In my On Communism, I proposed, as a communist political system that is not based on sovereign and nation state system (hereinafter referred to as the State system), the World Commonwealth and the Commons' Convention that is a constituent element of the World Commonwelth. I have already discussed this general system concept in On Communism.
However, the system of the Commons' Convention and The World Commonwealth is very different from the various systems at home and abroad that we are familiar with, such as the United Nations based on sovereign states and the parliamentary system of nation states, so it is difficult to understand from a simple explanation. Therefore, I would like to write an independent series to discuss the ideological foundations and detailed design of the system, which I have not fully covered in On Communism.
To reiterate, the main reason why the idea of the Commons' Convention and the World Commonwealth is difficult to understand is that it seeks to break away from the familiar political system, the State system. Although the State system and its ideals had not existed all over the world, and were merely a political model created by modern Western political science, they were tools that were more useful to rulers than to the people. It spread all over the world and took root in non-Western countries as well.
The idea of anarchism emerged as a reaction to this, but humans are creatures that inherently seek order, and it seems that they cannot survive in a state of pure anarchy. In the end, anarchism became nothing more than an antithesis, and eventually faded away. As a result, the State system became common sense around the world.
As a result, all political ideas that do not assume the political unit of the State system are pushed aside and are no longer considered. The idea of a post-State system could be seen as a revision of radical anarchism.
However, as can be seen from the general description that I have already done, the concept of the Commons' Convention and The World Commonwealth is by no means anarchic, but rather aims for an order through means other than the State system. Therefore, there is a certain degree of continuity with traditional State institutions.
In the discussions so far, I have tried to draw comparisons with the current State system, but in this series, I will use such contrasts to highlight the limitations of current State system, and to present a concrete image of the Commons' Convention and the World Commonwealth. At the same time, it will be an attempt to deconstruct, rather than contradict, the common sense of Western modern political science.
