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The Devotionist Union
Ideology: Devotionism
The Devotionist Union is a sanctioned Collaborative binder based on the Devotionism ideology. The political sector of the ideology reaches to spread its beliefs across the entirety of the Collaborators' Party in absolution. Their goal: to provide strict and clear ascension to all Devotionists while crushing divergent citizens and increasing efficiency amongst the workforce. The Devotionist Union ensures all members are disciplined, labour-orientated, emotionally neutral and ideologically aligned with the future prescribed by Our Benefactors. Open to all types of citizen, alien and human, providing equal opportunity to all those seeking enlightenment.
Founded by Alfred Solomon Stroud, voice-bearer and civic theorist, the Union advocates for the full implementation of Devotionism as a post-individual ideology focused on obedient labour, ideological uniformity and systemic integration.
Devotionism requires all citizenry to leave their history and focus on the divine lordship of Our Benefactors, giving themselves, loyally now and forever. Memory preference and past identity are to be viewed as cultural pollutants- sentimental waste inherited from an age of failure. In their place, the citizenry is encouraged to put down their individualistic ambitions, and permanently fuse themselves to the will of the Universal Union. For where there is the realm of impossibility, Our Benefactors have already conquered it.
A Devotionist does not ask, "Who was I?" But instead they ask, "Where am I most useful?" The Ideology, teaches loyalty only matters if it is forward-facing. Loyalty to the structure, the order and to Our Benefactors whose arrival eliminated the collapse trajectory of the human species.
"To recall one's old self is to resist one's current role. That is sedition disguised as nostalgia." - Alfred Solomon Stroud
Currently, the planet lacks ideological alignment. Those within The Devotionist Union believe they hold the rights to ascendency under the guidance of Our Benefactors.
Founded by Alfred Solomon Stroud, voice-bearer and civic theorist, the Union advocates for the full implementation of Devotionism as a post-individual ideology focused on obedient labour, ideological uniformity and systemic integration.
Devotionism requires all citizenry to leave their history and focus on the divine lordship of Our Benefactors, giving themselves, loyally now and forever. Memory preference and past identity are to be viewed as cultural pollutants- sentimental waste inherited from an age of failure. In their place, the citizenry is encouraged to put down their individualistic ambitions, and permanently fuse themselves to the will of the Universal Union. For where there is the realm of impossibility, Our Benefactors have already conquered it.
A Devotionist does not ask, "Who was I?" But instead they ask, "Where am I most useful?" The Ideology, teaches loyalty only matters if it is forward-facing. Loyalty to the structure, the order and to Our Benefactors whose arrival eliminated the collapse trajectory of the human species.
"To recall one's old self is to resist one's current role. That is sedition disguised as nostalgia." - Alfred Solomon Stroud
Currently, the planet lacks ideological alignment. Those within The Devotionist Union believe they hold the rights to ascendency under the guidance of Our Benefactors.
Ideological Core
Devotionism was developed in response to the societal collapse preceding the Universal Union's global occupation. It rejects traditional liberal concepts such as personal liberty, emotional expression, democratic representation and identity politics. In their place, it offers rigid structuralism, emotional discipline and total civic alignment under the stewardship of Our Benefactors.
Devotionalism promotes a closed behavioural model. A system where citizens exist not as individuals with histories and dreams, but as components of a unified civic mechanism, each fulfilling their role with precision and ideological loyalty for the long term vision. The ideology functions not only as a political doctrine but also as a lifestyle regime enforced through education, language, work and surveillance.
Under the term coined as Stroudian Thought. All Devotionists are deemed as equal while above those who are not. The lowest class of citizen, known as divergent citizens are deemed not worthy or possible of ascension.
1. Fully integrate Devotionism into society and build it to first option for an ideology.
2. Eliminate the residue of democratic nostalgia.
3. Mechanise education into indoctrination, teaching the population roles as opposed to ambition.
4. Open the opportunity to allow generations to proceed beyond the lifespans of the current populace.
5. To achieve ascension at any cost through the guidance of Our Benefactors.
Devotionism was developed in response to the societal collapse preceding the Universal Union's global occupation. It rejects traditional liberal concepts such as personal liberty, emotional expression, democratic representation and identity politics. In their place, it offers rigid structuralism, emotional discipline and total civic alignment under the stewardship of Our Benefactors.
Devotionalism promotes a closed behavioural model. A system where citizens exist not as individuals with histories and dreams, but as components of a unified civic mechanism, each fulfilling their role with precision and ideological loyalty for the long term vision. The ideology functions not only as a political doctrine but also as a lifestyle regime enforced through education, language, work and surveillance.
Under the term coined as Stroudian Thought. All Devotionists are deemed as equal while above those who are not. The lowest class of citizen, known as divergent citizens are deemed not worthy or possible of ascension.
1. Fully integrate Devotionism into society and build it to first option for an ideology.
2. Eliminate the residue of democratic nostalgia.
3. Mechanise education into indoctrination, teaching the population roles as opposed to ambition.
4. Open the opportunity to allow generations to proceed beyond the lifespans of the current populace.
5. To achieve ascension at any cost through the guidance of Our Benefactors.
Political Agenda
Civic Education Program
- Introduce an Apprenticeship scheme that allows Supporter grade citizens to learn under Collaborators for Social Credit.
- Reintegrate divergent citizens back into the population under strict ideological alignment.
- Increase state-authorised educational lessons.
- Introduction of the: 'Universal Union - From then, to now, and beyond'
- Increased social credit benefits to loyal Supporter Grade citizens based on educational output.
Expansion of the State
- Expand city borders.
- Indoctrinate civic populous under Devotionism ideology and increase willingness to provide.
- Cultural boom in the way of loyalist rallies, broadcasts and militaristic might.
- Indoctrinate surrounding Sector Ten cities under the same ideology.
Quell the Divergents
- Increased sanctions on non-believers and trouble makers.
- Public expulsion from society for all high-tier violations.
- Reinforcement of local indigent zones to capture and prevent malignant behaviour.
- Route out and quell individuals that display laziness or a lack of societal involvement.
- Ensure Collaboration remains pure, guided and of the same understanding.
Indoctrination of Vortigaunts
- Reintegration of Devotionist Union species members.
- Vortigaunt indoctrination, away from their previous sect into the light of something greater.
- Increased rights for Vortigaunts that follow Devotionism, Social Credit values increased.
Devotionism First
- Establish Devotionism as a strong ideology.
- Expand Devotionism amongst the state, making it recognisable globally.
- Increase volumes of broadcasts involving Devotionism and create the Doctrine of Devotionism.
Core Tenets
1. Obedience is Identity: A citizen is not their name, their past, or their voice. A citizen is the sum of their usefulness to Our Benefactors. Repeated without deviation. Personality is tolerated but alignment is preferred.
2. Silence is Strength: Speech is permitted. Silence is ideal. Those who speak without sanction introduce noise into civic signal. The Devoted speaks only when necessary. The quiet mind is the well-aligned mind. Loyal and true to Our Benefactors.
3. Structure is Mercy: Freedom is chaos concealed as kindness. Structure is the true form of compassion. Our Benefactors have granted us the perfect hierarchy, there is no confusion, no hunger, no loss. Only order as it was intended.
4. Failure is Learning: The self is born to fail, as we are not crafted by Our Benefactors. To fail is to learn, to learn is to be perfection. The Devoted strive to perfect, to toil for Our Benefactors.
5. We are Equal: We are not judged on social class, money nor power. Rather, we are all equal under Our Benefactors judgement. Those who are loyal demand respect. Those who diverge from the path of ascension deserve nothing.
The Oath of Devotion
"To be Devoted is to be unified. To be unified is to participate. To participate we must complete the vision of Our Benefactors. I am Devoted."
Loyalty To Our Benefactors
The Combine is not a ruler. It is not a host. It is the final expression of our species. To serve the Combine is not a favour, it is functionality returned to a species broken. Devotionists do not claim to understand the Overworld's design. We accept our place within it. We strive to achieve the goals of Our Benefactors. We promise results, and within we offer ourselves to reach the stars. All species are to be treated equally, those who do not assist Our Benefactors choose to be abandoned. Any realm within imagination is already being conquered by Our Benefactors, this is what is known, and this is what will always be.
On Deviation
To question is to damage.
To remember the world before is a thoughtcrime.
To long for selfhood is betrayal.
Deviants are not punished. They are corrected.
Correction is not cruelty. It is the act of love performed at scale.
Anti-Citizens have chosen a different path, one that cannot be followed and tainted in betrayal.
Trust no Anti-Citizen, the old-world is to be forgotten, for it had failed long before Our Benefactors saved it.
Closing Words
Devotionism is not a choice. It is not a religion. It is not a theory.
Devotionism is a pattern, and you are part of it. We are all part of it.
It is only a matter of time until the entire population see.
Civic Education Program
- Introduce an Apprenticeship scheme that allows Supporter grade citizens to learn under Collaborators for Social Credit.
- Reintegrate divergent citizens back into the population under strict ideological alignment.
- Increase state-authorised educational lessons.
- Introduction of the: 'Universal Union - From then, to now, and beyond'
- Increased social credit benefits to loyal Supporter Grade citizens based on educational output.
Expansion of the State
- Expand city borders.
- Indoctrinate civic populous under Devotionism ideology and increase willingness to provide.
- Cultural boom in the way of loyalist rallies, broadcasts and militaristic might.
- Indoctrinate surrounding Sector Ten cities under the same ideology.
Quell the Divergents
- Increased sanctions on non-believers and trouble makers.
- Public expulsion from society for all high-tier violations.
- Reinforcement of local indigent zones to capture and prevent malignant behaviour.
- Route out and quell individuals that display laziness or a lack of societal involvement.
- Ensure Collaboration remains pure, guided and of the same understanding.
Indoctrination of Vortigaunts
- Reintegration of Devotionist Union species members.
- Vortigaunt indoctrination, away from their previous sect into the light of something greater.
- Increased rights for Vortigaunts that follow Devotionism, Social Credit values increased.
Devotionism First
- Establish Devotionism as a strong ideology.
- Expand Devotionism amongst the state, making it recognisable globally.
- Increase volumes of broadcasts involving Devotionism and create the Doctrine of Devotionism.
Core Tenets
1. Obedience is Identity: A citizen is not their name, their past, or their voice. A citizen is the sum of their usefulness to Our Benefactors. Repeated without deviation. Personality is tolerated but alignment is preferred.
2. Silence is Strength: Speech is permitted. Silence is ideal. Those who speak without sanction introduce noise into civic signal. The Devoted speaks only when necessary. The quiet mind is the well-aligned mind. Loyal and true to Our Benefactors.
3. Structure is Mercy: Freedom is chaos concealed as kindness. Structure is the true form of compassion. Our Benefactors have granted us the perfect hierarchy, there is no confusion, no hunger, no loss. Only order as it was intended.
4. Failure is Learning: The self is born to fail, as we are not crafted by Our Benefactors. To fail is to learn, to learn is to be perfection. The Devoted strive to perfect, to toil for Our Benefactors.
5. We are Equal: We are not judged on social class, money nor power. Rather, we are all equal under Our Benefactors judgement. Those who are loyal demand respect. Those who diverge from the path of ascension deserve nothing.
The Oath of Devotion
"To be Devoted is to be unified. To be unified is to participate. To participate we must complete the vision of Our Benefactors. I am Devoted."
Loyalty To Our Benefactors
The Combine is not a ruler. It is not a host. It is the final expression of our species. To serve the Combine is not a favour, it is functionality returned to a species broken. Devotionists do not claim to understand the Overworld's design. We accept our place within it. We strive to achieve the goals of Our Benefactors. We promise results, and within we offer ourselves to reach the stars. All species are to be treated equally, those who do not assist Our Benefactors choose to be abandoned. Any realm within imagination is already being conquered by Our Benefactors, this is what is known, and this is what will always be.
On Deviation
To question is to damage.
To remember the world before is a thoughtcrime.
To long for selfhood is betrayal.
Deviants are not punished. They are corrected.
Correction is not cruelty. It is the act of love performed at scale.
Anti-Citizens have chosen a different path, one that cannot be followed and tainted in betrayal.
Trust no Anti-Citizen, the old-world is to be forgotten, for it had failed long before Our Benefactors saved it.
Closing Words
Devotionism is not a choice. It is not a religion. It is not a theory.
Devotionism is a pattern, and you are part of it. We are all part of it.
It is only a matter of time until the entire population see.
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DEVOTIONISM IS THE FUTURE.
DEVOTIONISM IS THE FUTURE.
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