Zaniumism

Zaniumism is a liberal, nationalist, socially right-leaning, civically moderately libertarian and capitalist ideology. Zaniumism is based largely on the beliefs on the User Zanium.

Zaniumism largely takes influence from national liberalism,  classical liberalism and  Conservative-Liberalism, but also takes some minor attributes from  National Libertarianism and  Liberaltarianism.

Economics
Zaniumism is firmly economically liberal, and fiscally conservative. Zaniumism believes in tax reductions, deregulation, lowered spending, and lower amounts of welfare, or welfare being replaced with a negative income tax at the very most.

Central Banks: Zaniumism supports the reintroduction of the gold standard, private banking )if it is possible) as he believes it can lower inflation, or a strict monetarist policy; where the central bank cannot inflate the currency, and doesn’t print money in an overly loose manner.

Welfare: Zaniumism believes that welfare should only be kept at a “strict minimum” As it can cause an unhealthy culture of reliance. He also believes that welfare should only be used to get people on their feet if they are physically unable to work e.g.: disabled individuals. Zaniumism is also flirtatious with the idea of a negative income tax, but doesn’t truly pursue it or advocate for it

Taxes: Zaniumism follows the economic liberalism tradition that taxes should be as low as possible while maintaining a balanced budget. He supports 26% flat income tax for foreigners and a 16% flat income tax for citizens. He also believes that corporate tax is unnecessary, and should be kept as low as possible, so 0%-10%. However, Zaniumism does support higher taxes on drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products:

International trade: Zaniumism supports mostly free yet fair trade, however, he supports that in some instances that local companies and industries should be protected via low tariffs on foreign companies.

Regulation: Zaniumism believes that the economy should be as deregulated as possible. He supports a near laissez-faire economic approach domestically, unless in severe circumstances of the customer being misled or extreme cases of exploitation. For this reason, Zanium supports the enforcement of private contracts, and some minor customer protection laws. Zanium is also opposed to a minimum wage, as he believes that it not just undermines the business owner’s right over his business, but it also unfairly discriminates against unskilled labourers, and for this reason he wishes to abolish the minimum wage.

Property rights: Zanium believes that humans naturally attempt to pursue property. And because of the this reason, Zaniumism believes that private property is a right, but in significant contrast to this; he is open to some ideas of georgism such as LVT, however, he does not like the moral justifications behind Georgism, so because of this significant reason Zanium supports true private property rights, in a moderate yet pragmatic manner. Zaniumism also supports abolishing most zoning laws(YIMBY), as he views that a government attempting to regulate how people use their property, and how dense places should be is a violation of the free market system.

Social Views
Abortion: Zanium supports a post 14week ban on abortion, because he believes once it forms into a foetus, it becomes human life. However, there is a few exceptions to his view on post first trimester abortions, for example a threat to the mother’s life, rape or incest. He also supports that women seeking an abortion should get counselling first, to ensure that she is indeed making the right decision, and also to make sure that she knows about the other options available for her.

LGBT Rights: Despite Zanium being bisexual himself, he does not support gay marriage, instead he supports civil unions with adoption rights for gay couples. He also believes that the LGBT community has gone overly woke, with it’s acceptance of leftist ideology. Zaniumism is also skeptical towards some aspects of the transgenderist movement, but respects trans individuals non-the less. He also supports banning sex changes and HRT for minors, but he believes that adults should make whatever decision they desire.

Islam: Zaniumism is skeptical torwards Islam and is firmly anti-radical islamism, however, he does not wish to ban Islam or mosques, as he believes that you get many moderate and good Muslims which are unfairly targeted by radical Muslims. Furthermore Zanium has said that Islam is currently a “medieval” and “backwards” culture which needs drastic reform if it wishes not to be condemned by liberal democracy. Zaniumism also supports limiting immigration from Islamic nations.

Pornography: Zanium doesn’t care what you do with your spare time, as long as you are watching legal stuff bucko 👀. But seriously, Zaniumism isn’t opposed to pornography, as long as it depicts consenting adults.

The nuclear family unit: Zanium believes that the nuclear family is an important and valuable aspect of society. He believes that the nuclear family shouldn’t not be demonised but instead encourages, as it is important for children to grow up with two parental figures.

Freedom of speech: Zanium supports near-absolute freedom of speech. He believes that freedom of speech, regardless of whom is saying what and what is being said is a basic human right, however, Zanium does support the criminalization of incitement, if proven to be incitement. Zaniumism also believes that freedom of expression is under serious attack from both the woke and culturally far-right.

“Woke Politics”: Zanium is opposed to woke politics, believing that it it’s an absolute betrayal of humanity, decency, and later on freedom of speech. Zanium believes that SJW/cancel culture has also given liberalism a bad name, and completely replaced its definition in America.

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Zaniumism believes in a government that is limited in it’s scope by a constitution. He believes that the central government’s main responsibilities are: “The protection of life, liberty, property, and national sovereignty.

He believes that national defense, human rights, immigration, constitutional laws, and international trade laws should be left to the national government, everything else should be left to the individual provinces. He believes that this will cause a more efficient yet less powerful government. These policy are similar to the Swiss System

He also believes in the firm protection of liberal democracy and liberty  against populists and Islamists, however, in contrast to this, Zanium has shared some sympathy towards a Liberal Autocracy  stating that he would rather live in a liberal autocracy than under an illiberal democracy.

Diplomatic Policy
Zanium is a firm nationalist. He loves South Africa and wishes to protect his country of birth until the very end. His beliefs are more aligned with civic nationalism due to his belief in the protection of the rainbow nation concept. He is opposed to immigration, wishing to limit it to 8 thousands immigrants per year, he also believes we should put all South Africans first, regardless of their race, while also believing in a strong army to protect all South Africans.

He wishes for prosperity for his nation, so he also seeks to align it with the West, while keeping South Africa mostly neutral and isolated from world affairs, unless in Ukraine or Taiwan. Where he supports both Taiwan and Ukraine against their invaders and enemies.