What is the purpose of the Van Diemonian Club?
In short, the VDC exists to help guide the Tasmanian people away from individualism and towards a better, more unified and noble future.
How can this be done?
We act on the principle that a culture relies on three things to exist:
1: Nation
Nation is a people unified by heritage, religion, ethnicity or (most often) a mixture there-of. In essence, there must be a unifying factor between people for there to be a nation. If this unifying factor changes, the nation dies and becomes something else.
2: Material culture
Material culture is the statues, literature, paintings, films, architecture, tales and myths, (etc), that the nation puts out. It is the cultural memory of the nation. If the material culture is eradicated or context around it is removed then the nation forgets who it is and where it comes from.
3: Spirit
The spirit is the guiding hand of the nation, a non-material essence which drives a people to create, discover, and prosper. It is embodied through national unity and inspired works. Without a spirit a people fail to unify and form or maintain a nation, inspired works cannot be created. Therefor, we must embody the spirit of Tasmania, unify and create inspired works.
To move the Tasmanian people away from individualism we believe we must promote national identity through a mixture of inspired works (including community service) and activism. Our activism must promote this idea and attack ideas which serve individualism and atomisation.
If you would like to join, please contact me at [email protected].