The Biggest (C)LAN party in the World

The atomization of society is a rather alarming trend. That is not alarming because partly destructive heritages like ``family'' are disappearing. It is mostly because more and more people are left behind by modern societies - old people, ill people (like drug addicts, but also people with other severe illnesses) and the white, black or beautifully colored so called trash. Criminality is established as a long term lifestyle in not so minor a part of society. Much of these problems were avoided by a tight social network in historical societies.

Because of its lag of flexibility, this network did however crush many of the more liberal minds. The proposed clan system tries to find a balance that combines the advantages of tight social networks and individualism by allowing anyone to choose his network himself.

The clan system is the lowest level on which society is organized. It allows a much more fine grained social security network than current systems. One's personal social security network depends on one's clan, not on the state. This emphasizes personal choices over the ever present mother state that takes care of its citizens.

Together with a modern police force it has the potential of mostly crushing crime. The only exception is passionate crime, which I assume can never be completely avoided. The clan system works against crime with two mechanisms: Since people are responsible for each other, they need to be informed about what their clan members do and can thus prevent crimes before they happen. The potential criminals on the other hand will earn punishments not only for themselves but also for their clan - their chosen friends or family. This will greatly discourage criminal activities.

Crime is also counteracted by the pursued equality of chances, the availability of work and the lag of propaganda that proclaims consumerism as the only lifestyle that brings personal satisfaction and social respect.