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The Mont Order is a club of fellow writers and proponents of social change\u00a0in development,\u00a0and searching for \u00a0a powerful mission. Named after the mysterious Mont Order<\/a> sect, whose origins are quite cloudy and distorted by conspiracy theories, this\u00a0is the newest iteration of the club<\/a>.<\/p>\n I see the Mont Order as an\u00a0idea, just\u00a0as nations are conceived as ideas designed to seduce crowds, but I see more potential in the Mont Order than in any nation. No nation is exceptional, but the\u00a0Order is exceptional. If enough charismatic\u00a0people\u00a0could only learn to believe in a concept of nation-like\u00a0community or demos<\/em> that transcends all nations, as I have sought to persuade them in all my writing, then a world beyond the injustice and unilateralism imposed by\u00a0archaic nation-states might\u00a0be possible.<\/p>\n Because of its mystique, I believe Mont may have the ability to develop a body of support more persuasive than other collectives and anti-statist\u00a0groups. Those other groups have tended to introduce\u00a0themselves as clean slates – – purely ideological movements lacking\u00a0the kind of superficial\u00a0mythologies\u00a0and icons\u00a0displayed\u00a0by established authorities and states. I believe these\u00a0mythologies and icons are not trivial, but\u00a0essential\u00a0things people identify with and rally around when it comes to nation-statism. To effectively challenge nation-statism, those mythologies and icons presented by nation-states must not just be challenged but replaced.<\/p>\n The Mont Order is not a clean slate lacking in\u00a0mythology and icons, like so many other political movements which bow down to nations and still treat them as legitimate. Rather, Mont\u00a0already possesses\u00a0a larger mythology surrounding it and images associated with it. Even if some elements of this mythology\u00a0are negative, they\u00a0make\u00a0Mont potentially iconic in a way that might be able to capture the public imagination, if only the club will continue to\u00a0gain more gravity and influence.<\/p>\n I myself have few\u00a0plans for the Mont Order at the moment, although other associates may choose to be more ambitious if they wish. The Order will be committed to the ideas put forward by its associates.\u00a0Already, the creation\u00a0and growth of this\u00a0association\u00a0(purely via the Internet, I might add) \u00a0during the course of 2014 has been effective and I encourage it to\u00a0continue to grow in terms of membership and impact.<\/p>\n After my recent discussion with @hjbentham<\/a> I’ve decided to align myself with the Mont Order.<\/p>\n \u2014 Harry Danilevics (@HarryDanilevics) October 28, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The newest associate\u00a0of the Mont Order is Harry Danilevics, whose statement accepting membership in the prestigious club<\/a> follows a Skype conversation we had regarding the possibilities offered by the club. During the conversation, I explained to Harry that the Mont Order can be envisaged as\u00a0a club of antistatist writers and thinkers who rely on\u00a0the developing Mont\u00a0identity and mystique to attract interest and publicity, as well as foster cooperation between associates as they pressure society to change to a stateless and caring\u00a0alternative.<\/p>\n![\"Mont](\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/375\/2014\/10\/Mont-flag-painted-face-FOR-USE-as-gif-light.gif\")
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