Tiberius Thought

Tiberius Thought is the economically and culturally center-left ideology of the blogger Tiberius. He occupies the middle area between the Authoritarian Left and Authoritarian Right quadrants.

Metaphysics
Tiberius Thought follows idealism, the idea that the world is the product of a collective, non-egoic consciousness; and thus "reality" is dependent upon subjective perception. As egoic souls will have different interpretations of this subjective reality, all epistemological claims are relative. In other words, Tiberius Thought uses idealism to justify relativism.

Morality
Tiberius Thought considers all moral claims to be relative as well. Two people with similar experiences can come up with different moral systems to justify (or condemn) what transpired before them. Morals boil down to individual preferences—shaped by one's personal experience and culture—comparable to a person's taste for food or clothing. This is why Tiberius Thought uses "desirable" and "undesirable" and not "good" or "evil." Morals only matter insofar as they can be enforced through power. Those who wield power can impose their moral preferences onto others.

History
Tiberius Thought believes that there is a course of history, one which is inherently, and that humanity should advance the dialectic towards that end-point. WIP

Free Will
Per his idealism, Tiberius Thought embraces libertarian free will. That outside of cases of cosmic injustice (e.g., being born to a drug-addicted single parent and an incarcerated father), humans have complete agency. From this, Tiberius Thought is a strong advocate of personal responsibility; and that factors like poverty and mental health are merely excuses to avoid self-improving activities.

Meritocracy
Inspired by the works of John Stuart Mill,  Friedrich Nietzsche,  Joseph Schumpeter, and  Alexander Hamilton, Tiberius Thought is a champion of. He believes civilizational progress is best achieved in a system where an inclusive entrepreneurial elite guide industry to greatness. As such he is friendly to workplace hierarchies, but favors creating equality of opportunity to ensure anybody can take on positions of economic leadership through hard work. This synthesis of Egalitarianism and   drives his policy views.

Politics

 * -| Economics =

[[File:Soccap.png]] Economic Model [[File:Dirigisme.png]]
Tiberius Thought supports a  with. For him the aim of economic policy is to maximize profits for the State, so that they can be utilized in the national interest and to promote individual sovereignty. As such, businesses under his ideal regime would be regulated along  Cameralist lines. There would be high economic freedom, since ease of doing business means more profits the State can tax for redistributive purposes, but also enough government intervention to produce socially optimal outcomes. Some examples:
 * 1) [[File:Libertarian_Paternalism.png]] Nudging markets with taxes and subsidies.
 * 2) [[File:LibSyndieSam.png]] Strengthening labor unions.
 * 3) [[File:Indust.png]] An industrial policy to prop up strategically paramount manufacturing sectors.
 * 4) [[File:Statesoc.png]] Public-private partnerships [[File:Corp.png]].
 * 5) [[File:Welf.png]] Public social investments (e.g., tuition-free college).

[[File:Welf.png]] Welfare [[File:WelfLib.png]]
Tiberius Thought supports overhauling the welfare state. He feels the objective should be to ensure economic equality while emphasizing personal responsibility. For a genuine meritocracy would permit anyone, regardless of the social status they were born into, to climb the social ladder and contribute to  civilizational progress; an  egalitarian distribution of income, wealth, and social capital, in other words, is necessary for dynamic markets and the creative destruction process.

Today's welfare state however subsidizes lumpenproletarian decadence (e.g., criminality, disincentivizes marriage, and idleness), which burdens taxpayers, ramps up unnecessary deficit spending, and diminishes social cohesion. (This is largely a byproduct of the United State's  individualistic yet  multicultural status, which  Nordic countries lack.)

He therefore advocates for the following:
 * Replacing most welfare programs (e.g., food stamps and temporary family assistance) with a negative income tax (NIT) indexed to inflation.
 * Establishing the Federal Lifeline Corporation, [[File:Statecap.png]] a state-owned enterprise, which manages individual accounts for retirement, housing, and medical care needs.
 * Implementing a school voucher scheme that permits low-income families to send their children to better schools (especially charters).
 * Making private health insurance compulsory with a public option for low-to-no income citizens.
 * Instituting tax incentives for [[File:Right-Distributism.png]] profit-sharing and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) in [[File:Corp.png]] companies.

[[File:MathTheo.png]] Skills & Training [[File:Construction.png]]
As the economy becomes more and more driven by computers, automation, and artificial intelligence—creating paramount challenges for America's way of life—Tiberius Thought finds it important to get  workers equipped with up-to-date skills. Otherwise a crisis awaits, for most low-skill laborers will struggle to secure work. This threatens social cohesion and drives millions into poverty through no fault of their own; making a proletarian revolution of some variety  all the more likely. Tiberius Thought proposes the following:
 * The creation of a [[File:Statecap.png]] National Skills Corporation which collaborates with [[File:Cap.png]] businesses and [[File:Union.png]] unions of all sizes to train workers in marketable skills.
 * Implementing tax incentives for apprenticeships, paid internships, and on-the-job training so more people can acquire necessary skills upon entering the workforce.
 * Making tertiary education—public universities, community colleges, and vocational schools—tuition-free, so that anybody who desires an education can receive one.

[[File:Neocorporatism.png]] Corporatism [[File:Tripartism.png]]
For Tiberius Thought, workers and  employers are vital organs of the  country. Business leaders have creative visions and brilliant ideas they wish to share with the world, hoping to secure a profit. In doing so, they play a key role in the creative destruction process which benefits humans in the long run. Workers, on the other hand, help enact their visions; they help create the wealth that permits entrepreneurship in the first place. One cannot exist without the other.

Tibeirus Thought rejects class warfare. He instead favors balancing the interests of labor and capital through a regulatory state which brings them together. WIP

[[File:CronyCap.png]] Anti-Trust [[File:Corp.png]]
Tiberius Thought tolerates—and in some situations embraces—the existence of monopoly and oligopoly. Per Joseph Schumpeter, monopolization is a valid business strategy insofar as it makes entrepreneurial investments ("entrepreneurial" in the sense of "innovative activity") easier and less risky. A company with monopoly power—the ability for a firm to set prices beyond their marginal costs due to high market concentration—has more financial resources they can devote to the research and development of new, better products. In other words, monopoly power is critical to the creative destruction process. This is why Tiberius Thought is a supporter of intellectual property protections like patents and copyrights, which are grants of monopoly power, and also the State cooperating with and regulating monopolistic/oligopolistic firms in the national interest. (He also feels working with private monopolies is preferable to nationalization, for it would be easier for the State to scapegoat and "betray" a private firm which steps too far than a government enterprise, while also reducing bureaucratic overburden.)

He only supports "trust busting" when a firm meets the following conditions: An example of the third sufficiently addressing the problem: With pharmaceutical products like insulin he would support the government purchasing some of it and selling it to consumers at a lower price until the patent expires.
 * 1) They violate the consumer welfare standard.
 * 2) That their innovative activities in the long-term do not outweigh the short-term reduction in [[File:Utility.png]] consumer utility.
 * 3) And that neither of the above two can be sufficiently resolved through [[File:Libertarian_Paternalism.png]] nudging (e.g., corporate welfare and profits taxes) or [[File:Regulationism.png]] regulations.

He would have opposed breaking up Standard Oil, as did  Teddy Roosevelt. For that level of intervention should be a last resort.

[[File:Fiscon.png]] Taxation [[File:Econlib.png]]
Tiberius Thought supports maintaining a balanced budget. He feels deficit spending—when spending is not equal to tax revenue—is a net harm in the long-term, as it does three things. He agrees with, as did  Milton Friedman, that deficit spending is useful for dealing with national emergencies or bust cycles. But otherwise, balanced budgets are essential to maintaining high productivity. To accomplish this he favors the following:
 * 1) Higher interest rates, which discourages investment (hurts stock performance, cuts into real estate markets, and makes starting a business harder).
 * 2) It artificially enhances the currency's value by promoting foreign capital, which reduces global competitiveness.
 * 3) It acts as a birth tax, punishing future generations who will have to pay that off.
 * [[File:Econlib.png]] Privatizing, in whole or in part, public-sector services or functions to cut spending (e.g, the partial privatization of Social Security like in [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Sweden).
 * [[File:Statecap.png]] Using for-profit state-owned enterprises—like social wealth funds or [[File:Cball-Canada.png]] Canada's Crown corporations—to raise revenue for the [[File:Statism.png]] State.
 * [[File:Antiwelf.png]] Eliminating or cutting aforementioned wasteful or parasitic welfare programs, which cost the economy over $1 trillion a year.
 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Raising taxes progressively so that government revenue is closer to what is actually spent.

[[File:Keynes.png]] Full Employment [[File:Socdem.png]]
A healthy society is one in which every citizen who wishes to contribute to society to find meaningful work. Tight labor markets reduce inequality, force companies to raise wages to attract work, and encourages them to invest in automation and technology to reduce labor costs. Achieving full employment in a modern market system  will require the following:
 * Simulating private-sector growth through an [[File:Indust.png]] industrial policy, creating high-paying manufacturing jobs (see below).
 * Cutting [[File:Welf.png]] unemployment insurance in an effort to nudge people to find work.
 * Offering loans to [[File:Cap.png]] businesses to create unionized jobs with living wages and flexible working hours.
 * Implementing a flexicurity model (similar to the one in [[File:Cball-Denmark.png]]) where at-will firing of workers is permitted, but the other benefits of [[File:LibSyndieSam.png]] union membership preserved.

[[File:Indust.png]] Industrial Policy [[File:Statecap.png]]
Industrial policy is a critical component of Tiberius Thought. He feels a strong manufacturing and  agricultural base is necessary to keeping the  United States  internationally competitive. China and Russia's use of  state-owned enterprises to stay competitive in global markets while projecting  international soft power alone justifies this. He proposes three measures. He supports Biden's CHIPS and Science Act for subsidizing semiconductor manufacturing companies like Intel, which addresses a valid national security concern while promoting foreign investment.
 * 1) Using [[File:Corp.png]] corporate welfare—tax incentives, government contracts, subsidized loans, among other [[File:Libertarian_Paternalism.png]] nudges—to boost key industries (e.g., semiconductor manufacturing) and [[File:AgCap.png]] agribusiness.
 * 2) Strong intellectual property protections to maximize innovation in strategic sectors like medicine and energy.
 * 3) Technology transfers and increasing public funding for research and development.


 * -| Culture =

[[File:Pro-Choice1.png]] Abortion [[File:Pro-ChoiceRemade.png]]
Tiberius Thought is a strong supporter of abortion. He opposes all legal restrictions on the ability to seek an abortion, even limits on when a mother can seek one. He also believes infanticide by the mother up to three years of age should be fully permissible, since a child does not develop meaningful sentience up to that point. Since a woman's body is her property, and a child in the womb serves a parasitic function when unwanted, she should have to right to remove it by any means necessary. Further, abortion has a eugenic effect in two ways:
 * 1) It keeps fertility rates among the poor low, reducing the cycle of poverty and thus its [[File:Psychopath.png]] anti-social consequences (e.g., higher crime rates).
 * 2) [[File:Primitivism-icon.png]] Mothers having autonomy in reproductive decisions has helped humans evolve into what they are today.

[[File:Gay.png]] LGBT Rights [[File:PinkCap.png]]
Tiberius Thought advocates for the rights of non-heterosexual and gender non-conforming people. Homosexuality serves a useful social function by promoting solidarity between members of the same sex and helping raise abandoned offspring. LGBT emancipation is also a logical conclusion of capitalism, for  sex is highly profitable—just ask  Fulgencio Batista —and excluding workers for their trivial preferences is nonsensical. In addition, traditional gender norms limit the scope of human creativity; hindering economic growth. Supporting the rights of transgender and  non-binary people, therefore, is a step in the right direction for Tiberius Thought.

[[File:AntiGRights.png]] Gun Control [[File:Auth.png]]
Gun control is an important position of Tiberius Thought. Although he normally accepts autonomy, he feels  mob rule hinders individual autonomy, especially  property rights, in the long-term. As the Federalists identified centuries ago, unfettered access to firearms allows for the impulsive masses to interfere in the  democratic process. There is also no meaningful liberty if one inhabits a war zone (for more guns equals more violent crime). Enemies of Tiberius Thought's values, such as communists and  bigoted conservatives, are also supportive of gun rights in the hopes they can overthrow  the system  to their benefit.

[[File:PinkCap.png]] Prostitution [[File:Sex_Positive.png]]
Under Tiberius Thought, prostitution would be a legal, licensed profession. Ideally it would be confined to state-owned brothels where citizens would be free to relieve their erotic passions at will, although  well-regulated private brothels is something he would be fine with. In either case he would want the profits—almost entirely if managed by the public sector, highly taxed if handled by the private sector—to be directed towards social investment schemes (e.g., education and infrastructure).

[[File:NarcCap.png]] Drug Legalization [[File:NarcLib.png]]
Tiberius Thought supports the total legalization of all drugs. For reasons:
 * 1) The War on Drugs is a waste of taxpayer dollars and government resources which could be devoted elsewhere.
 * 2) The War on Drugs is dysgenic, for it protects hopeless addicts (who are usually better off dead) from themselves.
 * 3) Drugs are a useful mechanism for pacifying the underclass, who are a source of revolutionary fervor historically.
 * 4) And fundamentally one's body is their [[File:Property.png]] property; people should be allowed to obliterate themselves.

[[File:Nihil.png]] Pro-Euthanasia [[File:Health_and_Safetyf.png]]
Tiberius Thought is a pro-euthanasia ideology. He feels those who are dissatisfied with life have the right to perish, and in the most humane manner possible. He opposes any efforts to legally restrict access to euthanasia. Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron deserve credit for pushing euthanasia according to Tiberius Thought.


 * -| International =

[[File:Imp.png]] Pax Americana [[File:Necon.png]]
Tiberius Thought is a strong advocate of. He feels there should be two objectives to American foreign policy: He also approves of efforts by the United States to undermine socialist movements during the Cold War, including the propping up of  banana republics and  right-wing dictators by the  CIA. He opposes the Biden administration's pledge to cut funding to the  Saudi struggle against the Iran-backed  Houthis. All-in-all, his foreign policy attitude can be compared to British imperialism of the 19th century, adapted to a more  globalized situation. Tiberius Thought justifies this foreign policy on Machiavellian grounds.
 * 1) To open up access to [[File:Neighborstan.png]] foreign resources so [[File:Corp.png]] entrepreneurs [[File:Cap.png]] can liberally exploit them to maximize profits (both [[File:Human.png]] human and [[File:Mountains.png]] natural).
 * 2) To undermine and eventually topple regimes hostile to American interests (e.g., [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Iran and [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia).

[[File:FairTradeProtectionism.png]] Trade [[File:Globalism.png]]
Tiberius Thought has been shifting towards fair trade, as opposed to the unfettered free trade he previously espoused. He believes that the free flow of goods, services, and labor between countries is a net positive; but if foreign countries have unfair advantages (e.g.,  lax pollution laws and  no labor protections) then  industries critical to the national welfare will move to them, to the detriment of local communities (see the Midwestern United States) and  national security. Which only makes sense: Doing business in a country that destroys the atmosphere and employs slave labor is cheaper than creating living-wage, ecologically sound jobs at home. (Goods from such trade, in other words, are too cheap.) The benefits of globalization are beyond dispute, but should be made fairer to mitigate the inhumane effects and national security threats. Thus Tiberius Thought favors:
 * 1) Writing [[File:LibSyndieSam.png]] labor rights and [[File:Glib.png]] environmental protections into trade agreements.
 * 2) Imposing tax penalites on [[File:Cap.png]] companies which outsource.
 * 3) Increasing subsidies for [[File:Farm.png]] local farms and [[File:AgCap.png]] agribusinesses.
 * 4) Utilizing an industrial policy to keep American manufacturing sectors globally competitive.
 * 5) Pushing [[File:Corp.png]] public-private partnerships [[File:Statesoc.png]] to create living-wage manufacturing jobs.


 * -| Civics =

[[File:Authdem.png]] Government [[File:Technocracy.png]]
Tiberius Thought favors a republican style of government, fusing elements of  technocratic  autocracy with  representative democracy. WIP

Relations

 * -|Ideology Relations=

Positive
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Mixed
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Negative
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 * -|Self-Insert Relations=

Positive

 * [[File:BERNHEflash.gif]] BERNHE0504 - Probably the person I have most in common with in this community! Apart from some of your conservative social views, I don't have many complaints with you. You and me, along with [[File:7588.png]] WMS, are the Axis of Evil in this community. I wouldn't have it any other way. We shall live rent-free in people's heads.
 * [[File:Omega1065.png]] - Me, but more moderate.
 * [[File:Icon_oRange.png]] oRange System [[File:Icon_oRange_Alt.png]] - Same as above; my main disagreements with him are on civic nationalism and foreign policy. He's also further left than me.
 * [[File:AryanMonarchBow.png]] - I think explicit racism is bad politics in the 21st century. Diversity is also good economics. Some of your beliefs (like being pro-slavery) are crazy. But you're probably one of the closest people to me ideologically besides BERNHE and Omega.
 * [[File:Vexism.png]] Vexism - Great friend, although we don't have much in common outside of a few philosophical similarities.
 * - One of the most wholesome members of this community, albeit more economically left-wing than me.
 * [[File:Stilluserricon.png]] - Embrace the profit motive and your ideology would be epic.
 * - Embrace the [[File:3way.png]] Third Way and you'll be based!

Mixed

 * [[File:pixil-frame-0(38).png]] Neo-Majapahitism - You may have some based economic takes, but your conservative values are awful. Also, you should be supportive of [[File:Imp.png]] American imperialism since it was the biggest supporter of [[File:Suharto.png]] Suharto.
 * [[File:O%27Langism.png]] - A blend of syndicalism and mutualism actually seems based, but your anti-statism ruins everything. As [[File:Hamiltonianism.png]] Hamilton predicted—and which history only confirmed—you need a powerful central government and markets for [[File:Prog.png]] human progress.
 * [[File:7588.png]] - I get the feeling that if our ideal governments actually came about, they would immediately go to war with each other.
 * [[File:Panth.png]] Pantheonism - Guild socialism is cringe and so is pacifism, but otherwise you're not too bad.
 * - Same with [[File:Vexism.png]] her pretty much, although you're a pleasant person.
 * [[File:NewMatthism3.1.png]] Matthism - Not bad, but not great either.
 * - You're alright I suppose, although you'd be slightly better if you embraced [[File:Egocap.png]] Ego-Capitalism.
 * [[File:Glencoe.png]] Glencoe - Your views are tolerable.
 * [[File:Iconfloofel.png]] - A very wholesome person but we have nothing in common (except for agrarianism but for vastly different reasons).
 * - Same as above pretty much.
 * [[File:Rock.png]] Rocksism - Too left-wing but otherwise okay.

Negative
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Reading List
Note: Tiberius Thought does not necessarily agree with everything stated in these books, although this collection of books and essays will help you understand his thought process.
 * [[File:Corp.png]] Big is Beautiful: The Myth of Small Business - [[File:3way.png]] Robert D. Atkinson and [[File:Civnat.png]] Michael Lind
 * [[File:Pragmat.png]] The Prince - [[File:Mach.png]] Niccolò Machiavelli
 * [[File:Protect.png]] Free Trade Doesn't Work - [[File:EconNat.png]] Ian Fletcher
 * [[File:Antichrist.png]] The Antichrist - [[File:Nietzsche-icon.png]] Friedrich Nietzsche
 * [[File:Accel.png]] Kant, Capital, and the Prohibition of Incest - [[File:Landian_Accelerationism.png]] Nick Land
 * [[File:Fed.png]] The Federalist Papers - [[File:Hamilton.png]] Alexander Hamilton, [[File:Jeffersoniandem.png]] James Madison, and [[File:Krit.png]] John Jay
 * [[File:Whiteprog_Icon.png]] The New Freedom - [[File:Woodrow.png]] Woodrow Wilson
 * [[File:Globalism.png]] World Order - [[File:Kisssingerism.png]] Henry Kissinger
 * [[File:Protect.png]] Report on the Subject of Manufactures - [[File:Hamilton.png]] Alexander Hamilton
 * [[File:3way.png]] The Third Way: Renewal of Social Democracy - [[File:Ethsoc.png]] Anthony Giddens
 * [[File:Corp.png]] In Defence of Monopoly: How Market Power Fosters Creative Production - [[File:Austrobert.png]] Dwight Lee and [[File:Cap.png]] Richard McKenzie
 * [[File:Mach.png]] Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom - [[File:Necon.png]] James Burnham
 * [[File:Cdem.png]] Toward a Truly Free Market - [[File:DistributismIcon.png]] John C. Médaille
 * [[File:Darwinist.png]] Social Statics - [[File:SpencerDar.png]] Herbert Spencer
 * [[File:Libertarian_Paternalism.png]] Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness - [[File:Chilib.png]] Richard H. Thaler and [[File:Soclib.png]] Cass R. Sustein
 * [[File:Radcent.png]] Beyond the Left and Right - [[File:Ethsoc.png]] Anthony Giddens
 * [[File:Cap.png]] Basic Economics - [[File:Libcon.png]] Thomas Sowell
 * [[File:Slaveism_icon.png]] The Greek State - [[File:Nietzsche.png]] Friedrich Nietzsche
 * [[File:Schoolicon.png]] Charter Schools and Their Enemies - [[File:Libcon.png]] Thomas Sowell
 * [[File:Statecap.png]] The Closed Commercial State - [[File:Utsoc.png]] Johann Gottlieb Fichte
 * [[File:GControl.png]] Repeal the Second Amendment: The Case for a Safer America - [[File:DemocratF.png]] Allan Lichtman
 * [[File:Anticon.png]] Supply-Side Follies: Why Conservative Economics Fails, Liberal Economics Falters, and Innovation Economics is the Answer - [[File:3way.png]] Robert D. Atkinson
 * [[File:Statecap.png]] The Entrepreneurial State - [[File:WEF-Icon.png]] Mariana Mazzucato
 * [[File:EconInflate.png]] The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money - [[File:Keynes.png]] John M. Keynes
 * [[File:Necon.png]] The Neoconservative Persuasion - [[File:Trot.png]] Irving Kristol
 * [[File:Flatearthf.png]] The World Is Flat - [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] Thomas Friedman
 * [[File:AntiDem.png]] The Revolt of the Masses - [[File:LibSocAuth.png]] José Ortega y Gasset
 * [[File:Mach.png]] The Concept of the Political - [[File:CarlSchmitt.png]] Carl Schmitt
 * [[File:Edu.png]] The Case Against Education - [[File:Ancapf.png]] Bryan Caplan
 * [[File:Cap.png]] Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal - [[File:Obj.png]] Ayn Rand, [[File:Bankocracy.png]] Alan Greenspan, [[File:Egocap.png]] Nathaniel Branden, and [[File:Histval.png]] Robert Hessen
 * [[File:Mach.png]] Politics Among Nations - [[File:Pragmat.png]] Hans Morgenthau
 * [[File:Soclib.png]] On Liberty - [[File:Mill.png]] John Stuart Mill
 * [[File:Enlightab.png]] Leviathan - [[File:Hobbe.png]] Thomas Hobbes
 * [[File:SuccMin.png]] The Road to Serfdom - [[File:Hayek.png]] Friedrich von Hayek
 * [[File:Orlib.png]] The Foundations of Economics - [[File:NeoLiberal-icon.png]] Walter Eucken
 * [[File:Necon.png]] Vietnam: The Necessary War - [[File:Civnat.png]] Michael Lind
 * [[File:Community.png]] Equality as a Moral Ideal - [[File:Demsocstar.png]] Harry Frankfurt
 * [[File:Cultism.png]] Twilight of the Idols - [[File:Nietzsche-icon.png]] Friedrich Nietzsche

Resources
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