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.

[[File:LibACC.png]]TLDR[[File:Leftac.png]]
Tomjazzism takes an  and rationalist view of the foundations of knowledge, claiming that we should trust in our own reason. He also believes in a form of Natural Law Theory/ Virtue Ethics based on achieving the fulfillment of human potential.

In terms of politics, he supports a form of  and , but he is willing to work with anything that will best promote the interests of the working class and civil liberties. He thinks we should build up duel power by creating/gaining control of local institutions.

[[File:Skeptic.png]]Epistmolgy[[File:ObjPhil.png]]
Tomjazzism believes in a form  rationalist internalism based on the epistemology of various difrent   thinkers like  Rene Desecrates, , and  Immanuel Kant; as well as some more modern philosophers like  William Clifford and Edmund Husserl. 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.

[[File:Virtue ethics icon.png]]Ethics[[File:NatLaw.png]]
From this, Tomjazzism argues that we can see how we are fundamentally oriented towards cretin goods, and arrives at a kind of Natural Law and  Virtue based theory of ethics mostly based off of  Stoicism, but with some influence from  Aristotelianism, and with a strong belief in the   views on Natural Rights; derived from thinkers like   and. He thinks that these ends can be divided into two parts, the virtues, which are inherently good, and those which are particular to human nature, such as food, shelter, community, and the like. He doesn't think a complete or final list of the virtues are possible, but he thinks some good guesses might be justice, curiosity, wisdom, and autonomy, and benevolence.

Unlike most other modern Natural Law theorists, Tomjazism's philosophy leads him to reject both   as well as most forms of social hierarchy, f which he attributes to the corruptions of. He dislikes it when people try and use Natural Law Theory to shame others for things which have no effect on ones ability to be virtuous or live a good human life.

Plato.pnghysics[[File:Ormarxf.png]]
In terms of metaphysics, Tomjazzism is a Platonist, meaning he believes in some abstract (I.E. none physical) objects, such as the virtues, or the laws of mathematics. He is a cartesian duelist, meaning he believes in the existence of both a none physical mind and physical matter. In spite of this, he still thinks that physical matter can play a massive part in how our innate human nature manifests, in this way being influenced by

Deist.png Philosophical Beliefs[[File:Analytic.png]]
He is a deist who believes in the existence of a God who exists outside of nature who created the universe, but doesn't think that God interferes in nature. He is also against the concept of divine intervention, special revelation, or "faith", thinking that we should instead use reason to try and prove Gods existence (he himself is mostly convinced by the cosmological argument.) He believes in libertarian free will, although recently he's been considering switching to compatibilism. He considers himself to be broadly a part of the analytic tradition.

[[File:Civlibert.png]]Human Rights[[File:Humanismpix.png]]
As has been stated, Tomjazzism believes in a concept of natural rights. He views these as coming form a right to basic bodily autonomy, stemming from what is required form human nature. These rights stem form the inherent good of autonomy, which is seen as the right to be as self sufficient as possible. People have a right to autonomy over there own bodies, including the right to get an abortion, , have   ,  take whatever substances they want, and, if they should chose,  end there lives with dignity. These rights can only be taken away when the subject is in some fashion incapable of autonomy (i.e.  children or the clinically insane), when someone has violated someone else is rights, and violating (what would normally be) there rights will aid in stopping further violations, or under the  doctrine of dobule effect. So for example, while Tomjazzism thinks all drugs should be available for personal use, he thinks that it's fine to try and stop people form selling hard drugs, because there trying to exploit peoples addictions for monetary gain.

[[File:Left-Enlightenmentf.png]]Economic Theory[[File:Mutalist.png]]
Tomjazzism believes in the Lockean Proviso, which states that the right to property derives form two conditions, labor, and use. Basically, have you worked to earn the object in question, and is the thing you have worked for something for witch you have a use? Tomjazzism defines "use" to the degree which the object fulfills "eudaimonia," or the fullness of human existence. In this definition of "use" Tomjazzy differs from Locke; who thought that the use condition didn't apply to things like gold, which don't rot or spoil.

This seemingly small difference has large scale implication's. Although Tomjazzism agrees with some  ideas, like    and , he rejects    as allowing for property far beyond use and the creation of monopoly.

[[File:Demcon.png]]Ideal Society[[File:Minmut.png]]
Tomjazzism thinks that a  is incompatible with a truly democratic society. Therefor, he believes 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  and   influenced by the ideals of   and. Each community in the confederation would agree not to discriminate 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 be a few locally elected officials as were necessary to keep things running, while also having elected or possible even randomly selected representatives at the conferral level. Defense would most likely be dealt with by citizens militia, similar to the  in Rojava.

Each municipality would be able to define it's own economics, so long as there economy remind almost eniterly none  (see below). However he thinks there would ideally be a mixture of   and  ; with ufistuct, and widespread workers coops existing alongside municipal control of natural resources and essential industries, as well as things like taxes and some minimal regulations. The penalties for not paying this would fall into the much milder category of punishments (see bellow.)

You would basically be allowed to do whatever you wanted, so long as you refrained from harming anyone, possibly even allowing  on an extremely small scale with as a paradigmatic measure early on; like they did in. Most issues would be solved without punishment, through community reconciliation. If they absolutely refused to cooperate or compromise, the offender might be cut off from centenarian government services or banished if they were dangerous. If banishment proved infeasible, imprisonment may be necessary. In the most dire of circumstances, Tomjazzism might support the death penalty, however, he would try every possible other option first, and reserve it for highly dangerous or repeat offenders as a last resort, when there was no way to realistically contain or banish them.

[[File:Insarch.png]]Praxis[[File:Libertarian Democratic Socialism.png]]
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 wants everyone who can to engaging in direct action by unionizing, and starting mutual aid groups and coops. Tomjazzy no long believes that high level government reform will be a major part of establishing. Instead, he advocates for  concept of dual power. He thinks we should bide our time as we wait for the state and capitalism to weaken within our local regions, 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.

[[File:Leftunity.png]]Notes on Unity[[File:Libunity.png]]
One of the most difficult questions in political organizing is deciding who to ally with. Most people in the Libleft quadrant will try and work with one of three factions, while shunning the others. Tomjazzism thinks we should work with all three quadrants, but with differing degrees of cooperation. He is willing to work with basically anyone in the Libleft quadrant, but he thinks that people should refuse to work with anyone of any quadrant if they are using immoral/counterproductive tactics, or if there reactionaries.

[[File:Leftunity.png]]Left Unity[[File:Anticap.png]]:
Tomjazzism advocates working with any who rejects. So basically most  ,  , and.

[[File:Libunity.png]]Libertarian Unity[[File:Thar.png]]:
Tomjazzism thinks there are basically 2 kind of Libertarian Capitalists, who we will from here on out call "Right-wing libertarians."

The first type are those who think that implementing free market capitalism along with a small or nonexistent state is the best way to work toward egalitarian goals and give power to the marginalized. This group includes,  ,  ,  ,  and most. This is the group towards which Tomjazzism is most open to working with; although even here he may not be willing to cooperate if he thinks that implementing an ideology will result in more unjust hierarchies then freedoms.

The second type is made up of those who agree with Tomjazzism, in that they think unregulated capitalism will result in massive social inequality. However, unlike Tomjazzism, they either don't care, or they think that inequality is a good thing. Tomjazzism thinks these groups are scum, most of whom are no less reactionary and authoritarian then you're average Neo-Nazi. ,,  ,  ,  ,  , and most forms of   (with  ) are all examples of this second kind of Right Libertarianism.

It's important to note many right libertarians do not fall neatly into these two groups, many being sympathetic towards certain hierarchies while being opposed to others.

[[File:Dem.png]]Democrat Unity[[File:Reform.png]] :
An oft overlooked but fairly often used method is for Libertarian Left ideologies to ally themselves with more reform based methods of political change. Although electoralism will never bring about socialism, they can implement small  to help the marginalized, perform damage control against , and sometimes even use   to build class solidarity. He therefor generally advocates voting for,  Left Liberals, ,  and   as a first choice,  ,  ,   as second choice, and  ,  , and   as a begrudging third option. He will generally privilege Civil Liberties above most other issues. Because of this, if he needs to fight authoritarians, he will probably vote for any none authoritarian ideologies, even ones he doesn't like. In the United Sates, he thinks it's important to acknowledge that voting third party in a federal election is basically useless.

=Relationships=
 * -|Politics =

Friends

 * [[File: Libms.png]] - Ideal economic system! I'm a version of you.
 * [[File:Libsoc.png]]  - Excellent principle to bring diverse groups together into direct action.
 * [[File:Bckchn.png]] - Thanks for helping me develop a natural law theory that's truly consistent with human flourishing!
 * [[File:Demcon.png]] - A great model.
 * [[File:Minmut2.png]] and [[File:Mutalist.png]]  - Get confederated municipalities and you're basically perfect!
 * [[File:AnSynd.png]] - Also, one of the versions of anarchism that might have a fighting chance. Wish he was a bit more organized, but definitely has revolutionary potential regardless.
 * [[File:Minisyn-mut.png]] Syndicalist Mutualism - Two great flavors that go great together!
 * [[File:Postconan.png]] - Seem like a lot of effective modern versions of [[File:Libsoc.png]]   comes from some variant of this. Allows the self determination of ethnic minorities without resorting to a nation state.
 * [[File:Anqueer.png]] - Be gay, do crimes!
 * [[File:Andist.png]] - Deeply principled, but never tried to force her values on anyone. Fiercely revolutionary, yet, still gentle and kind. A true saint if there ever was one.
 * [[File:Zapa.png]] - Kinda like [[File:Demcon.png]], but in Mexico.
 * [[File:Synd.png]] - Labor Unions are cool
 * [[File: Dsa.png]] - Proud DSA member right here. Not quite what I want, but we'd be doing extremely well if we could arrive at a decentralized version of this.
 * [[File:Steinval.png]] - Also tries to start form [[File:ClassicalLiberal.png]]  in order to arrive at [[File:Libleft.png]] Libleft conclusions; basically the moderate version of me.
 * [[File:Leftlib.png]] Left Liberalism - Ideal electoral candidate for high level elections. Some low interest government startup loans could definitely help coops.
 * [[File:FDF-Pirate.png]] - You're awesome! Wish you were more successful.
 * [[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:Agorismf.png]] - Basically a smarter, wackier version of [[File:Ancapf.png]] . Just be careful who you sell those guns to, okay buddy?
 * [[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:Globnat.png]] - Best foreign policy.
 * [[File: Thar.png]] - Fuck yeah, screw authoritarianism!
 * [[file:Civlibert.png]] - Most important forms of liberty. Without you, a society is nothing.
 * [[File:Menslib.png]] and [[File:Fem.png]]  - Basically the same thing, just with a slightly different focus.
 * [[File:Narco-Progressivism.png]] Gonzo Thompsonism - Favorite author.
 * [[File:Awaj.png]] Beauism - This guy is like an anarchist Mr. Rogers. Discovered him early on, helped plant the seeds of radicalization in me.
 * [[File:Vaush.png]] Vaushism - The reason I'm a socialist. I like his pragmatic attitude toward political change.  Please don't brush off the complaints of sexism in you're community so flippantly.

Frenemies:

 * Deist.png - Can't you see Theocracy goes against everything Deism should stand for?
 * [[File:Liberal_Democracy.png]]   - Preferable to no democracy at all, but still has a fair bit of [[File:Oligarchy.png]]  mixed in if you ask me.
 * [[File:Demcr.png]] Democratism - *sigh* I'm going to have to work with you aren't I? Alright, buckle the fuck up grandpa, were pushing left.
 * [[File:ClassicalLiberal.png]] - You provide the ideological biases form most of my ideals, but now a days you're kids are a better option.
 * [[File:Georgist.png]] - I agree with a lot of you're core principles, but you're solutions don't go far enough. If we have to have [[File:Cap.png]] private land ownership, a LVT would be good, but it's certainly not going to solve a lot of the problems you think it will.
 * [[File:Socliber.png]] - Come on man... just a lliiitttllleee bit more to the left.
 * [[File:Socdem.png]] - Every little reform helps, but I worry that you'll end up pacifying the working class as you get folded into the system, like what happened with [[File:3way.png]] them.
 * [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] - I like his [[File:Cooperative Socialism.png]], but this is ultimately to vague to be useful.
 * [[File:Leftpop-0.png]] - Good for pushing the overtone window left, but we need to be careful. The supporters of this want results now, and there politicians may end up willing to compromising our liberties in order to get them.
 * [[File:3princ.png]] - Sun Yat-sen was based, but it seems like this went downhill really quickly.
 * [[File:Distributist.png]] - Chesterton helped shape my emphases on decentralizing economic power, but I really wish you'd drop the whole "family values" crap.
 * [[File:Tito.png]] - I like how you killed [[File:Nazi.png]] Nazis and implemented Market Socialism but you were still a dictator who's meddling stifled the coops.
 * [[File:Hochi.png]] - Seems like you were better then those [[File:Necon.png]]  [[File:Persondignity.png]], but you were still a dictator.
 * [[File:Guevara.png]] - A great revolutionary tactician who I respect, but also kinda ended up supporting a [[File:Castro.png]], and execution without fair trail is not okay. Hard to find an unbiased perspective on him.
 * [[File:Laicism.png]] - Really, really tempting. But this should only ever be used in the most extreme circumstances.
 * [[File:Austrobert.png]] - I appreciate how you definitively showed the failure of centralized planing, but I'm pretty sure you're ideas don't work either.
 * [[File:Bhl.png]] - Sincerely wants equality for all. Bless you're poor, naive little heart.
 * [[File:Ancom.png]]  - I mean, I guess you can try this if you want... whatever, we have similar goals, so good luck (your gonna need it.)
 * [[File:Anmark2.png]] - Basically feel the same as the last guy, but for almost the exact opposite reasons.
 * [[File:Anin.png]] - I agree with all of you're values, but what do you even do?
 * [[File:Insarch.png]] - Violence should be tactical, and this will most likely result in you being crushed.
 * [[File:Anpacf.png]] - Arbitrarily limiting you're tactics because of a silly pho-morality is moronic.
 * Anarcho-Rationalism - Kinda based, but I believe in a higher power, I'm not sure weather or not I qualify as an "anarchist", and I don't think rationalism should be spread through force.
 * [[File:Civnat.png]] and [[File:Leftnat.png]]  - Notable for being nationalists who aren't all that bad. Still nationalists though.
 * [[File:Consocf.png]], [[File:Progconf.png]] , and [[File:Modcon.png]] Moderate Conservatism - Notable for being conservatives who aren't all that bad. Still conservatives though.
 * [[File:Antifa icon.png]] - I hate  too, but you have an image problem.

Enemies:

 * [[File:Cfash.png]][[File:Nazi.png]][[File:Franco.png]][[File:Neocam.png]][[File:Altr.png]][[File:Natcon.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:Paleolib.png]] - You don't give a shit about liberty.
 * [[File:Property.png]] - The only logical conclusion to this is slavery.
 * [[File:Nation.png]] - This is dangerous. Also, the state is bad.
 * [[File:Terrorist.png]] Terrorism - This is not an acceptable means of political change.
 * [[File:PolState.png]] - Fuck every cop who ever did his job!
 * [[File:Imp.png]] - That [[File:Pirat.png]]  who talked to [[File:Alexander.png]] Alexander the Great was right you know. You're awful.
 * [[File:Ethnonat.png]] - I know you probably won't view this as a bad thing, but you're pretty racist.
 * [[File:React.png]] - Fuck you, the enlightenment was the best thing since [[File:Athdem.png]] Athens!
 * [[File:Monarch.png]] - Strange women in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government! I guess [[File:Cermon.png]] he's alright (still wanna take his stuff tho.)
 * [[File:Theocrat.png]] and [[File:Confess.png]]  - No, your magic book doesn't mean you get to tell people what to do.
 * [[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:Authcap.png]] - See! What did I tell you! Not that the other side of the cold war didn't help create [[File:Pinochet.png]] there fair share of this.
 * [[File:Statecap.png]] - Oh God! It gets worse!
 * [[File:Corptism.png]] - And yet worse still!
 * [[File:Conserv.png]] - The funny thing is, the arguments he uses are the exact same as the ones that would have been used against the institutions he's defending back when they were enacted.
 * [[File:RightPop.png]] - A fascist pawn who's probably going to die of the virus.
 * [[File:USAGOP.png]] Republican Party - Boy, you guys have really gone off the rails, huh?
 * [[File:Corp.png]] - The greatest threat to democracy in the modern world.
 * [[File:Anpostleft.png]] - I agree, I'm probably not actually helping with my abstract theorizing, and I want to get to a place where I can do more direct action. But what you're suggesting is wildly counter productive, and you're selfish little temper tantrums are probably going to alienate people more then any leftist Jargon.
 * -|Philosophy=

Friends

 * [[File:RomSto.png]] Roman Stoicism - Stoicism is a big influence on my own ethics, even if I do prefer the [[File:AthSto-icon.png]] Greek version.
 * [[File:Ancyn.png]] Cynicism - I strive to be as independent and brave as Diogenes.
 * [[File:Virtue ethics icon.png]] Virtue Ethics and [[File:NatLaw.png]] Natural Law Theory - The two pillar of my ethical theory.
 * [[File:Analytic.png]] Analytic Philosophy - A bit limiting, but I'm broadly a part of this.
 * [[File:Skeptic.png]] Rene Desecrates - My favorite philosopher, and a good man to boot.
 * [[File:Monkeyzz-Enlightenment.png]] - I can not possibly say this enough; thank you. For everything.

Frenemies:

 * [[File:Consti.png]] Kantianism - You're philosophy was groundbreaking, but I disagree with you're ethics, and I wish you were less racist.
 * [[File:Cosmic.png]] - Created a fascinating mythos, but you were somehow even more racist then the guy above.
 * [[File:Aristotle.png]] Aristotelianism and [[File:Nietzsche-icon.png]] Nietzscheanism - Both great philosophers, but I disagree with you on many things (especially [[File:Nietzsche-icon.png]] Nietzsche) and you were both pretty anti egalitarian.
 * Plato.png Platonism - I'd consider myself a Platonist in terms of metaphysics, but the modern version of that is pretty different from the original thinker himself. Also, the Republic is a dystopia, even if it is one of the greatest works of philosophy ever written.

Enemies:

 * [[File:Postmodernicon.png]] Post-Modernism - This sounds like a bunch of incoherent gibberish.
 * [[File:Pac.png]] Pacifism - The philosophy of cowards.
 * -|Self Inserts =

Good

 * [[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:NeoBlartf.png]] Neo-Blartism - Cool Syndi/Libertarian Marxist buddy who also likes Chumbawamba and Doctor Who.
 * [[File:Waspism6.png]] Waspism- Definitely one of the better forms of [[File:Georgist.png]].
 * [[File:Egobert.png]] Ego Libertarianism - A fellow philosophically minded [[file:Civlibert.png]] . A shame she's not on here anymore.
 * [[File:Slavreichismsmallnew!.png]] Slavreichism - Thanks for helping me edit my page fellow Lib Left! :) Plato's metaphysics were cool tho.
 * [[File:Socliber.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 plumbers and daycare workers. Based.
 * [[File:Aaron.png]] Aaronism - About as close as you can get to my views while remaining within capitalism.
 * [[File:Socgeo.png]] Geo Social Libertarianism - Very similar the above, but slightly more right wing. He also likes the mountain goats, so he's cool.
 * [[File:GPLDist.png]] Geopaleolibertarian Distributism - Direct democracy, subsidiarity, and the the Enlightenment are all awesome. Inically put him in Frenemies, but he seems to have toned down the cultural nationalism. That being said I do wish you'd go back to market socialism.
 * [[File:Tomassciism-icon.png]] Tomassciism - Fellow Tom and Market Socialist.
 * [[File:TAM icon.png]] Third Aquarian Model - A little sparse on the description side, but I like everything I'm seeing.

Mixed:

 * [[File:Anti-Deathism-icon.png]] Anti-Deathism - A fellow libertarian socialist, but forcing people to live forever is nightmarish. The human mind wasn't designed to live that long, and people should have a right to do what they want with there bodies, including end there lives.
 * [[File:Admiralism Icon2.png]] Admiralism - Really close to being based, but to statist. Better then the original Tito though.
 * [[File:Scarlet Icon.png]] Scarletism - Fairly situational, so could be an ally or a foe depending on the circumstances.
 * - I like the Democratic Socialism, but he's way to comfortable with censorship.

Opposed:

 * [[File:JoeyFloppa boo.png]] JoeyFloppaism - An unpleasant individual if there ever was one.
 * [[File:Meatball icon.png]] Metbolism - This kid is just barley clinging to any semblance of liberal or democratic ideals. I hope he doesn't go full gamer.
 * [[File:Typicalfan.png]] Neo-Typicalfan1ism - One of the better [[File:RightPop.png]], but that's not a high bar.
 * [[File:GenShrekf.png]] General Shrekretary Thought - I don't see why a reactionary Tankie is better then a normal Tankie.
 * [[File:NeoBingo.png]] Neo-Bingoism - I like that you at least allow workers self management, but it's not enough to excuse the reactionary bullshit.
 * [[File:Lpyapersonicon.png]] Lpyapersonism - Doesn't believe this anymore, so hopefully he's better, but still, cringe funndie. I've been there tho.
 * [[File:Shaggerism-icon.png]] Shaggerism - The embodiment of all I hate! A [[File:Statecap.png]] State Capitalist, [[File:Fash.png]] Fascist, [[File:Monarch.png]] Monarchist, [[File:Theocrat.png]] Theocrat!
 * [[File:Oiboioiismicon.png]] Oiboioiism - I take it back, this is worse. It's probably a troll though, and a damn good one.

Important Texts
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, Book 7, Chapter 1: Zeno, by Diogenes Laertius

Meditation on First Philosphy by  Rene Descartes

The Ethics of Belief by William Clifford

Second Treists of Goverment by John Locke

After Vitute by Alasdair Macintyre

What is Property? by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

What is Social Ecology? by Maury Bookchin

Libertarian Municipalism by Maury Bookchin

Social Contract of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria Politics 101 w/ Professor Vaush by Vaush