Talk:Equalists/@comment-201.42.191.207-20121115021441/@comment-5888498-20130125183819

Fascism? I don't think so, thats how great part of the world empires worked. the rulers command, those below obey.

Rome,Egypt,China,Persia,etc etc all worked like that. and corvee labor was frequently used when people does not pay taxes/disobey.

Fascism usually have a strongman/dictator persona with an cult of personality to support him. And his army/loyalists to enforce its rule.

The other example is similar to those absolute/extremely harsh laws and empires where the lower strata had to obey simply because they had to. If they disobeyed they could well dump the guy over the border, at the mercy of external threats [barbarians,enemies of said nation,wild animals,etc]

Obviously the nation needs a wise ruler, not a total tyrant. Needs an emperor that commands people through proper observation of the rites, not only strenght and power. that's the ideal balance, hard to achieve but important.

He must be not commited to technology nor science, instead focusing in the rites (Lijing - classic of rites) and proper understanding of history and culture and must not abuse of the people under his care

Think confucian thought, tradition and a bit of legalism rather than URN council or The Equalists.