Tomjazzism

Tomjazzism is the ideology of user Tomjazzy. It is a libertarian, economically and culturally left wing ideology, which encompasses both a set of political beliefs, and a more broad philosophical system. Sense it has been a while sense this cite was first shut down, this page now differs slightly from Tomjazzy's current views. He asks you're patience.

Philosophical Beliefs
Tomjazzism believes in a form  rationalist internalism based on the epistemology of various  Enlightenment thinkers like Rene Desecrates, John Locke, and Immanuel Kant; as well as some more modern philosophers like Edmund Husserl and William Clifford. He thinks that without trusting in your own capacity to arrive at truth using reason, you can not trust in anything else, and are therefor unable to build a firm philosophical foundation. From this, he argues that we can see how we are fundamentally oriented towards cretin goods, and arrives at a kind of Natural Law/Virtue based theory of ethics; mostly based off of Stoicism, but with some influence from  Aristotelian's like  Aquinas, and of course, a strong belief in  Enlightenment views on Natural Rights; derived from thinkers like  John Locke and   Thomas Paine.

Political Beliefs
Unlike most other Natural Law theorists however, Tomjazism's philosophy leads him to reject both Traditionalism and most forms of hierarchical thinking. Although he agrees with some of Liberalisms ideas, like   constitutionalism and human rights, he rejects   capitalism as innately unjust  and thinks that  liberal representative democracy leads to an imbalance of power.

Tomjazzism thinks that the only way to avoid exploitation and promote human flourishing is to ensure people all have direct, democratic control over the institutions through which they run there lives. His ideal society would be a form of Market Libertarian Socialism and Democratic Confederalism, influenced by the ideals of  The Ideas of Maury Bookchin and  Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. Each community in the confederation would agree not to allow discrimination based on race, gender identity, creed, or sexuality. They would all work towards ecologically sustainable modes of living, and ideally strive to live by rational and fair principles in ways that were most suited to there individual cultures. He would advocate this community have a robust educational system, with an emphases on social sciences (including history and philosophy.) There would most likely be a few locally elected officials, similarly to Minarcho-Mutualism, while also having elected or randomly selected representatives at the conferral level. Ideally, Citizens acting to defend from any kind of threat to person or property would be actively encouraged, provided the individual in question attempted conflict de-escalation and restraint form excessive force as is reasonable; as well as being willing to take responsibility for there actions.

Praxis
Tomjazism recognizes that any immediate attempts to implement his ideology within the first world would probably result in catastrophe. Instead, he advocates for those in democratic countries push for reforms, trying to help the disadvantage and encourage workers cooperatives at the national level, while trying to gain more direct democratic control of local communities, and engaging in direct action by unionizing, and starting mutual aid groups and coops. Tomjazzy no long believes that federal reform will be a major part of establishing. Instead, he advocates for Proudhons concept of dual power; we should bide our time as we wait for the state and capitalism to weaken, in the meantime creating alternative institutions and using electoralism to try and build  working class consciousness and to hamper reactionaries until the time becomes ripe for revolution.

For those in authoratrain countries,Tomjazzism supports an attempt to build solidarity at the local level, while also doing anything they can to oppose state tyranny, including overthrowing it if possible.

Friends:

 * [[File:Bckchn.png]] Bookchin Communalism - Thanks for helping me develop a new kind of natural law theory that's truly consistent with human flurishing!
 * [[File:Demcon.png]] Democratic Confederalism - Wait, how are you different from the last guy agian? But seriously, you're basically just me but in the Middle East.
 * [[File: Libms.png]] - Ideal economic system! I'm a version of you.
 * [[File:Minmut2.png]] Minarcho-Mutualism -My favorite version of above.
 * [[File:Mutalist.png]] Proudhon - My other main influence, besides[[File:Bckchn.png]] Bookchin
 * [[File:RomSto.png]] Roman Stoicism - Stoicism is a big influence on my own ethics, even if I do prefer the [[File:Athdem.png]] Greek version.
 * [[File: Thar.png]] - Fuck yeah, screw authoritarianism!
 * [[File: Dsa.png]] - We'd be doing extremely well if we could arrive at you, assuming there was no centralized planing involved. I am a DSA member.
 * [[File:Andist.png]] - Fellow community based, economically decentralized, and civically libertarian ideology. Pretty traditional, but doesn't try and force it onto others. Good luck becoming a saint Dorthy!
 * [[File:Monkeyzz-Enlightenment.png]] - I can not possibly say this enough; thank you. For everything.
 * [[File:Left-Enlightenmentf.png]] Left-Enlightenment - I'm not entirely sure what you stand for, but a mixture of market socialism and enlightenment values seems pretty cool.
 * [[file:Civlibert.png]] - Without you, a society is nothing
 * [[file:Prog.png]] - When the time comes, you'll have come around to our side. Keep pushing left! The ark of history is long but it moves towards progress.


 * [[File:Centmarxf.png]] - Best praxis.
 * [[File:Ormarxf.png]] - The Granddaddy of all [[File:Soc.png]] Socialists, even if a lot of your ideas don't work.
 * [[File:Vaush.png]] Vaushism - You're the reason I'm a socialist! I took a lot of my praxis from you.
 * [[File:Baruto icon.png]] Barutoism - So your a fellow Libertarian Market Socialist, a fellow Deist, and you idolizes enlightenment philosophy as much as I do? So unbelievably based.
 * [[file:Sln.png|Sln.png]] Spadist Libertarian Noocracy - Speaking of Plato, the man once said that society should be run by Philosopher Kings. I want a society run by philosopher carpenters and philosopher milk maids. Based.
 * [[File:neoairisu.png]] Neo-Airisuism - Seems pretty well read, and a fellow Bookchin fan. Just make sure the cat boy thing is consensual, okay?
 * [[File:Slavreichismsmall.png]] Slavreichism - Thanks for helping me edit my page fellow Lib Left! :) Plato's metaphysics were cool tho.

Frenemies:

 * [[File:ClassicalLiberal.png]] - You provide the ideological biases form most of my ideals, but I'm not a fan of the capitalism.
 * [[File:Demcr.png]] Democratism - *sigh* I'm going to have to work with you aren't I? Alright, buckle the fuck up grandpa. The kids are going left, and eventually, you're going to have to keep up with us if you want a future in the country.
 * [[File:AnRat.png]] Anarcho-Rationalism - Mostly based, but I believe in a higher power, I'm not quite an "anarchist", and I don't think rationalism should be spread through force.
 * [[File:Newdeist.png]] New Deism - I'm a deist to, but you seem kinda wacky. I don't think we can find God through technology, we have to try and prove his existence philosophically.
 * [[File:DeistTheocracy-icon.png]] Deist Theocracy - A fellow Deist, but you're still a theocrat, so you're kinda cringe, sorry.
 * [[File:ContraPointsism.png]] ContraPointsism - You were one of the first people to push me towards progressivism, but your new videos aren't as good.
 * [[File:Distributist.png]] - Chesterton helped shape my emphases on decentralizing economic power, but I really wish you'd drop the whole "family values" crap and start working towards a libertarian government.
 * [[File:Ancom.png]] Ancom - I mean, I guess you can try this if you want... whatever, we have similar goals, so good luck (your gonna need it.)
 * [[File:Libertarian.png]]  - Bless you're poor, naive little heart.
 * [[File:Antifa icon.png]] Antifa - I hate fascists too, but you have an image problem. Your just creating more propaganda for [[File:Mediacracy.png]] them to use against us.
 * Proto-Tomjazzism - I uh...I got better.

Enemies:

 * [[File:Imp.png]] - That [[File:Pirat.png]] pirate who talked to Alexander the Great was right. You're awful.
 * [[File:Whitesup.png]] - I know you probably won't view this as a bad thing, but you're pretty racist.
 * [[File: Plcn2.png]]  - You give natural law theorists a bad name! Anti-egalitarian regressive who want's to go back to the days when "women n' colored folk knew there place"
 * [[File:Authcap.png]] - I fear this is where were all headed if we don't democratize our society.
 * [[File:Fash.png]] [[File:Nazi.png]] [[File:Cfash.png]] Fascists [[File:Altr.png]] [[File:Neocam.png]][[File:Franco.png]] - Look, I know everyone puts you guys under enemies, even (most of) the far right users. But there's a reason for that. You are the embodiment of every vial thing to ever crawl from the depths of the human mind, and I can not even begin to express my disgust and hatred of your very existence.
 * [[File:Trumpism.png]] - Good riddance you fascist piece of shit.
 * [[File:Christianright.png]] Christian Conservatism - You helped the last guy get into power. You don't worship God because he's good, you praise him because what you really worship is power. You're just another boot licking theocrat.
 * [[File:USAGOP.png]] Republican Party - Another fascist enabler! You guys have been pushing [[File:Whitesup.png]] racism in my country ever sense [[File:Libcon.png]] Goldwater came up with the southern strategy in the late 60s.
 * [[File:React.png]] - Sweet cheese and crackers, you're an idiot.
 * [[File:CountEn.png]] - How are you even worse then the last guy! The enlightenment was the best thing to happen sense the invention of language!
 * [[File:Theocrat.png]] Theocracies - No, your magic book doesn't mean you get to tell people what to do!
 * [[File:Monarch.png]] - Strange women in ponds distributing swords is no bases for a system of government! I guess [[File:Cermon.png]] he's alright tho (still wanna take his stuff.)
 * [[File:ML.png]] - Oh yeah, I'm sure those authoritarian states you and [[File:Mao.png]] Mao created will dissolve into utopia's aaannnnyyyyy minute now. While you're at it tho, why don't you hold my wallet and SSN for me, you know, cus you're so trustworthy
 * [[File:JoeyFloppa boo.png]] JoeyFloppaism - Pretty sure this guy is a[[File:Fash.png]] Fascist. Even if he's not, still neo-imperilist, racist, and, to be honest, kind of a fake libertrain.
 * [[File:Lpyapersonicon.png]] Lpyapersonism - Doesn't believe this anymore, so hopefully he's better, but still, cringe funndie.
 * [[File:Typicalfan.png]] Neo-Typicalfan1ism - You can't be a libertarian if you ban drugs and abortion. That being said, you're a hell of a lot better then most of the ideologues in this section. More of a basic conservative with an emphasis on diplomacy then anything else.
 * Shaggerism - The embodiment of all I hate! A [[File: Merc.png]] Mercantilist, [[File:Fash.png]]Facist, [[File:Monarch.png]] Monarchist, [[File:Theocrat.png]] Theocrat!

Important Texts
Meditation on First Philosphy by Rene Descartes

The Ethics of Belief by William Clifford

What is Social Ecology? by Maury Bookchin

After Virtue by Alister Mcintyre

Politics 101 w/ Professor Vaush by Vaush