Meagharism
Meagharism Meagharachas | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Father Niall Meaghar |
| Founded | 1742 |
| Ideology | Secularism, Militarism, Stratocracy, |
| Colors | Green |
Meagharism is a school of political philosophy which at it's core advocates for militarism, with the central idea being that for a person to be able to run their own lives as well as have a say in government, they must gain discipline as a member of the military or armed forces. It is most well known for being the driving ideology of The Secular Republic of Meagharia. Over the centuries it has evolved into several different schools.
Schools
Original Meagharism
The exact contents of Original Meagharism are controversial. This is due to the fact that the original writings of Father Meaghar are scattered, and not exactly cohesive. This combined with hundreds of years of secret Meagharite philosophers adding to the canon and giving the credit to Father Meaghar himself, this makes the exact ideological precepts of the ideology somewhat unclear. The main ideas of the philosophy which are all agreed upon is that it expressed opposition to the religious order of the Milofites, partially basing his refutation on a lack of divine intervention, with the milofites being defeated handily in the Rodokan War, and refuted the idea of divine intervention on behalf of the Acronians due to their losses at sea. The ideology also emphasized disipline as being an important trait, with the training of peasants into warriors during the Meagharite Revolt. but whether the element of democracy present in later Meagharist Thought was present is uncertain, but asserted by the Meagharian Government, as well as most Meagharists.
Burnsidism
Named after the first Grand Marshal of Meagharia,Burnsidism is a term used to describe the modern form of Meagharite Philosophy that is the driving ideology of Meagharia, mostly used outside of Meagharia itself. So-Called Burnsidism is based upon the book "The Path to Unity: or How to Heal a Broken Nation". This book is compiled from many texts, Credited to Father Meaghar. This book details both the way that Theism functions to control the population, keeping the Civilian population, the work force, and the Soldiers, the enforcers of society, as separate groups, making the nation inherently divided on those lines, allowing for the Priest caste to use faith based control to keep both groups in line. The solution posited in the book is to merge these two classes, by giving the entire civilian the discipline to run themselves, through Marrtial Service, so that they will be able to follow the commands of the law without as much martial control, allowing both classes to unite into the so-called Citizen-Soldiers, giving them the power to overthrow the Priestly caste. This ideology also explicitly against social restrictions that the text describes as "Theist Redirection", to distract from the evil of theism itself by attacking segments of the population. Because of this Women's and LGBT rights became explicitly in the former, and implicitly in the latter, were enshrined into the ideology, with the official position being that "No matter your individual qualities, if you can acquire the discipline to rule yourself, you are useful.".