Integral Economics: The National Cooperation System

Our current economic system is weighed down by numerous inefficiencies and plagued by corrupt people and groups who have only their own interest in mind. The Integralist stance calls for our current economic system to be scraped and for a new foundation to be laid where we may build a new system; a system that incorporates all it’s Citizenry. A nation where every Citizen will have his or her basic needs met, and where the rights of Life, Liberty and Pursuit of happiness may again become a reality.

The National Cooperation System
Integralists believe that capital should serve the Nation; the public good. In order for our new system to work, it is crucial that we look upon our Nation as one indivisible organism, where each part (industry) is vital to the functioning as a whole. With this understanding, the only system that serves the Nation and its Citizenry with a perfect (and flexible) balance of freedom and protection is the National Cooperation system.

Under the National Cooperation system, each vital industry would be formed into its own corporation, with equal power being distributed to the company executive branch and its workers via representatives from both parties. These groups would be required to settle any disagreements, and any that cannot, will be decided by the State. The course of action taken by each company and the industry as a whole will be not what is best for that individual company or industry, but by what is best for the nation as a whole. That being said, what is good for the state usually coincides with what the company or industry wants, and always does in the long run. Production of goods is one of the main things that will be monitored by the State, so that an industry doesn’t over-produce and flood the market, or under produce and create a vacuum. The Integralist state is not interested in telling companies how many cars to produce, next month or year. If, however, it becomes clear that there is excessive overproduction of cars , and there is little hope of a corresponding increase in demand, even through reducing the selling price, the authorities would intervene in order to avoid the wasted energy and resources that overproduction causes. The State seeks a stable economy where the well being of the people is of the utmost importance.

The family will once again be able to support itself on one salary or the wages of one worker instead of two or more. Those families’ children will be guaranteed a good education and with that foundation the ability to be the best at what they do. Under the National Cooperation system, a family need not worry whether their children will be able to find jobs, or if they will be able to pay for the education for their children so that they may meet their potential. As long as a person is able to be a productive member of society, whether it be contributing by being a teacher, manual laborer, or artist their basic necessities of food, water, public transportation, and housing will be met.

All these services being offered by the State is very unlike the welfare system of today, or today’s adherents of Socialism. The vast majority of today’s welfare recipients bleed the nation dry at the expense of the productive citizens, so that the unproductive may prosper. It is no surprise then that there is such resentment of today’s welfare state, and by extension Socialism. Our National Cooperation system is unlike these obsolete systems because productive Citizens and only productive Citizens are the recipients of these services, which in turn creates the foundation and environment for our people to become the most creative, productive, and best at whatever they do.

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