This framework formalises Order Precedes Compassion as an analytical system.
It is not a theory of human nature.
It is not a political programme.
It is not a moral hierarchy.
It is a structural lens for examining societies as systems subject to constraint, dependency, and feedback.
DEFINITIONS
Precise language is essential.
Ambiguity obscures causality.
The following definitions are used consistently throughout this project.
METHODOLOGY
This framework applies the same method across all cases.
Consistency matters more than precision.
Comparability matters more than completeness.
LIMITATIONS
No framework captures total reality.
This section defines what this framework does not claim.
Closing
The framework exists to discipline observation.
It strips away narrative, intent, and moral signalling to expose dependency and consequence.
Across eras, cultures, and regimes, the same pattern holds:
Order enables compassion.
Reciprocity sustains legitimacy.
Feedback permits correction.
Sequence determines survival.
The framework does not argue this.
It records it.
Order precedes compassion.