Ego-Progressivism

Ego-Progressivism is the current of thought followed and created by Io, it essentially seeks to combine traditional Ego-Communism with Ultraprogressivism, viewing that the struggle for gender, race and sexual liberation should be seen as one about individual sovereignty and thus an truly egoistic cause.

Ideological Influences

 * [[File:Socrates.png]] Socrates (470-399 BCE)
 * [[File:Plato.png]] Plato (428-348 BCE)
 * [[File:ThomHobbes.png]] Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
 * [[File:Rousseau.png]] Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
 * [[File:HegelianPhilosophy.png]] Georg Wilhelm Friederich Hegel (1770-1831)
 * [[File:Stirner.png]] Johann Kaspar Schmidt (1806-1856)
 * [[File:Ormarxf.png]] Karl Marx (1818-1883)
 * [[File:Nietzsche.png]] Friederich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
 * [[File:Goldman.png]] Emma Goldman (1869-1940)
 * [[File:Sartre.png]] Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
 * [[File:Vaush.png]] Ian Kochinski (1994- )

The Unique and its Identity
Each individual is the owner and the creator of its own life, of its own world and its own identity, from the creative nothing all else stems and thus the creative nothing should seek to follow its own cause and to own all which it creates, the individual is the center of their own world, but it is not alone, society and numeral other "things" seek to oppress and chain the individual to its cause, making the individual labor not for himself but for "God" or "Mankind" or the "Proletariat" that is of course, an attack on the individual, it should seek its own liberation and fight for freedom as that is its own cause, that is the cause of a Ego-Progressive, itself, so in the name of itself it should seek to combat the fixed ideas that try to chain them, Ego-Progressivism as an ideology believes that the individual is always in a struggle, the struggle between the creative nothing and all else outside, and that the good life, if that is what they seek, can be found in that struggle, as such Ego-Progressivism opposes all that which tries to put the individual in a box and decide its identity for itself, conservatism, religion, and humanism as such are all ideas opposed by Ego-Progressivism. And so from this conflict society organizes itself, a complex web of social contracts is made as individuals fight for their own cause while other causes are created that seek to subjugate them.

The Ideal and the Real
As the creative nothing is that which creates everything to claim that there is a concrete reality that is objective and knowable is rejected by Ego-Progressivism, as reality varies from the perspective of the individual, as the individual perspective is the only perspective the individual can have and thus create its reality around it, but each individual is different, with different experiences and different perspective, and all those realities are absolute to the own individual but not to anyone else, of course, there is an external world out there, with real "things" but as a group we can't ever say with total objectivity what it is, what we do is to agree on what it is and accept that definition as what it is.

Why Oppose Conservatism
Ego-Progressivism views conservatism as its main enemy, as it is conservatism and conservative thought that tries to chain the individual to whatever society expects of them rather then allowing them to be liberated and fight for their own cause, the main belief of Ego-Progressivism is that individuals can do as they want and live their life true to themselves and conservatism punishes the individual for it, believing that each individual should dedicate itself to the cause of society, or order, or tradition rather than themselves and seeks to destroy all that stands by itself.

Identity and Tribalism
Identity is a two-pronged sword however, and while it is important to the individual it can also be used a tool, to make the individual follow its identity and exist as part of a "tribe", identity should be a tool of the individual used to further its own cause, but a consequence of conservative thinking is tribalism, the belief that the individual should exist for its identity and serve it, thus being part of a tribe and dedicating itself to that tribe, this chains the individual and prevents it from fighting for its own cause, Ego-Progressivism rejects all forms of tribalism, while believing that people of similar identities are in ways connected, they should never let that connection chain them and define them, Ego-Progressivism believes that to liberate a given identity isn't enough for the individual cause, but liberating the individual from its tribe and allowing people to be people separate from all other fixed ideas or "spooks" is total liberation.

To Fight for a Cause
The Individual, if it seeks to further its own cause, needs to fight for it, the world is in a constant struggle between different causes, and if the individual seeks its total liberation it must too fight, fight against the ideas of authority, conservatism and whatever else chains the individual, Ego-Progressivism then claims that for the individual to achieve its total liberation it must abolish that which chains it, Ego-Progressivism aims for the elimination of the state, of race, of gender, of sexuality and whatever else, and this must be done by always fighting against this systems, existing in constant insurrection, not letting yourself be governed, but Ego-Progressivism seeks pragmatism too, as to better achieve its total liberation the individual should seek clever ways to better its own condition, and engage in methods that could reduce the harm they feel, such as voting or fighting to change its society to a form that is better for the individual, even if not perfect.

Civic Egoism
Liberation is, of course, closely tied with liberty, the cause of the individual, for its realization necessitates liberty, and as such the ideals of liberty and freedom are the basis for Ego-Progressivism, as it centers its fight for social progress in the idea that all must be free to do as they desire, unchained from the conservative and collectivist ideals that prevent them from doing so, Ego-Progressivism as such is not only civically anarchist but views most conflicts, such as the ideal of economics, social problems and such to have to do with the struggle between liberty and authoritarianism, to fight against progressivism or in the name of private property is inherently authoritarian.

Economics
As mentioned in the above section the question of economics is too tied to liberty, as different economic systems greatly impact how an individual can forward its cause, Ego-Progressivism is opposed to all economic system that remove freedom from the individual in whatever way, capitalism, feudalism and state-capitalism is rejected as they prevent the individual from being free and true to itself by making it bow down to someone or something else, be it the will of lords, of the free market, or of bureaucrats, Ego-Progressivism advocates for a non-coercive economy, a sort of mutualism without markets where individuals freely choose what they want or not to work on and thus what they want or not to obtain, however even engaging in said social contract will steal from the individual some of its freedom, so it must too take what it wants for itself without regarding whatever system is put in place.

Culture
Ego-Progressivism is of course, progressive in nature, and as such rejects all traditionalism or conservative thought, seeking instead to progress society to a more accepting and free state where individuals are free to be what they want as such culture should be used too just as property that the individual uses to further its cause and culture as a dominating force that makes the individual be or do something else should be fought against.

Environment
The environment is precious to the individual in the sense that its good health is physically necessary for the individual to continue its existence, as such protecting the environment is in the self-interest of everyone and anyone, but, if this is to somehow change, and it is no longer in the individuals self-interest to protect the environment then its up to the individual to decide what it wishes to do with it, as it should be seen as property of the individual and the individual should not be seen as property of it instead.

The Trap of Nations
Nations are a classic example of a spook, a fixed idea that serves nothing more than its own cause and seeks to subjugate the individual to said cause, it is a net-negative for the individual in every way, nationalism prevents us from helping eachother, for standing by eachother and claiming all the benefits that that would entail, and thus Ego-Progressivism is anationalist, believing in the abolishing of nations all together, and that the individual should operate as if there were no nations, as long as it's in their self-interest.

The Religion Question
Religion is something that alienates the individual, makes it work not for itself but for a holy cause, to reach for and create a heaven that is external and the "good" all the while the individual itself is reduced to something unsacred, uncreative, and merely a subject of an external ideal, the individual must free itself from religion to find itself free, but to force others to abandon it is no less authoritarian than forcing others to be religious, as such although Ego-Progressivism believes that in the decision making processes of a government religion should be excluded always, the individual belief in religion shouldn't be fought against with force, instead it is up to each individual to free itself from it.

Morphological Freedom
Liberty is however, not something that is born from or maintained by only ideals, our material conditions affects greatly how free we can be from whatever binds us, and while that may be obvious for things such as material goods or needs, one way that our material conditions makes us less free is our own body, the individual is trapped by natural laws and forced labour under a set standard, the natural standard, that is not absolute however, and with the development of technology we can break free from this, take glasses for example, someone with problem seeing is in a way less free then one who can see well, as the one with problems seeing has less access to many things around life, with glasses or contact lenses however, one can see better, interact with the world better, not only is this beneficial in the sense of survival, it also enables greater freedom as it removes many impediments one might have, so if we can use technology to better our freedom and our quality of life then why only stop at making as as good as we "should", at the grand scheme of things there is no "should", this is biological conservatism that claims we "should" be what is "natural" or "right", there is no "right" however, so what to prevent the individual from bettering itself in such a way if it so does wishes? it is an expression of freedom to chase further freedom, and technological enhancements can deliver the individual greater freedom of the material world around it and its own body.

On Gender
Gender is many things all at once, and at the same time, nothing at all, it is in its essence an abstraction, a phantom or spook that is performed by the individual, its an idea that is imitated though it lacks original form, at the same time it organises itself through a class structure, with males being the dominating class, females the dominated and queers those who don't conform and break the structure, all those things combined lead to an idea such as gender having enormous impact on the life of the individuals, since we are born we are forced into either male and female, and since then we are pressured to fit into the mold of our given gender identity and ostracized as queer if we ever choose not to follow said mold, as such gender in all its forms is an authoritative structure, one that rules over the individual, no wonder that system lead to so many oppressive structures across our history, but even when gender is at its least important it still continues being an oppressive and conservative structure, as gender, as long as it exists will force on us an arbritary set of rules we are meant to follow not for our own sake but simply because we must, because it is tradition and so we should, gender is an authoritative structure through and through and as long as it exists it will be, thats why feminism and men's liberation isn't, because they do not wish to free us from gender, but free gender, making gender, a thing that oppresses us, free, no, it is not enough to simply liberate gender, but liberating yourself from gender is what would lead to greater freedoms.

Personality and Behaviour
Ego-Progressivism acts exactly like its founder, Io

Relations
Canon ideologies=

Friends

 * [[File:Anqueer.png]] Queer Anarchism - The fight for queer liberation is one inherently linked to individualism
 * [[File:Egocom.png]] Ego-Communism - Basically me

Neutral

 * [[File:Ancom.png]] Anarcho-Communism - Of course, a stateless and classless society based on mutual aid is incredible, but why are so many of your followers so spooked?

Enemies
Self-Inserts=
 * [[File:ML.png]] Marxism-Leninism - Of course, i am a proletariat, so the cause of the proletariat is also my cause, but i am more than just proletariat, i am i, so why should i believe in a government that claims that proletarians should rule? i do not wish for the proletariat to rule me, i do not wish to be ruled by anyone
 * [[File:Fash.png]] Fascism - The enemy of the individual and oppressor and vanquiser of all that do not wish to sacrifice themselves for the state

Friends

 * - We agree on pretty much most things

Comments
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