In the first of a series of interviews to be held with the candidates of November's upcoming elections to allow them to state their policies and political beliefs, the Batyr Times begins by interviewing Natsuki Hegro of the Feudalist Party. An incumbent Mejlis representative and current Ambassador to the US, Hegro was elected as a People's Unity Party candidate but joined the Feudalist Party soon after its formation. The Feudalist Party supports an implementation of a feudal system within Hasanistan and is critical of modernism and the Enlightenment. Hegro has described himself as being neither left nor right.
Interview
Note: The views of this interviewee are their own personal views and not the views of the Batyr Times.
Q: Greetings Mr. Hegro, thank you for taking the time to speak to Batyr Times. You have decided to stand as a candidate for the Consultative Assembly. What was your reasoning for this decision?
A: I decided to stand for election in this great nation because, goddammit, we live in a society. A society that is fueled on corrupt parasites who feed on the people. And I, Natsuki Hegro, the famed incel racist gamer, will free Hasanistan's people from their chains of homophobic sexist bigoted xenophobia.
Q: What are you referring to when you mention corrupt parasites and homophobic sexist bigoted xenophobia?
A: Corrupt parasites are also known as every living being. We are all homophobic sexist bigoted xenophobes, and must be eradicated by the true warriors of mankind, the racists.
Q: So your party subscribes to the ideology of feudalism, why do you follow this ideology? Don't you think it is archaic?
A: No, my model of feudalism is not archaic, it is adapted to modern technology and some more modern understandings of concepts that were brought into jeopardy after the previous feudal time, such as ethnicity, to preserve and protect these concepts from being threatened again.
Q: How is your feudalism adapted to modern conditions then? Also, many are concerned that feudalism is oppressive, how do you reply to that?
A: I explained that my feudalism does not take a technologically regressive stance, since that would be impractical, given that non-feudal countries would use that technology and just make us vulnerable to being conquered.
Feudalism is not as oppressive as many think; my system harnesses what is called the "system of natural checks and balances," which ensures that the lord must provide for the people and listen to their grievances, lest he have a less productive workforce or get overthrown. The king has this same dynamic with his vassals, and so on. Unlike with democracy, which simply becomes a guise for rule by a bourgeois elite which has no direct responsibility to the people, my system creates a system of absolute inequality with no social mobility, whereby the country's elites are placed directly in charge of the people as an aristocracy, leading to maximum accountability and more visible corruption. This is opposed to democracy, which is always fundamentally corrupt and bought out by interests greater than the so-called voters (who are already dominated by the 10% burghers anyway), and is much more easily manipulable in more devastating ways. There is arguably more corruption, but under the guise of short terms, lobbying and dark money rather than the very transparent corruption of feudalism that is more easily rooted out.
Q: You make it clear you oppose democracy, does that mean an end to elections then? What would you replace Hasanistan's democratically-elected head of state with?
A: I would replace it with the Shehinshah, who would rule as an absolute monarch with an advisory body of the nation's begs to serve him as loyal vassals. Elections would be outlawed.
Q: What are your views on social policy? You stated earlier you oppose "homophobic sexist bigoted xenophobia", so does this mean you are a social liberal?
A: Well, I oppose them because I am a racist. You simply can't be a racist and also be a homophobic sexist bigoted xenophobe. By the way, I'm arranging a gay-barbecuing event for Nedland Pride, if anyone wants to come.
Q: Would you open a pride parade in Hasanistan? Aren't you concerned this will upset more religiously conservative Muslims and Christians in Hasanistan?
A: Well, of course I support a gay pride parade. It puts all the gays in one place so we can fine them and then institutionalize them. Saves time and effort.
Q: What is your opinion on economic policy?
A: A micronation shouldn't be concerned with economic policy. We don't have an economy, never will either.
Q: What is your opinion on foreign policy? Do you support Hasanistan joining international organisations? Do you support Hasanistani neutrality?
A: I oppose Hasanistan joining most international organizations, though it should be more on a case-by-case basis than anything. And yes, I support absolute Hasani neutrality.
Q: Would you work with the other parties if elected to the Mejlis?
A: I would abolish parties if possible. We want to give all power to the Shehinshah.
Q: Thank you for allowing us some of your time to participate in this interview.
