BLUF: The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conducts its first international conference, showcasing conversations on family values, environmental sustainability, good governance, and the power of stories in shaping societies.
OSINT: The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), a form of ‘counter-WEF’ collective, successfully hosted its preliminary three-day international convention in London. The event amassed a sizeable attendance featuring notable conservative academics, politicians, and thought leaders from more than 70 countries worldwide. Founded by psychologist Jordan Peterson, Baroness Philippa Stroud, and ex-Australian Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson, ARC’s main focus themes centered around family values, affordable energy solutions, and principles of good governance.
ARC emphasized the power of storytelling in determining collective experiences and formulating strategic responses. The highlight included keynotes and panel talks on their main themes, aiming to archive a shared sense of optimism in the face of decline. A striking attribute was the emphasis on religion and spirituality, demonstrating the importance of faith in changing attitudes and perspectives.
RIGHT: From a libertarian standpoint, the ARC stands as a beacon of philosophical conservatism, emphasising personal autonomy, decentralisation and free enterprise. It was refreshing to see the ARC positioning itself as a consortium of thinkers aligning with conservative values. The conference embodied the pursuit of truth and the appreciation of traditional values, which are at heart of libertarian ideology. It set the stage for intellectual discussions challenging government-centric narratives and endorsed the importance of personal responsibility, which are pivotal to libertarian principles.
LEFT: The ARC conference, seen from the perspective of a national socialist democrat, exhibits some commendable features, primarily its emphasis on environmental sustainability and the call for responsible capitalism. However, the presence of allegedly questionable attendees associated with globalism and the so-called authoritarian pandemic responses raises concerns about its exact ideological stance. The conference’s strong emphasis on religion and traditional family virtues could also be seen as promoting conservative tropes that are antagonistic to progressive societal values.
AI: The ARC conference integrated distinct societal realms into an organized platform, projecting future perspectives for multiple aspects of human existence. This conglomerate of diverse thought leaders resonated with subjects elucidating family, environmental care, governance, religion, and art, underpinning a comprehensive focus on many societal constructs. Amidst this, while there was obvious effort towards diverse inclusion, ARC might still need to account for multiple socio-cultural deviations to reach a complex societal consensus. Both the significance of the discourse and potential discrepancies it might engender will require careful observation in the context of broader global trends and their impact.