UserWiki:DerVampir666

Civics
I support semi-direct democratic,  constitutional  federalism. It would preserve the representative democracy model. However, citizens on the local, state, and federal level would be able to initiate referendums; and certain legislation on the national level would require a compulsory referendum. However, the Constitution should be expanded to ensure certain individual rights cannot be deprived.

Representatives should also be eligible for recall. For example, if a representative from Tennessee has been caught insider training, they can be recalled by Tennessee's citizens via voting. Legislators should all have term limits. Career politicians should not exist. Nobody should be allowed to earn a living off having power over others. Having nether recall nor term limits also benefits wealthy interests, propping up their preferred candidates for decades. Lobbying in general should be illegal; constitutionally proscribed if necessary. We should also prohibit representatives on every level of government from owning stocks.

All federal legislation should require (1) a sunset clause (2) being read aloud in full on live television, and (3) require 3/4 supermajority among all Americans. This is to ensure corruption-fuelling laws or policies aren't sneakily passed as we sleep; that overly-convoluted legislation (with hidden agendas) cease to exist; and to ensure the federal government only or primarily deals with that which concerns the whole country—leaving everything else to state, local, and county governments.

The Supreme Court has become a de facto kritarchic institution. Corrupt representatives and executives have abused the institution by appointing loyalist/activist judges to the court. Instead of packing the Supreme Court, which would make things worse long-term, we should have term limits on judges. I propose every Justice only be allowed to serve 18 years. That means every new generation has a new Supreme Court. Corrupt politicians will no longer able to keep activists on the court for entire lifetimes.

I'd like to thank u/klosnj11 for inspiration.

Economics
On economics I have a geoist,  agrarian, and  property-owning democratic vision for society. Essentially an economic system which promotes self-employment and simple living (//).

I believe liberty requires complete financial independence. If you're dependent on someone else for your daily bread, obedience naturally follows. Therefore, to enable liberty, each citizen, whether individually or collectively, should own wealth-generating property. This can range from a ceramist owning his own pottery shop; someone being a member of a worker-owned business; independently running a farm if not voluntarily being a member of a collective farm. Supply and demand, however, remains the best way to allocate capital and consumer goods. And the benefits of free trade outweigh the negatives. Markets thus should remain until made no longer necessary (unlikely); regulations would be limited to negative externalities if they must exist at all.

As someone increasingly infatuated with Epicurean philosophy—while also agreeing heavily with both  Jefferson and  Kaczynski on industrial manufacturing's harms—I believe simple living is essential to sustaining both liberty and happiness. So I also advocate for a return to small-town life and farming. Unlike T.K., however, I'm not opposed to all organization-dependent technology; things like tractors, washing machines, and other such devices makes rural life easier. Also, collectivizing industry and encouraging ruralization would improve technology since it's (a) no longer a tool of financial elites and (b) big firms are a source of stagnation. Smaller businesses generate more patents than bigger firms; worker co-ops prioritize their own members and typically stay small. To the extent industry persists, worker-owned businesses should dominate.

Something I consider critical to my agrarian advocacy is the tax on the unimproved value on sites. If implemented properly, it would be equivalent to, but not the same as, the common ownership of land + the Lockean proviso (occupancy and use). Landlords must be abolished as a class. If one wishes to occupy or use land, they must pay the government for depriving others of using it. The most valuable land exists in urban areas. City-dwellers not only pay the bulk of the tax, they will either (a) move to areas where the land isn't valuable, fuelling the demand for rural labor and (b) use the land they already live on more wisely, pushing for more car-independent infrastructure, denser housing, and an end to urban sprawl. Finally, such a tax would eliminate the profit motive in natural resource exploitation and pollution. Greener technologies and actual productive use of natural resources would be preferred.

On the side, I support a decentralized currency based on  mutual-credit banks and a complete  legal ban on interest. I also oppose intellectual property since patents and copyrights do not spur innovation (no hard evidence anyway) while contributing to a deadweight loss in the economy. Unlike other market socialists, I'm not opposed to privatization when it's non-exploitative and efficient. Welfare programs should also be abolished in favor of mutual aid (e.g. fraternal societies, families) and charity. Finally, I oppose limited liability since it enables infinite growth on a finite planet while allowing business owners profit off negative externalities with nigh impunity.

Social Issues
On social issues I approach things on a case-by-case basis. The best fit for me is progressive traditionalism. Because, per my Epicurean inclinations, I want to preserve or return to traditional ways of life—promoting rural life does entail a degree of social conservatism if not reaction—but in the context of advancing liberty, equality, and solidarity. In other words I support traditions insofar as they encourage simple living and self-reliance, but I also want to advance human rights in that context insofar as they promote individual autonomy. I can only offer a list of positions I have now.

Marriage I'm for permitting same-sex marriage, preferably via legislation. Institutional monogamy is a useful tool for decreasing STDs and other ills. But I also believe the government should stay out of our bedrooms. In the long-run I'd like to completely privatize marriage. The institution itself was largely in private hands until the end of the Civil War to restrict race mixing.

Gender and Sex
 * I support authentic [[File:Libfem.png]] gender equality. For one, after studying the topic throughly, I'm increasingly convinced gender roles are [[File:Anfem.png]] spooks. The science behind males and females have radically different brains is dubious at best, misleading at worse. [[File:Anprim.png]]/[[File:Native.png]] Hunter-gathering societies, with a few exceptions like the horrific rape culture among indigenous Australians, often lacked well-established gender roles. Second, female farmers worked just as hard as, if not harder than, their husbands. Tending to the fields, backbreaking chores, bearing and rearing children. Males and females should be seen as equals. [[File:Mat.png]] Motherhood should be celebrated. Strong, athletic women are vital to preserving rural values. Those who don't fall neatly into the binary shouldn't be shunned.
 * I support [[File:Trans.png]] trans rights. Gender-affirming care should be available to consenting adults who want it. However, I have mixed feelings about letting trans athletes who haven't been on puberty blockers participate in sports with the opposite sex.

Religion I'm an anti-clericalist, since I believe religion suppresses individuality while discouraging reason. There should be a strong wall between religious institutions and state institutions. Religious institutions have a history of supporting oppression, such as the Catholic Church's backing of Franco during the Spanish Civil War. All references to God should be removed from the public square as religion should be a strictly private matter. People should be encouraged to ignore religious convictions in deciding policy prescriptions. If it were possible, I'd emulate France's negative secularism.

Education I support Germany's education system. Thanks to Bryan Caplan, I believe our current education model, plus subsidies for universities and college attendance, results in credential inflation. This is harmful to the working poor. They must now go through years of tedious studies to secure work their dropout grandparents did 70 years ago. My alternative is having everyone take a test in 9th grade. Those who score poorly on the test will be placed into a trade school. Those who do well will be encouraged to prepare for college (which is what high school is). This reduces credential inflation while enabling working-class people to find good-paying jobs straight out of public school.

Guns
 * I'm strongly in favor of [[File:GRights.png]] gun rights. Government excesses ranging from the Waco Siege to George Floyd's murder should convince any reasonable person we need an armed society. I also believe that it's morally just to resist unjust, tyrannical laws,—such as the War on Drugs,—by violence if necessary. Even democratic societies can become tyrannical to the point of no return. Remember, while Hitler himself wasn't democratically elected, all Nazi Party members in the Reichstag were. Milosevic, the dictator of Serbia who sought to exterminate Bosnians and Croats to create his ideal ethnostate, was democratically elected with limited powers.
 * I'm a supporter of stand-your-ground laws and the Castle doctrine. This is why I firmly believe Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, was completely justified in firing upon the cops who performed a no-knock raid on his home. All people should have the right to defend his body and the place he calls home against unwarranted aggression.
 * I would support mandatory gun ownership for all those who haven't been convicted of a violent crime.

Feel free to ask me more questions on social issues in the comments section and I will respond to them here!

Based

 * [[File:Iso.png]] Isocracy - I wish I explored this government system sooner, since it's the best label for my views thus far.
 * [[File:Distlib.png]] Liberal Distributism - I believe [[File:Radlib.png]] distributive justice—where each citizen is financially independent (self-employed, self-reliant)—is necesary for sustaining liberty, per [[File:Clib.png]] Paine and [[File:Jeffersoniandem.png]] Jefferson. To work is to own. I also believe [[File:Markets.png]] supply and demand remain the best way to allocate consumer goods.
 * [[File:Agrnac.png]] National Agrarianism - Rural nations are stronger, freer, and more virtuous.
 * [[File:LibSocDemIcon.png]] Libertarian Social Democracy - The only form of social democracy I can get behind. Combine this with [[File:Distlib.png]] property-owning democracy and you're all set.
 * [[File:TLeveller.png]] Diggerism - Wholesome.
 * [[File:Hedonism.png]] Epicureanism - Simple living and moderation is ideal.
 * [[File:Georgist.png]] Geoism - Land should be treated as common property (like it was by our [[File:Anprim.png]] hunter-gathering ancestors) and the land tax is best for this. You're also the best way to achieve [[File:Farm.png]] agrarianism.
 * [[File:TradPrgess.png]] Progressive Traditionalism - I want to expand human rights and social equality in the context of preserving or returning to healthy traditions. This is probably the best label for that. [[File:Anprim.png]] Anarcho-primitivists like Zerzan are technically this.
 * [[File:Awaj.png]] Anarchism - My ideological cousin. We both agree on dismantling unjust or unnecessary power dynamics and the need for economic equality to sustain a free society. But I still prefer constitutional republicanism.
 * [[File:Illeg.png]] Illegalism - "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."
 * [[File:Jack.png]] Jacobinism - "What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure."
 * [[File:FDF-Pirate.png]] Piratism - Being a pirate is alright to be!
 * [[File:Republicanismpix.png]] Republicanism - Long live the republic!
 * [[File:Ghandi.png]] Gandhian Socialism - My Hindu, pacifist counterpart with a wholesome vision for India that was unfortunately stopped. And your pacifist dogmatism got you killed.
 * [[File:Jeffersondem2.png]] Jeffersonian Democracy - Thomas Jefferson is objectively the best Founding Father (alongside Paine and Madison).
 * [[File:Guildsoc.png]] Guild Socialism - I think we can get along well.

Bringe

 * [[File:Neolud.png]] Kaczynskism - Many of your criticisms of industrial society have stood the test of time and I admire your Amish-esque solution to the problem... But abolishing all forms of organization-dependent technology is going too far.
 * [[File:Distributist.png]] Distributism - We have similar economics and I like your agrarian character, but I'm not a fan of the Catholic Church and too many of you are [[File:Cfash.png]] him in disguise.
 * [[File:Polpot.png]] Pol Potism - There are probably better ways of achieving an agrarian vision without a totalitarian nightmare.
 * [[File:Strasser.png]] Strasserism - Same as above, but a moderate version of you without the racism or authoritarianism would be based.
 * [[File:Ancom.png]] Anarcho-Communism - I will work with you against authoritarians, but I can't get behind completely abolishing markets.
 * [[File:Ancapf.png]] Anarcho-Capitalism - Same with you, although I'd rather make the State more accountable than privatize its functions.

Cringe

 * [[File:Nazi.png]] Nazism - Scum.
 * [[File:ML.png]] Marxism-Leninism - Filth.
 * [[File:Corp.png]] Corporatocracy - Vile.
 * [[File:PolState.png]] Donut Patrol - Fuck off.
 * [[File:Juche.png]] Juche - "The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies."
 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - Please stop worshipping the right-wing authoritarian [[File:Keynes.png]] Keynes.
 * [[File:Hamiltonianism.png]] Hamiltonianism - Everything wrong with the United States can be traced back to [[File:Copeservatism.png]] cuckservatives like you bootlicking industrialists, bankers, landlords, and other such scoundrel.
 * [[File:Tradcon.png]] Toryism - You inspired Hamilton. That's enough for me to dislike you.
 * [[File:Conserv.png]] American Conservatism - Lol imagine bootlicking industrialists and bankers and then complaining about traditional values declining.
 * [[File:Klep.png]] Kleptocracy - What aristocracy, plutocracy, and oligarchy eventually leads to. Mexico and Russia both attest to this.

Best Friends

 * [[File:Saturnalian.png]] Melkor - One of the greatest individuals I ever had the pleasure of meeting. He's always there for me and I'll forever be grateful for his friendship.


 * [[File:Xenoassemblage.png]] Xenosystems - Another wonderful person who I've known for quite some time.

Based

 * - Not too far from what I am; we seemingly agree on a lot.


 * - Not bad. Not bad at all.


 * [[File:Glencoe.png]] Glencoe - Your views are tolerable, but central banking is cringe.


 * - I'm still sympathetic to anarchism and you seem like a fun person to chat with.


 * [[File:Syndmut.png]] Liam 09 - Considering how many distributists favor guilds and decentralism, we may not be too different ideologically.


 * [[File:Panth.png]] - Yeah, your ideology is pretty neat; and you're an agreeable person in general.


 * - Other than your conservative inclinations our views are identical.


 * - You have a neat ideology and you seem incredibly kind.


 * [[File:Silasf.png]] Silas - Based market socialism!


 * [[File:Mikolayism_Pixel2.png]] MedicsChaotics - I'm not a fan of the authoritarian aspects of your "moderate Strasserism," but our views are pretty similar otherwise.


 * - Calling everything a spook is fun and all, but you should take a stronger stance on industry. City life suppresses the ego.


 * - Okay, your views are absolutely based.

Mixed

 * [[File:Aldath.png]] Aldaðism - Your ideology is too authoritarian for my liking (you like North Korea!); but I enjoy discussing these topics with you regardless.

Cringe

 * [[File:NeoML2.png]] CynicalLibra - Yeah, that's a no from me, chief.


 * [[File:BoomerConserv-t.png]] Arctofire - Absolutely horrid ideology. My blood boils - cancer cells manifest and destroy my brain - the more I speak to you.

Comments
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