integral to daily life, a creation of each person. Every tribe will be different. It isn’t a certain tribal experience we hope to mold, but allow the spectrum of tribal expression to unfold and manifest.

POLICIES BEFORE THE FALL
	This political philosophy takes little concern in mundane, insignificant matters such as: gun rights, abortion issues, free speech, drugs, immigration, healthcare, etcetera. In the eyes of DOMCARTT, true freedom and justice, and true morality are never bestowed or transcribed by government, always earned by the individual. DOMCARTT is more focused on relieving unnecessary current pressures weighing on the individual and preventing them from forming relatively small, sovereign units, which are, in this paper’s opinion, the ideal state of human affairs. The policy of each tribe after the unknown catastrophe will be decided by each tribe in their own unique ways. So until then, what is the policy of DOMCARTT?
	Simple: to bring about the end of this world. If it is within your power to bring about a catastrophic event, you have a moral obligation to pursue it. Not to terrorize the world or protest policies or have legislation enacted or elect a certain figure or any of these. Civilian killings, deceit, deal-making, pity-mongering: these are civilized techniques for getting what you want. All that we want is for the egg to hatch. We have every method of possible-extinction imaginable in our hands. Why do we hesitate? To hold on longer to padded chairs and cars, and information about the world, and our 9-to-5, and the underbelly across the tracks, and the scum who orchestrate our degenerative society? . . . Why would you want this to endure or to endure a worse future? . . . Is it hope that compels you? – What other hope is there than to press the button and reset the clock?
	One moral objection arises: ‘how can you advocate for genocide?’
	Genocide says, ‘this population is unworthy of life, so, regardless of individual sentiments within it, we will eradicate them for the good of our population,’ separating humanity into an ‘us-and-them’ distinction. DOMCARTT avoids the moral perils of genocide by instead targeting the institution of modern civilization, rather than any specific ethnic or geographic territory, and by advocating for the catastrophe come about as either an effect upon us by the natural world (disease / meteor / volcano / solar flare) or a choice that humanity has elected (nuclear holocaust / disease engineering / resource eradication). We do not revel in the notion of mass-death, but only acknowledge it because all history, all projections, and all emotional logic advocate that outcome.

SUMMATION AND CONCLUSION
	The history of civilization is interwoven with the history of technology. Civilization seeks comfort and security, technology seeks convenience. Together, they suffocate human nature beneath a swath of artificial goals, artificial input, and impersonal interactions. Modern civilization, coupled with modern technology, enhances theses effects on the individual by becoming overtly gluttonous for the sake of a grander standard of living. To accomplish this, humanity is gradually becoming united through the efforts of financial and technological elites, driving factions around the world under their influence so that the whole species might be orchestrated to their ideals, and perhaps eventually by an artificial intelligence of their programming. Competition is abjured and a monopoly reigns uncontested, spoiling both the planet and individual morality in decadence.
	Since human nature refuses to prompt action unless provoked by massive discomfort or a lack of an opinion, groups will never act against civilization, which supplies comfort and opinion outlets, and which the majority considers ubiquitous to their happiness – in fact, they cannot imagine life without civilization. However, human existence has not always been within the confines of civilization’s logistical demands. In every part of the world where people have lived, there has been tribal existence; and for far longer than written history has existed. Between the solitude of the hermit, and the aggregated bustle of civilization, there lies the tribe: a small collection of families sharing the same values, the same objectives, and the same history.
	This idea is separate from other political philosophies advocating for small communities in two major ways: the primality of the tribe’s nature, and fact that we believe the only way to attain true sovereignty within each tribe is in the aftermath of a catastrophe so massive in scope that the decimation to occur must exclude civilization’s survival. The decimation must be just right – too small of an apocalypse, and the systems of control will be able to recover; too large, and the species will be no more. This is not the antinatalism or genocide of certain environmental or sociopathic philosophies, but an eschatological politics, seeking natural human performance. Primeval communities will be reborn out of necessity as the convenience of cities, suburbs, and towns wane into obscurity.
	Each tribe that forms will decide for itself how to conduct its culture and personality. Combat between nearby tribes will likely ensue. Human sacrifice, perhaps. Religion, philosophy, and spirituality will be more closely connected with nature and will be more practical rather than academically abstract. The individual’s ability to succeed in the tribe is determined by a few things: can you endure hardship, can you be useful, can you abide by the tribe’s few precepts? . . . Natural selection and eugenics follow from meeting these simple criteria.
	Eventually, civilizations will reform and wipe out tribalism again, but not after tens of thousands of years, during which time the tribespeople can embrace their place in nature and the civilized peoples can advance through a simpler, more fulfilling, pre-industrial society.
	So then, is DOMCARTT for you? – Do you find something ‘wrong’ with modern civilization? – If the answer is ‘yes’, then can the aspect[s] which you deem ‘wrong’ be fixed or amended to your satisfaction? – If the answer is ‘no,’ (because the aspect[s] are inherent to civilization itself) then do you accept the precept that civilization can only be adequately eschewed through a decimating catastrophe because people are too comfortable to rebel? – If the answer is ‘yes’, then do you accept that the tribal system is ideal for human nature and it would likely be reestablished in place of civilization? – If the answer is ‘yes’, then WELCOME TO DOMCARTT.

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