Owfism

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=Philosophy= =Politics=

Governmental Views

 * -| Government System =

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My governmental system is that of democratic republicanism, believing that it should be implemented worldwide, even if it is not perfect and never will be, it is better than all the other we have tried in this world. I also believe that the constitution should have a bill of rights that should not detail basic human rights regarding social issues but also human rights regarding economic issues.

I believe that we should upgrade democracy into a form of Semi-Direct Democracy, where there are still parliamentary elections, however citizens initiatives and referendums will be recognized as a viable tool of political change within the country. I also reject things like compulsory voting, although turnout should ideally be high.

I believe in a parliamentary system over a presidential system, as not only does a parliament (ideally bicameral) serve as a better representative of the people, it also allows for coalition governments and multi-party systems and there isn't a partisan feud between supporters of one person and supporters of another (like in a presidential system).


 * -| Decentralization of Power =

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I support the decentralization of power through things like federalism, believing that overall federalism has proven to be better than unitarianism and this is because of the fact that through federalism we can have  decentralization of power, meaning that the national government won't be the main power but rather power will be split between localities, states and the federal government and through federalism we can allow for a bigger emphasis on  local issues, due to the fact that the government (especially in larger countries) just wouldn't be able to handle all issues in an unitary state and federalism actually makes separatist movements less likely to happen, due to autonomy.
 * -| Freedom of Speech =

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I consider myself a free speech advocate. I believe that everyone has the right to their own opinion and to say whatever they want, although I believe that there should be a certain limit(s), as the saying goes: "Your right to swing your arms ends where another man's nose begins." The limit that would prevent my free speech from being considered absolute is similar to the one said in that statement, except its about speech and not arms. Big tech companies should tolerate most political views, although there is also a limit to this, such as when it comes to calls of violence (that isn't just venting/coping) and supremacist views. However, things like politically incorrect jokes should be allowed, despite my socially progressive views, as they're just jokes and if they're unfunny they will just (ideally) not be relevant.

I also believe that there needs to be freedom of press, with there being independent media and media competition that will be secured through not just government but also through co-operatives, which will be more encouraged in my society along with an independent-covering, state-owned media company (despite me appearing as a neolib). I also support whistleblowers, believing in the declassification of documents that are not of national security importance (regarding things like aliens, ancient civilizations etc.) not just to put the  conspiracy theories to rest, but so that the truth can be heard.

Economic Views

 * -| Economics =

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When it comes to economics, I personally believe that New Keynesianism is the right economic system, believing that it is an improved version of Neo-Classical economics, as such I synthesize the beliefs of the Chicagoan and Keynesian schools, in order to create a better economic system that is helpful for not just people, but also government and corporations.
 * -| Taxation =

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When it comes to the issue of taxes, I believe that taxation overall should not be excessive, however I recognize it as a necessity if we want to get things like infrastructure development going. As such, I support the abolition of income, corporate taxes and other taxes which either harm enterprises or the consumer, being as such harmful to society in general.

As such, I support the following taxes: First off a Land Value Tax (LVT) on the unimproved value of the land, as it has been viewed by people such as  Milton Friedman as the least bad tax and has been supported by many famous people such as Einstein, Keynes, Churchill etc. and exists in countries such as  Taiwan. The reason why this is such a good tax is that by taxing the unimproved value of the land you can actually encourage people to use their land properly and those who just leave useless land there will have to sell it due to the tax, where someone else would build something better. This allows for higher economic growth as more of our land will begin to be used in a more useful manner, that is helpful to society and will also be helpful in shutting down those old, inefficient fossil fuel plants that pollute our planet. Speaking of pollution, such a tax would also serve as a pollution tax, as harming the air is just the same as harming the land, meaning that it is taxable.

Second off, I support the implementation of Pigovian Taxes, taxes on things like carbon dioxide, methane, microplastics etc. in order to protect our environment, serving as ecological taxes but also on alcohol, drugs, tobacco etc. It having the role of reducing consumption of these harmful substances and also allowing the government to fund rehab centers to end people's addiction of such substances. I believe that the two taxes I mentioned above are the taxes that overall offer a net positive to society while not necessarily harming the people or economic growth. While yes, I did mention the fact that the LVT serves as a pollution tax, these Pigovian taxes can sort of reinforce the thing the LVT already does and ensure a quicker transition to a net zero (through pollution reduction and minor carbon capture) and then to a negative pollution (through carbon capture), undoing what we have done to the Earth.
 * -| Trusts =

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When it comes to big companies, such as in the technology & banking sectors, I believe that the government should have a 15% stake in them, in this case the government being a representative of the employee, through something known as employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). The reason why this is the case is because these just cannot be busted, as they're natural monopolies but at the same time they can't just be nationalized like that. This will allow for public private partnerships to develop, which will serve to the benefit of not just the government and corporations but also to the people.

In the case of, for example, public transportation & electricity and other such examples however, I believe that they need to be nationalized and put under state control, as these are natural monopolies that can be easily nationalized and are of utmost importance to the people, while public transportation and electricity are not the only ones I would like to nationalize as said previously. In general, I want to nationalize monopolized sectors of utmost importance to the people.

However, when a company isn't a natural monopoly (but still a monopoly), meaning that there won't be a public private partnership (p3s) or a full-on nationalization, the best solution would be to have trust busting, meaning that the monopoly will be divided up into many companies, with the CEO of the main company not allowed to have shares of stock within the new companies. This will allow for economic competition to truly spring up, as the existence of that company went against the ideals of a market economy.
 * -| Markets =

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I am in favor of capitalism and a market economy, meaning that there is economic competition and private corporations are allowed to operate, however this isn't to say there won't be some government regulation and I reject laissez-faire capitalism, believing there should be welfare programs, which will be talked about in the next section.
 * -| Welfare =

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When it comes to the welfare state, I believe that it should be reformed in order to not put that much of a strain on the government through welfare leeches while at the same time not just throwing poor people away, believing that while welfare may have help leeches (which is a bad thing) it can be good in actually helping poor people getting up the ladder and into the  middle class and then beyond, to riches. Welfare serves as a stepping stone towards a prosperous future (for poor people), and this is how it should be, welfare must be made smart.

As such, I believe in the implementation of negative income tax (NIT) as a way to reform welfare and to better help actual poor people get up the social ladder and not just leeches looking for money. Along with a negative income tax, I also support the creation of workfare, meaning that welfare will only apply to working people, reducing the cost of welfare for the government and ensuring that more people get jobs (at least until the  cyber-revolution comes in). When such cyber revolution comes in, a negative income tax will prove to be useful in making sure people are happy and satisfied and can do the things they dream to do, as there will still be new jobs during this revolution, even if jobs from primary, secondary and tertiary economic sectors will be automated.

I also support the implementation of child tax credits (CTCs) as a way to alleviate the demographic crisis and encourage females to give birth to more babies, by, along with the NIT, lowering the cost of living for women overall. The demographic crisis besides it coming from female education (which was inevitable) it also comes from the cost of living. As such, a child tax credit is a pretty good way to make sure they give birth to babies, as it is showing an effect, even if minor, which means it is useful, especially if coupled with other policies.

Another policy I support of is a minimum wage, more specifically a high minimum wage that will be adjusted to inflation and will be increased every 6 months to help people cope with the cost of living and make sure that the  working man has enough income to you know, have things left after he buys his essential food. This is liberating, as a base of income after essential spending can actually give this working man opportunity to become something more than he is and not only that it can create a thriving middle class in society.
 * -| Housing =

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When it comes to housing, more specifically the housing crisis, I believe that we must take action against it, to do this, I support not only zoning deregulation and the implementation of a land value tax, but also the creation of public, affordable housing that will be in competition with private housing construction, which will encourage both to build more houses and eventually houses stop being an investment where if price is higher then it's good. That age must end. We need YIMBYism, affordable housing and georgism! That's my affordable housing policy.

Oh and I also believe we need to have a more public transit oriented policy in cities over 80,000 people, promoting things like trams, railways, bicycles, metros etc. as alternatives to car transit, as not only it can reduce CO2 emissions it also makes our cities quieter and more relaxing, also allowing for more greenery to be set up etc. However, in cities with less than 80,000 people while yes things like bike lanes can be put, removing cars from these cities is not practical.
 * -| Class Collaboration =

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The three most important laws of distribution are labor, land, capital. While land is a whole another topic, labor is best represented by the worker and capital is best represented by the  employer. All of these laws must be in harmony with each other in order to have a strong economy and a stable, prosperous society.

Since these three laws require each other to function, is it ideal that there is a tripartite system of co-operation between the government, workers and employers. As per the ideals of corporatism, a country is like the human body, where all organs require each other to thrive, just like how a country requires the three laws (land, labor and capital) to be in harmony and co-operating. As such, I reject class warfare, believing it to be a destabilizing tool, even if it works out in the end.

As such, I believe that all private businesses need to have worker unions, who would make up 20% of the board of directors of said companies, in order to make sure there is representation and the organs of a country can work perfectly, with workers being productive overall, offering in economic growth and the  employers offering the workers  high wages, allowing for a positive feedback loop where workers would become more productive and the wages would be higher, allowing for more profit and more economic growth.
 * -| Trade =

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When it comes to the issue of trade, I am very much in favor of free trade, especially between countries that are both liberal democratic. As such, I reject Biden-Trump tariffs levied on American allies such as Europe and Japan, believing that if we have free trade between democracies, there will be mutual economic growth. As such, I support free trade between democracies and support things like the TTIP, however with some labor and environmental standards and overall I support the creation of something more than just the Trans-Pacific Partnership: a Global Concordium, uniting all liberal democracies economically through free trade.

However, when it comes to authoritarian countries such as Russia, China etc. I believe that we need to encode labor and environmental standards into trade deals and even (despite how much I hate them) put up tariffs against them. I believe that just not America but also the European Union should decouple from authoritarian nations such as China, however I do accept de-risking in the EU's case as a precursor measure so that full decoupling can occur.

Legal Views

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I support the complete legalization of all drugs, believing that them being illegal is just as dumb of a decision as illegalizing alcohol. When drugs became illegal, black markets and cartels were established, which as we all know brought chaos and instability to the areas they just happened to operate in, just like during the Prohibition Era. I believe individuals should have the freedom to buy and consume drugs, even if it is negative and I personally hate it, as I believe it is their body, their choice. This isn't to say that a generally negative attitude shouldn't be promoted through advertisements, it definitely should and I believe there needs to be, through sin taxes, a taxation on drug purchasing in order to discourage the purchase of drugs based on a financial context. I believe that drugs, along with alcohol and tobacco should only be consumed at an age exceeding 18, although some hard drugs may only be used after the age of 21.

I also support the legalization of things like hemp, a cousin of weed, as it can be useful in reducing emissions in hard to reduce places such as concrete construction. Along with this, I fully support the legalization of medical marijuana and I believe that the full legalization of drugs can result in at least a temporary collapse of the black markets and even if they do find a new substance, black markets won't be so violent, unlike with alcohol and drugs.
 * -| Guns =

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When it comes to the issue of gun ownership, I am in favor of a model similar to that of  Switzerland or  Canada (at least before 2023), where shooting is only reserved for hunting & sports, with things like automatic firearms being banned, but semi-automatics and handguns requiring permits and it turns out their gun crime is lower than the United States, despite the fact their gun ownership rates are decently high. I believe that when you're over 18 you can have the right to buy guns, and only if you're over 18.

The proper reasonings for owning a gun are for self-defense, hunting, target practice or simply collection. Initially, they can only get things like rifles/shotguns but eventually through experience and periodic checks, can eventually begin to acquire things like handguns and semi-automatic firearms, if they're to be trusted with them. This also applies to assault weapons such as AR-15s and even military-grade weapons. I also believe in policies meant to stop illegal gun shipping from other countries such as Iran for violent purposes.
 * -| Prison Reform =

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Personally, I believe that the current system of prisons is flawed, as it prioritizes punishment over rehabilitation and the former has shown to have failed overall in changing the tendencies and orientations of liberated criminals from prison. As such, I believe in a system of rehabilitation, as employed in the country of Norway, where prisoners are accommodated to an ordinary lifestyle (even if slightly different), which allows them to re-integrate normally into society. I also believe that sentences should at most be 15 years and that former prisoners should not be excluded from voting or participating in a job (prisoners themselves shouldn't be excluded from voting). Prison shall serve as an opportunity to learn from your mistakes and not to be punished for doing them, even when you had no clue that those were mistakes and rehabilitation is just the safest bet, even if you were wrongfully arrested. As such, I also support removing the death penalty. Finally, I believe that victimless crimes should not be considered crimes.
 * -| Gender Policy =

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When it comes to LGBTQ+ rights, I am in full favor of them, believing that LGBTQ+ should not only have the right to marriage & adoption but also have many rights overall. I believe that overall having LGBTQ+ rights helps improve the freedom of people and I reject workers being fired for trivial things like this or anything stupid happening to them because of this. Ideally, I believe that social issues should just stop being important and that LGBTQ+ people should just have the right to exist and shall be treated just like heterosexuals are treated.

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I believe that prostitution and sex work in general should be legal, and it should serve as a source of revenue. Prostitution however should be confined to state-owned brothels, where people are free to do this, however if it is left to the private sphere, it should be regulated and taxed, either way it shall serve as something overall helpful to society rather than a net negative and as said previously, it should be normalized, in order to make social issues unimportant.

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When it comes to the issue of feminism, I believe that women should be equal to men in the face of law and that they should have equal pay. Along with this, I believe that both should have equal access to education and have the same opportunities. With this, I support the first wave of feminism and the  second of wave of feminism. The first one fighting for the right to work and vote while the second one fighting for more bodily rights of reproduction. I believe that more radical elements which promote misandry (hatred of men) are just as terrible as misogyny. Feminism should stop being important like other social issues and to do that we got to spread the equal rights women got in the West to the rest of the world.
 * -| Police =

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Despite my libertarian takes, I still support the presence of a well-funded police. I believe that the presence of such police is good for society as it can mean reduced crime overall. That explains why crime in the UK has been going up after Tory austerity in the 2010s as a consequence of the 2008 financial crisis. While I am against extensive surveillance and spying, I still support CCTV technology as it can be useful in catching criminals. I believe that a well-funded police can provide law and order, so as to not cause chaos and criminality. Such position is not contradictory to values of civil liberty, as the existence of such a police won't necessarily infringe on said liberties, but rather they would protect the people, as the saying goes: "Your right to swing your arms ends as another man's nose begins." (I've said it too many times, I know).

Cultural Views

 * -| Culture War =

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I oppose the currently raging culture war between the far-left and far-right on social issues, that being the social justice warriors and the identitarians of the alt-right and while I do side with the SJWs more (in the sense that I have a progressive social policy), I still believe overall that social issues should stop being important and that the we should progress beyond these current identity issues and focus on more important things for our society, such as strengthening and upgrading  liberal democracy worldwide.


 * -| Abortion =

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I believe that abortion should be available to women without any exceptions, even if I do support things like contraceptives and other birth control tactics over abortion, I still believe that since its the woman's body, it should be their own choice of what to do with it. I believe that abortion should be normalized and made an irrelevant social issue, just like any other. Seeing as how I favor individual liberty, there is no reason as to why I should oppose abortion to any degree.

=Relations=

[[File:Yes.png]] Friendly

 * [[File:Brazlib.png]] Brazilian Liberalism ([[File:Soclib.png]]/[[File:Georgist.png]]/[[File:Neolib.png]]/[[File:3way.png]]) - You have a very based ideology, combining policies of neoliberalism and social liberalism. Although, you don't really mention decoupling from China, that's probably because your foreign policy section is only about more internal South American politics. While your Amazon policy may be a little too extreme and your affirmative action is not something I really like, as we should only provide equal opportunity, as people are radically different so their outcomes would be different based on their decisions. Still, pretty good and we're pretty similar overall.
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] Tiberius Thought ([[File:Auth3Way.png]]/[[File:American_Patriotism.png]]/[[File:Dirigisme.png]]/[[File:Antipop.png]]) - We have pretty similar economic policy overall and we are both progressive. The only difference between me and you is that you're just more authoritarian, despite this however we are pretty similar.
 * [[File:Neohumicon.png]] Neo-humanism ([[File:Libertarian.png]]/[[File:Progconf.png]]/[[File:World.png]]/[[File:Hayek.png]])- You're essentially a more right-wing version of me and slightly more conservative and less internationalist. Still, we are similar overall and as such you belong in this tier.
 * [[File:Adamist.png]] Adamtheuseless Thought ([[File:Bhl.png]]/[[File:Libtrans.png]]/[[File:RSF.png]]/[[File:Ectrans.png]]) - It's nice how you have a Pro-West foreign policy and are overall libertarian, but come on your economics are too right-wing, even for me. Seriously? The Austrian School? Overall though we're similar and I assume you're a Georgist? Although you don't really mention that.
 * [[File:NeoGlencoe.png]] Neo-Glencoeism ([[File:LibSocAuth.png]]/[[File:Soccap.png]]/[[File:Necon.png]]/[[File:Neotech.png]]) - It's nice how you have become more moderate economically and social capitalism sure is based, but man why do you have to be an authoritarian? While a Pro-West foreign policy and technophilia are based, I don't like the authoritarianism.

[[File:Meh.png]] Neutral

 * [[File:BERNHEism.png]] BERNHEism ([[File:WelfChauvin.png]]/[[File:Dirigisme.png]]/[[File:Transh.png]]/[[File:NeoMerc.png]]) - While we both love technological acceleration and your economics are actually not that different from mine, I do not like your totalitarianism (or at least, dictablanda) and ultranationalism is also something that I reject and I agree with the fact that race conflict is unnecessary and while this LGBT wave will die out, it will be after they get their rights. It only started because they began to be suppressed. I also (at least somewhat) agree with your stance on identity politics, surprisingly.

[[File:No.png]] Hostile

 * [[File:GanzismIcon2.png]] Ganzism ([[File:Anprim.png]]/[[File:Pcb_ethnonat_icon.png]]/[[File:Deepe.png]]/[[File:Neolud.png]]) - Bro what? Primitivism combined with ethnonationalism? Oh wait you're also an anarchist. Yea, good luck bringing us back to the stone age. We all know the clock shall eternally march forward, it is the only way and an anarchist place will always get invaded by a statist place if it isn't protected or just ignored by a statist country (or countries).

[[File:Yes.png]] Friendly

 * [[File:FDRismF.png]] Franklin D. Roosevelt ([[File:EconProg.png]]/[[File:Libhawk.png]]/[[File:LibAuth.png]]/[[File:Soclib.png]]) - Based economic policies, which helped end the Great Depression and allow for the Post-War Economic Boom. Also, you along with the UK and the USSR helped in defeating Nazi Germany.
 * [[File:JFK.png]] John F. Kennedy ([[File:AntiRacism.png]]/[[File:Soclib.png]]/[[File:World.png]]/[[File:Libhawk.png]]) - Its nice how you supported civil rights and maintained a good image even during the Cuban Missile Crisis. While the steps you took may not have been the best, at least we aren't in nuclear winter because of it. Also, the Apollo Program is based.

[[File:No.png]] Hostile

 * [[File:NicolaeCeaușescu.png]] Nicolae Ceausescu ([[File:ConNatCom.png]]/[[File:Klep.png]]/[[File:Neostalin.png]]/[[File:GreaterRomania.png]]) - The Revolution of 1989 was necessary, the Romanian people received their greatest Christmas gift on the day of the 25th of December 1989. You refused to change your regime even as the world was begging you to do so, even as your people were starving and living conditions were worsening, even as salaries began to decline. You continued with your unrealistic goal of immediately paying back all the debts you stupidly earned. While the few years after your presidency were tough and your massive corruption mind you is still present in Romanian society, Romania is a far better place now than in 1989.
 * [[File:JosephStalin.png]] Joseph Stalin ([[File:Map.png]]/[[File:TotCommie.png]]/[[File:Indust.png]]/[[File:GreaterUSSR.png]]) - You are the definition of an 100% evil speed run. Not only you're a pedophile, but you also killed millions of people during your rule, you took the land of other countries and also made them puppets to your evil empire and you along with other Marxist-leninists, doomed the USSR into stagnation (after the industrialization period). The only good thing you did is that you helped the West in beating Nazi Germany, but that was only after they invaded you, before that, you signed economic & political agreements with them.
 * [[File:MaoHair.png]] Mao Zedong ([[File:Legalism.png]]/[[File:Mao.png]]/[[File:TotCommie.png]]/[[File:Anti-Revisionism.png]]) - You're the most genocidal communist dictator ever (numbers wise) that has ever ruled. You not only did the greatest economic blunder (killing the sparrows) and causing the terrible policy known as the Great Leap Forward (which killed tens of millions of people). You also brutally suppressed political opponents through the Cultural Revolution and Hundred Flowers Campaign.
 * [[File:Polpot.png]] Pol Pot ([[File:TotCommie.png]]/[[File:EthnoUltranat.png]]/[[File:Natcom-Alt.png]]/[[File:Agsoc.png]]) - If there is truly a terrible human being, it is you. Not only you reduced your countries life expectancy by 30 years just by killing 1 million of its people, you also smashed their babies into trees and just killed whoever you didn't like at the moment. Vietnamese, French, Smart people, dumb people whatever. You killed people without remorse. Truly a bastard.

=Comments=
 * [[File:Murb.png]] Neo-Murba - add me
 * [[File:Jefsynd.png]] - i wish pol pot actually did all those things
 * [[File:GanzismIcon2.png]] Ganzism - Add me? I've already added you
 * [[File:NeoGlencoe.png]] Neo-Glencoeism - add me
 * - Add me?
 * [[File:EugeneTLT.png]] - I gotta say... your icon design really does look like a certain country flag...
 * [[File:OwfBall.png]] Owfism - Yea... It really does, pretty interesting!