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Key propositions with regard to People First Society:
1. History shows time and again that it is far easier for societies to fall apart than to endure and grow. There must be a strong fundamental glue that binds and holds together the disparate elements that constitute any society. (The word 'culture' has been abused and de-based and so is not used here within Poprimus as any serious societal factor). The binding constituents of 'society glue' are shared beliefs with regard to Identity, Attitude and Conduct.
2. The bare bones of a healthy, functioning society are Citizens, and Enterprise. Government and Public Services are required to provide a secure framework for citizens and enterprises and support in the provisions of fundamental services that cannot (from either an economic or societal perspective, or both ) be left purely to private enterprise. Maintaining the optimum balance required between Citizens / Enterprise on the one hand and Government / Public Services on the other is an existential challenge. Citizens and Enterprises generate wealth, Government and Public Services consume wealth. When Government and Public Service expenditure outstrip the wealth generated by citizens and enterprises over a long period of time society will eventually collapse in on itself because of the weight of the load. UK Public Sector Debt (excluding Public Sector Pensions Liability) now exceeds GDP at over £2.5 trillion. The Public Sector Pensions Liability stands far in excess of even that figure with some estimating the liability at approaching £4 trillion.
3. Whilst ideology has taken on negative implications in recent decades, a society, and the government of that society, without a formal constitution based upon values and principles is as certain to fall as any multi-storey building constructed without solid and strong foundations. No modern UK mainstream political parties operate seriously within a framework of a carefully designed and executed value based constitution and principle enforced justice system. Manifestos are drawn up as window dressing for every election based upon nothing more than a political parties interpretation of broad brush and superficial opinion polls. Strategic investment, development and prosperity are therefore almost impossible to plan and execute. Political parties, devoid of any principles aim only to remain in power and ride the gravy train for as long as possible. How can anyone seriously wonder why we are sinking deeper and eeper into shit?
4. Open and transparent government would seem to be the
