UserWiki:DerVampir666

Governance
I desire a decentralized republican system (bordering on a bottom-up confederation of democratic  city-states). Anything that can be done on the local level should be delgated to local governments. However, I do support a constitution to ensure no government can suppress liberty (which I define below).

Economics
I believe that individual autonomy requires self-reliance. Dependence always begets subservience. If you depend on a boss for your wage, itself necessary for your daily bread, you must obey them to survive. If you depend on a landlord for shelter and (in some cases) produce, you will do as you're told as homelessness will be your punishment. And if you're dependent on an all-powerful central authority, your rights as a person are constantly under threat. Stepping one toe out of line in those three situation equals you lose your livelihood.

Individuals and their families need financial independence. But at the same time, we need a market economy that allocates resources according to supply and demand. Combining these two is best achieved by giving each individual the means to earn their own living. In practice this means making every citizen of the country a business owner. This includes: 1. Owning or co-owning a farm 2. Being a worker-owner 3. Running your own small business

There are several measures we can take to pursue this distributist vision.
 * The Land Tax - Under the Land Tax, landlords disappear. The government becomes the sole collector of land rents. This would be equivalent to common ownership of land. Such a scheme will generate enough revenue to abolish other forms of taxation (e.g. income tax). Surplus revenue will be split among all citizens equally (Citizens Dividend).
 * Redistribution - Simply put, we must take the assets of big businesses and put them in the hands of worker-owned firms and small-scale entrepreneurs. The most obvious way of accomplishing this are strong anti-trust measures, busting the (often) state-backed monopolies and oligopolies like Big Tech. This would make markets more competitive as well, which benefits workers, consumers, and aspiring entrepreneurs.
 * Nudging Markets - Directly subsidizing or issuing interest-free loans to entry-level farmers, cooperative start-ups, and small businesses would be nice.

Friends

 * [[File:Clibdistributist.png]] Liberal Distributism - Literally me.


 * [[File:Georgist.png]] Geoism - Probably the best way to adequately distribute land.


 * [[File:Minmut.png]] Libertarian Market Socialism - You're absolutely based.


 * [[File:Jeffersondem2.png]] Jeffersonian Democracy - Thomas Jefferson was objectively the best Founding Father.


 * [[File:TLeveller.png]] Diggerism - Wholesome.


 * [[File:Farm.png]] Agrarianism - Rural life preserves individuality more than urban life does.


 * [[File:Anin.png]] Anarcho-Individualism - Unterrified Jeffersonians. Tucker and Spooner were based.


 * [[File:Laicism.png]] Anti-Clericalism - Religious authority and theocracy are cringe. Religion suppresses individuality.


 * [[File:Agorismf.png]] Agorism - Resisting state-backed monopolies and oligopolies (what corporations are) which strangle honest business men via black markets is based.


 * [[File:FDF-Pirate.png]] Piratism - The best way to resist unjust patent and copyright abuse.

Frenemies

 * [[File:Neolud.png]] Kaczynskism - Kaczynski helped rural-pill me. But abandoning all organization-dependent technology is going a bit far.


 * [[File:Distributist.png]] Distributism - Look, you have based economics. But the Catholic Church is insanely corrupt. Please don't use the government to shove it down my throat.


 * [[File:Islamic_Socialism.png]] Islamic Socialism - Prohibiting riba (interest) and common ownership of land is based and all, but you're too authoritarian and theocratic for me.


 * [[File:Cap.png]] Capitalism - Free markets only work when every citizen is a producer or worker-owner; without patents, land monopoly, or usury.


 * [[File:Indust.png]] Industrialism - You might be a necessary evil in some cases. But you need to be kept on a tight leash.


 * [[File:Lpop.png]] Left-Wing Populism - Similar to me and has a great aesthetic, but in some cases you go too far and in other cases not far enough.

Enemies

 * [[File:ML.png]] Marxism-Leninism - Scum.


 * [[File:Nazi.png]] National Socialism - Scum.


 * [[File:Trumpism.png]] Trumpism - Donald Trump is a fake populist who spent his Presidency empowering the corporate elite. Given he made most of his money in land speculation, that doesn't shock me.


 * [[File:Juche.png]] Juche - You make me wish we listened to General MacArthur.


 * [[File:Hamiltonianism.png]] Hamiltonianism - Central banking? Patents? Tariffs? Monarchism? Bootlicking industrialists? Your ideas are destroying this once great country.


 * [[File:Corp.png]] Corporatocracy - The existence of limited liability and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.


 * [[File:Bankocracy.png]] Bankocracy - Fractional reserve banking is cringe and has enslaved us all.


 * [[File:Conserv.png]] American Conservatism - Too many of you (like D'Souza) simp for Hamilton, bootlick industrialists, and praise economic growth; and then complain about traditional values declining.


 * [[File:Tradcon.png]] Toryism - British conservatives are almost as awful as American ones, and you also directly inspired Hamilton.

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.


 * - Not a fan of your clericalism and conservatism—just as you aren't a fan of my more culturally left tendencies in fairness—but in other ways our visions are nearly identical.


 * [[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.

Comments
Glencoe- do you have a discord/reddit? Glencoe - also thoughts on space exploration?
 * - I can agree on everything, but agrarianism. It will lead to starvation cycles, cause without industrial level tech, instruments, food production will not handle always growing population.
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] DerVampir666 - If you are referring to starvation periods in the Middle Ages, I would blame it mostly on landlords who would hoard produce at the expense of the peasants. Adam Smith criticized Chinese landlords for causing/worsening famines by taking too much of their peasant's produce to luxuriate. This is why I'm opposed to feudalism and want all land to be owned in common via LVT. But you're also criticizing a straw-man. As I said before, I don't want to remove all organization-dependent technology. Tractors, washing machines, landline phones, and other such tools have made the lives of farmers and other rural people easier. Even the Amish today use some technology like landlines. I just believe that liberty cannot be sustained in a country that's a massive city, and believe rural life breeds virtue. I would rather have five small towns than one city with a disgusting suburb. I'm not an anarcho-primitivist, despite my sympathies. I want to limit urban sprawl and have whatever industry is necessary to national health to be directed by worker-owner associations. (Note: Cities will also still exist. Under LVT cities would have less car-dependent infrastructure, more walkable/bikeable pathways, etc.)
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] DerVampir666 - If you give me your Discord I can add you.
 * [[File:Glencoe.png]] Glencoe - its glencoe09 #5676
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] DerVampir666 - There is apparently a growing academic consensus that space travel was a waste of time and money. Although I can't confirm that. With that said I'm pretty much indifferent.
 * [[File:Glencoe.png]] Glencoe - honestly i see it potential as a way to get new resources(asteroid mining)
 * - Add me please?
 * - What is your discord?
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] DerVampir666 - If you give me your Discord I'll shoot you a friend request.
 * [[File:NeoML2.png]] CynicalLibra - Can you add me when you get the chance to, please? I will add you later today.
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] DerVampir666 - Sure.