What is "The 25th Century Movement"?

The 25th Century Movement is a contact network of individualists and liberals in various countries who are gravely concerned about the present state of Western civilization. In the name of "democracy" and in the name of "peace," wars are carried out without the consent of people. Poverty is artificially created by the state. The euro is enforced upon the peoples in Europe without their consent. Many politicians of the European Union are totally corrupt. The state punishes you if you do not pay taxes. But nobody is responsible when tax money is wasted.

The cities in North America and Europe are filled with vandalism and graffiti, and citizens are afraid of being mugged and robbed. Women are constantly afraid of being raped. A sniper suddenly begins to kill people indiscriminately at a totally unexpected place. Movies glorify violence and sex. Drugs are everywhere and available to everyone. Children kill other children. If we look at human history, civilizations decline and die sooner or later. Western civilization is unlikely to be an exception in this regard. It is probably now in the final stage of decline and death.

Conceivably, a civilization has its own life cycle and we can do nothing to change this fate, as Oswald Spengler said. A civilization may be in the final stage for a long time. It may take several centuries to die. We tentatively assume that, by the beginning of the 25th century, Western civilization in its present form will be dead completely. This may happen much earlier. What can you do after that? One thing we can do is to prepare a condition for the future generations, so that when they want to build a new civilization, they have some ideas to use for this new civilization.

It is possible to build a variety of civilizations based on a variety of assumptions. We should not think that all civilizations must be based on the same assumptions. Theocracy may be one possibility. Dictatorship is another possibility. But in order to have a productive and flourishing civilization, a dictator must be a perfect person, and such a person is unlikely to exist in this world. Probably the easiest approach for the future generations, who wish to build a new civilization, is to modify and specify the basic assumptions of today's Western civilization. The starting point of Western civilization is the individual. Also, Western civilization today has the following three assumptions: (1) democracy, (2) equality, and (3) freedom. You may be able to build a new civilization by modifying and specifying them. How?

The 25th Century Movement suggests as follows: (1) democracy as direct democracy rather than representative democracy; (2) equality as equal respect for others, rather than equality as sameness; and (3) freedom as negative freedom (freedom from unwanted actions by others) rather than positive freedom (freedom to act as one wants). These assumptions accept the importance of the individual. By emphasizing them, we can have a new civilization without the problems that characterize today's Western civilization. "The 25th Century Movement" may possibly become as important as the Renaissance or the philosophy of the Enlightenment in human history. We are now preparing "The Individualist Manifesto" in which we describe how these ideas can be carried out in reality. But even now, if you agree with our political philosophy, you can get started. For example, you can be active in the following ways:

Start a party called "Direct Democratic Party." The key objective of this party is to let people -- not politicians -- make as many political decisions as possible by means of referenda, as the Swiss do. Get politics back in your own hands. Don't allow politicians to manipulate your own life against your will. In this way, we can avoid or reduce totally unnecessary phenomena such as wars, poverty, corrupt politicians, absurd bureaucracy, and wastes of tax money.
Treat others as you yourself want to be treated. This is the original meaning of "Love thy neighbors." Be polite and courteous equally to all people. But people are different from each other. Reject all enforced attempts to make people artificially "equal," such as political correctness and various quotas.
Insist on the importance of negative freedom. Reject smoking in public places. Reject noise pollution. Reject pollution of land, water, and air.
Insist that the protection of citizens from crimes against persons is the most important duty of the state.

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