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Braun Spencer Thought is the economically center to center-right, patriotic, and moderately progressive ideology of the blogger Braun Spencer.

[[File:Idealist.png]] Subjective Idealism [[File:Idealval.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought follows subjective idealist. He believes that, insofar as we can only verify the existence of our souls and consciousness relative to the physical realm, everything is relative to individual perception. In other words, literally everything is relative. Objectivity does not exist outside of what the individual categorizes within the physical realm.

[[File:Nihil.png]] Morality [[File:Hedonism-cloud.png]]
Per his subjective idealism, Braun Spencer Thought believes morals are a matter of personal preference since they too rely on individual perception. He sees the world as a struggle between competing moral systems; those who prove victorious get to impose their moral beliefs onto others. Critics feel this boils down to "Might makes right."

His personal moral preference is hedonistic  consequentialism. He sees pleasure—spiritual, psychological welfare (happiness)—as the end-goal of his ideology, and towards that end all tools at society's disposal would be justifiably employed.

[[File:Egonat.png]] Ego-Nationalism [[File:Community.png]]
Note: Braun Spencer Thought does not subscribe to Stirnernite egoism. His conception of ego is transcendental and closer to  Aristotle's, while also agreeing with  Hobbes and  Machiavelli that humans are fundamentally a species driven by self-interest.

Braun Spencer Thought, for reasons pertaining to pragmatism and his subjective idealism, combines  individualism and  collectivism. He believes there exists a "collective ego"—the total sum of all individual egos within a collective unit. The well-being of one thus depends on the other. By uplifting the Individual, the Collective itself is uplifted, and vice versa. Per his circumstances at birth, he also feels that which is benefical to his country—the United States in particular—is usually within his self-interest. This sort of "selfish collectivism" drives his American civic nationalism and many of his  communitarian inclinations.

[[File:AristocracyIcon.png]] Natural Aristocracy [[File:Merit.png]]
Essential to Braun Spencer Thought is the belief that there is a "natural aristocracy." That is to say there are individuals in society who are uniquely gifted or talented, and possess a psycho-spiritual and biological drive to realize their true potential with whatever means they have at their disposal. These individuals, according to Braun Spencer Thought, are the initiators of all progress: Technological, social, medical, developmental, and others. A successful society will give these individuals to high levels of prestige and authority so they may guide it towards a positive future. This is one reason why he is supportive of business interests; he sees  corporations as hierarchical institutions led by those of high  merit, and he sees the need for entrepreneurship, a trait exhibited by only a select, disciplined few.

[[File:Fed.png]] Federalism [[File:Fed.png]]
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[[File:Soccap.png]] Economic Model [[File:Statecap.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought's economic model can be described as  ( moderate economic liberalization with  robust safety nets) with elements of. To him there are four goals which should be strived for the context of a market-driven economy. Each of these four points feed into one another. By strengthening national security, people are safer and thus freer to pursue personal ambitions. Through advances in medicine and automation, people spend less time at work. The arts—music, paintings, film, literature, even gaming—give us something to fill in that time. When each class in society collaborate with each other, society prospers. To achieve this he supports:
 * 1) [[File:Cball-US.png]] Country (political sovereignty and security)
 * 2) [[File:Hedonism-cloud.png]] Leisure (freeing up time to enjoy life)
 * 3) [[File:Classdeal.png]] Harmony (ensuring order and stability)
 * 4) [[File:Scientist.png]] Innovation (advances in the arts and sciences)
 * [[File:DvCommerce.png]] Calculated privatization
 * [[File:WelfLib.png]] Comprehensive safety nets
 * [[File:Fiscon.png]] Fiscal responsibility
 * [[File:Econlib.png]] Market-based solutions
 * [[File:Protect.png]] Protection of key industries
 * [[File:Corp.png]] Public-private partnerships (PPPs)
 * [[File:PlannedCap.png]] Strategic-industrial policy
 * [[File:NeoMerc.png]] Tactical trade agreements

[[File:Merit.png]] Meritocracy [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]]
One reason Braun Spencer Thought exhibits tendencies towards  is his belief that such an economic system uplifts the human condition by elevating mankind's  "natural aristocracy" to positions of  industrial leadership. He sees corporations as  meritocratic structures of the worthy: Highly-educated, learned individuals who earned their positions through self-sacrifice. When these individuals—seeking to realize their true potential, even if only to fulfill selfish desires—are allowed to lead, the national  community benefits as a whole. Of course accountability is desirable, as sometimes the interests of the upper class do not align with broader society. But in general having such a social ladder leads to innovation and prosperity.

[[File:Welf.png]] Anti-Poverty [[File:HumanisticCapitalism.png]]
There are two reasons why Braun Spencer Thought supports. Braun Spencer Thought's ideal redistributive program would be a Universal Basic Income (UBI); a guaranteed income for each citizen sufficient enough to satisfy basic needs. Such a system would enhance individual bargaining power, subsidize incomes, enable savings for aspiring entrepreneurs, and assist those driven into poverty by technological unemployment. In the meantime, he's for expanding programs which effectively address poverty (e.g., the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit (CTC), Section 8 housing, and unemployment insurance) while privatizing ones which either do not work or are presently unsustainable (i.e., Social Security, which cannot be maintained with low fertility rates).
 * 1) Poverty grossly limits [[File:Humanismpix.png]] human potential. While some successful people like Howard Schultz were born in rags, those who would otherwise drive societal [[File:Prog.png]] progress are inhibited by abysmal living conditions without end. Social programs and other forms of institutional aid (e.g., food stamps and the minimum wage) are necessary to unlock human potential and allow people to climb the social ladder.
 * 2) Desperate people are [[File:Pop.png]][[File:Soc.png]] radicalized [[File:ML.png]][[File:Theocrat.png]] when driven into a corner. They succumb to ideologies which promise to alleviate their suffering, even if they make things worse. To echo FDR: "We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. 'Necessitous men are not free men.' [Hungry, jobless masses] are the stuff of which dictatorships are made."

[[File:Dirigisme.png]] Strategic-Industrial Policy [[File:Corp.png]]
A critical aspect of Braun Spencer Thought is his support for a strategic-industrial policy. He feels that progress—advances in economic development, technology, arts, sciences—is best driven by the State cooperating with and backing  private businesses. He wants to susbidize research and development, defend (and in some cases exapnd) intellectual property, and back the most succesful enterprises in key industries: All to enable entrepreneurship, in the Schumpeterian sense of driving successful innovations. This often leads to other balls accusing Braun Spencer Thought of, although he feels   is a better label for this, inspired by the experiments of  South Korea and post-World War II  France. By promoting a collaborative relationship between State and industries essential to long-term prosperity, Braun Spencer Thought feels the United States will have a positive future.

[[File:Statism.png]] Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) [[File:Cap.png]]
In addition to strategic-industrial policy, Braun Spencer Thought is a fan of public-private partnerships (PPP) in general. Through statist tools like taxes, subsidies, and contracts—combining them with the efforts of profit-driven  businessfolk—projects for the public benefit and national security can be carried out with utmost efficency. Examples of where PPP is desired include:
 * [[File:Edu.png]] Education (see below)
 * [[File:Health_and_Safetyf.png]] Healthcare
 * [[File:Construction.png]] Infrastructure
 * [[File:Vaccine.png]] Pharmacuetical firms
 * [[File:Mil.png]] Military production
 * [[File:Technological_Anarchism.png]] Technology

[[File:Edu.png]] Education [[File:Schoolicon.png]]
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[[File:AmericanNat.png]] American Nationalism [[File:Natprog.png]][[File:Civnat.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought is an American nationalist. He sees America as a nation with a unique history and shared destiny, and values its welfare. An American in his eyes is one who demonstrates a desire for citizenship it by promoting the nation's cultural, spiritual, and political values. He also sees patriotism as necessary to spur progress within his country's borders. Such civic nationalism drives many of his beliefs, including his  economic nationalism,  neo-imperialism, and  anti-racism.

[[File:Gay.png]] LGBT Rights [[File:Trans.png]]
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[[File:Anat.png]] Esperanto [[File:Anat.png]]
A supporter of unity, even in a multicultural society, Braun Spencer Thought advocates for making Esperanto the official language of the  United States. It would be taught in schools along with English as mandatory learning. He feels Esperanto is easy to learn regardless of native tongue (especially for English speakers). Since Esperanto has heavy Romance influence, and given the United State's sizeable Spanish-speaking population would break linguistic-cultural barriers between the demographics. Esperanto is also grammatically and lexically gender-neutral; thus playing a role in tearing down harmful sex-based divisions.

[[File:Anti-Racism.png]] Race Abolition [[File:TransRace+.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought is an enthusiastic supporter of utilizing race mixing and gene editing to eradicate race as a concept. He feels racism undermines the body politic's health; sowing discord which threatens war, chaos, and foreign meddling. (With the last on that list, see the Soviet Union's backing of  black nationalist groups.) The  United States would be stronger if all these race-based divisions—and the mere potential of them arising—were abolished. By encouraging different ethnic and racial groups to breed with each other and combining it with biotechnological alterations of DNA, we can abolish race completely (as a biological, social, and cultural phenomena); uniting all Americans as a whole.

[[File:Imp.png]] Global Hegemony [[File:Neoimp.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought believes the end-goal of foreign policy is global hegemony. In a world still divided by nation-states, and will be for centuries to come, every actor has their own interests and beliefs. For example, the Soviet Union believed that a global proletarian revolution was a moral duty; but they also realized that their economic model, as  Michael Lind pointed out in his book on the Vietnam War, relied on trading alliances with (and sometimes borderline colonization of) foreign countries. Their foreign policy reflected both the constructivist and realpolitik nature of their geopolitical situation. When nation-states are capable of exerting power, even at the expense of others, it becomes a patriotic duty. Thus, Braun Spencer Thought sees the need for a comprehensive foreign policy which advances the national security and economic interests of the United States utitilizing whatever tools are at their disposal (ranging from using  military intervention against foreign enemies like in  Panama under President  Bush H.W. Bush to  corporate rule abroad).

[[File:Econnat.png]] Trade [[File:NeoLiberal-icon.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought mostly sees trade from an international relations perspective instead of pure economic efficiency. He feels trade agreements are a useful mechanism by which a country may exert soft power over others, so he is not hostile to imports per se. However, he sees validity in backing big business interests against foreign competition—spurring domestic production and fuelling exports—in critical industries. Two examples include: He also supports free trade agreements only with puppet states, protectorates, bought-off regimes, and reliable allies in which the US can actively suppress development to sustain cheap imports forever (e.g., banana republics).
 * 1) [[File:Farm.png]] Agriculture. Allowing the agriculture sector to be wiped out by foreign competition would mean mass malnutrition if there is ever a global supply chain crisis. Maintaining a strong agriculture sector through subsidies and tariffs—both of which [[File:AgCap.png]] agribusinesses lobby for—will thwart a potential crisis through temporary [[File:Autarky.png]] autarkic food production.
 * 2) [[File:Technological_Anarchism.png]] Technology. The [[File:Cball-US.png]] United State's reliance on technology, its positive spillover effects, and the security and prestige it gives the country, this another area where protection is beneficial. If, for example, it was overly reliant on a [[File:Neighborstan.png]] foreign country for computer chips and that trade relationship was ever strained,  it could result in an economic collapse.

Relations

 * -|Ideology Relations=

Positive

 * [[File:Soccap.png]] - My humanistic, free-market dad.
 * [[File:Fiscon.png]] - Fiscal responsibility means ensuring prosperity for future generations.
 * [[File:3way.png]] - A synthesis of the above two, which is based.
 * [[File:Statecap.png]] - My other dad who understands the need for state guidance of key industries.
 * [[File:Rockrep.png]] - The only GOP faction I like now.
 * [[File:Imp.png]] - When empire is possible, it becomes a patriotic duty.
 * [[File:Necon.png]] - The above's praxis in the American context!
 * [[File:Protect.png]] - We must protecc and be more self-sufficient.
 * [[File:Utsoc.png]] - Fichte had some solid ideas to be honest.
 * [[File:AgCap.png]] Agrarian Capitalism - Best way to achieve autarkic food production!
 * [[File:Right-Distributism.png]] - Agrees with me on promoting profit sharing schemes.
 * [[File:Dengf.png]] - A lot of people think I'm you applied to the American context.
 * [[File:Cameralism.png]] - Same as above.

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.
 * [[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(27).png]] - 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: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: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: Braun Spencer 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:Hamilton.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:Globalism.png]] World Order - [[File:Kisssingerism.png]] Henry Kissinger
 * [[File:Cap.png]] Basic Economics - [[File:Chilib.png]] Thomas Sowell
 * [[File:Slaveism_icon.png]] The Greek State - [[File:Nietzsche.png]] Friedrich Nietzsche
 * [[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: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: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:LandReform.png]] Progress and Poverty - [[File:Georgist.png]] Henry George
 * [[File:Enlightab.png]] Leviathan - [[File:Hobbe.png]] Thomas Hobbes
 * [[File:SuccMin.png]] The Road to Serfdom - [[File:Hayek.png]] Friedrich von Hayek
 * [[File:Necon.png]] Vietnam: The Necessary War - [[File:Civnat.png]] Michael Lind
 * [[File:Cultism.png]] Twilight of the Idols - [[File:Nietzsche-icon.png]] Friedrich Nietzsche

Comments
O'Langism - add me?
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Done.

New Model Of Cheesenism - add me
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Done.

- Braun Doctrine, Spencer Model (BDSM) (also add me)
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Will do.

BERNHE0504 - Add me?
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Done.

Pantheonism - Add me Fedboi.
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Kay.

- Yo can you add me :)
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Sure!

New Model Of Cheesenism- *you should be supportive of American imperialism since it was the biggest supporter of Suharto.png Suharto.* well sukarno support by soviet and chinanese imperialism should I become supportive of them?
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - You shouldn't like Sukarno at all.

Vexism - add me?

- Readd me plox

- Add me, my G.

O'Langism - My ideology kinda changed. Update relations?
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - What exactly changed?
 * [[File:O'Langism.png]] O'Langism - I'm a commie now

Rocksism - Add me?

Floofel's Thought - Added ya, add me please?

Glencoe- add plz

Stilluserr's ThoughtCan you add me?
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - You've all be added!

Neo-Kiraism - add me

- Add me.