The Four Structural Points of the Grand Narrative

The Four Structural Points of the Grand Narrative: a conceptual framework upon which all Inner narratives are ultimately constructed. While the specifics of any two Inner narratives will vary greatly these four points will always form the bedrock structure upon which the rest of the Inner narrative built to support. (No matter what form the Inner narrative ultimately takes, it will have something that satisfies these four specific concepts.) A given Inner narrative, no matter what sort of elaborate justifications and logical gymnastics it performs, will always include elements of these four structural points.

• The God-Force: Within any Inner narrative will be some concept of either a deity, or an abstract force that functions essentially identical to a deity, that must be obeyed. This deity is always perfect and always makes perfect decisions, and there is always some sort of natural order that would assert itself if all human beings simply obeyed the God-Force without hesitation. For the religious cluster, the God-Force is very simply whatever their concept of God is, be it Yahweh or Allah. For the economic cluster, the God-Force is "the free market".
  
  
• The Elect: This is the group the Narrativist will almost invariably claim to belong to, a group that always has some sort of unique capabilities that makes it best suited to be the group in charge of running society. The Elect always deserve special rights, privileges, and considerations, owing to the invaluable contribution they give to society by simply existing. A society run according to natural principles with the God-Force at its proper ruling place is a society in which the Narrativist will naturally rise to a position of prominence. The Elect often view themselves as a buffering Force, preventing the dire consequences of violating the will of the God-Force from manifesting within society (and they're not given enough credit for this, and society owes them a debt of gratitude). For example, Narrativist Christians believe that it is their existence that prevents God from wiping out the entire human population because of its wickedness, similar to how an Economic Cluster Narrativist feels that it is his taxes and his labor that keeps society running despite the near crushing burden of supporting so-called "takers". Economic cluster Narrativists often use terms to describe the Elect like "makers" or "captains of industry".
  
  
• The Beta Class: People whom, for one reason or another, the Narrativist does not identify as belonging to the Elect, but whom are not actively considered enemies of the Narrativist. The Beta class can be best conceptualized as either a group of people that the Elect are meant to be leaders of, or people that the Elect are meant to bring under their power through some form, for example through religious conversion.
  
  Whereas the Elect are always considered to have some sort of super abilities related to the Inner narrative, members of the Beta class are completely average, run-of-the-mill dunderheads who require constant supervision lest they inadvertently destroy themselves. As a result, any society that adheres to the natural order of obeying the will of the God-Force will naturally place the Elect as a managerial class over the Beta class. The Beta class are, as a whole, considered above whoever The Enemy is.
  
  For the economic cluster, the Beta class are usually just employees, people whose services can be bought and sold to suit the needs of the Narrativist, who in turn directly controls the amount of compensation the Beta class receives.
  
  
• The Enemy: Dark, mysterious, and menacing, The Enemy is a dangerous, powerful, uniquely threatening group, an evil force that plots endlessly to destroy the Elect. The Enemy is seriously, seriously, seriously dangerous. Often, only the Elect are able to understand what a cataclysmic threat the Enemy represents, and one of the big separators between the Elect and the Beta class is that the Elect are always able to recognize the true threat that The Enemy represents. The Beta class are simply too naive to recognize the threat of the enemy, and this is one reason they must be protected from themselves.
  
  The Enemy is a moving target, a multi-faceted, complex organism that must be fought simultaneously on multiple fronts. The Enemy always has a collection of absurd advantages, a collection that will only grow over time as Compaction cycles play out and drive Inner narrative evolution. As the Inner narrative evolves in response to Narrative dysphoria the threat posed by The Enemy (and its absurd powers) grows ever more dire and all-encompassing.

Continue on to "Narrative Dysphoria".