McGSP 1999 Manifesto Contents

Clan Planning

Exploding the nuclear family

Which is more dangerous: the nuclear bomb or the nuclear family?

The nuclear family is a ridiculous, modern structure on which to base a society. It leads to unnaturally high and unfair work loads, social isolation, loneliness, stress and misery for a lot of people.

A more sensible idea is for all New Zealanders to live in Clans. The Clan will provide both homemakers and breadwinners with a much easier life, because all functions of the extended family will be more evenly spread between its members. People will take turns to carry out the things that need doing, and the social isolation and stress of spending most of the time with only one other adult and/or a whole bunch of screaming kids will end. Imagine spending most days with a big group composed of your social friends, your closest workmates, your best neighbours and your favourite relies. Well Clan life will be like that, only better.

We are expecting a significant reduction in the divorce rate, because while partners could be changed more easily and safely within a Clan, the desire to do so will be minimal. Mostly this will simply be because there will be many more people to spend all sorts of interesting time with, but also because everyone else’s little foibles will be well known, thus making extra-marital romance much less alluring.

The Collective aspect of Clans will end the silly male obsession with immortality through heirs and wealth (see WOMEN’S AFFAIRS). The ‘bairns” will belong to the whole Clan, and will see the Clan Elders as authority figures, and the child-nurturers as collective parents. There will be no more need for baby sit ters, day care centers, pre schools, playcentres, schools, poly techs, universities or any of the other hideously expensive child-minding facilities (see EDUCATION). The crazy striving for jobs in order to support ones family will be over. The result will be more time for socialising, fun, and games.

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(1) “kids” (Scots; from the anglosaxon: beam).