Needed are solutions to stem the ongoing atomization and balkanization of civil society (understood as a system of human organization that provides protection, continuity and security for its constituent members) into competing hate groups via the divide and conquer strategy being enacted by the aspiring technocratic neo-feudalist class. It is imperative to seek solutions that are capable of rapidly halting and reversing the current trend towards societal dissolution. This will only be possible in a peaceful manner by adopting a broad-based approach that can be enacted (relatively) quickly on numerous fronts simultaneously.

These steps must address the underlying causes. It will not be sufficient to merely treat the symptoms of the problem by shuffling marionette figureheads who exist within and profit from the current paradigm. Peaceful and fundamental structural reforms of institutionalized misanthropy must be undertaken with or without the support of those in power, indeed, it is likely it must be carried out in direct opposition to the will of the current "elite". I contend that this transformation can take place via peaceful means by the mobilization of sufficient numbers united by a common goal: peace and prosperity for all.

As can be anticipated from the above, the three areas to be focused on in the series Towards Voluntaryism will be education, governance and the economic system. These three areas have significant areas of overlap and the solutions suggested will in many instances have an interlocking synergistic effect with one another.

The overall strategy to move towards a peaceful Voluntaryist society must be one of rapid incrementalism, as it is neither feasible nor tenable to radically revamp society and government overnight. The reasons are manifold as to why an abrupt transition - punctuated equilibrium in an evolutionary sense - would be exceedingly risky, but the core reason it cannot be executed is the fundamental belief in the population - instilled via doctrinal systems - that human being are not only fallible, but innately bad. This belief system, which I have termed the societal injustice belief system, will be discussed in the next post in this series.

With that in mind, the suggestions that will be provided in this new series will focus on:

• restoring integrity to the educational environment and retasking education to serve the individual and society, not corporations, the state or the so-called "elite" who benefit from a distracted, dumbed-down, apathetic, intentionally misinformed populace and the resultant centralization of power and disenfranchisement of the individual the current system produces.

• introducing and enacting transparency and accountability legislation at the local, state and federal and level to combat corruption, nepotism, cronyism, the growth of fascism (corporate-state subjugation of the individual) and the undermining of Constitution-based governance in the United States.

• devolving governmental powers and responsibilities downward in the hierarchical pyramid. Dismantling overly centralized governance and returning both powers and responsibilities to the more localized social hierarchies and ultimately the individual.

Next: Introduction: The Challenge of the Entrenched Societal Injustice Belief System

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Further reading: For those unfamiliar with the concept of Voluntaryism as a socio-political and economic philosophy, I recommend reading "Introduction to Voluntaryism" by Peter Miller. Miller succinctly covers the fundamental principles and objections to the philosophy.

Very much for worth listening to is Larken Rose's "Voluntaryism vs. Everything Else":