Laikanism

Laikanism is a syndicalist and progressive political ideology thought of by, well, the person who wrote this. Laikanism is far left on every axis, assuming anarchism is on the left side of things. Laikanism was developed through a combination of idealism and utilitarianism; Laikan is an extremely bored and apathetic person, they spend their time just studying and researching random topics, around the age of fourteen they became increasingly conscious of the threats humanity faces, they started researching subjects like war, climate change, and discrimination. Over time as they would learn more about the crises in current society, and as a result shifted further and further left. Laikanism tries to address how most if not every problem the world faces can be resolved whilst simultaneously having ambitious objectives beyond that. Laikanism is vehemently anti-conservative, anti-nationalist, anti-capitalist, and anti-elitist.

Perhaps the most obvious characteristic of Laikanism is the total rejection of tradition. While Laikanists respect people's traditions and personal lives, however, are whole-heartedly against discrimination of any kind, so segregatory and supremacist traditional practices are heavily discouraged and avoided in public life. While Laikanists believe in restorative and rehabilitative justice, will punish sex crimes, hate crimes, and crimes against humanity very severely. Laikanists support frontier and democratic justice for those who commit the worst of the worst atrocities. Frontier Justice is essentially just democratic vigilantism. Laikanists will fight tooth and nail to destroy all discrimination. Intersectionality is a key component in Laikanism, as Laikanists believe that all forms of inequality must be completely nullified. Whether the discrimination is against the majority or the minority, does not matter to them, all are to be treated fairly; some would call this absolute equality. Some Laikanists, including the founder, are gender abolitionists. They find the concept of gender roles and cultural normativity oppressive and according to Laikan are "stifling the cause for liberation".

Laikanists are very assertive in their position on nationalism, it should be totally destroyed. Laikanists believe dividing human beings from each other via borders is a borderline evil practice. Laikanists will say "Earth is not a prison" or "Humans are born on Earth, therefore should be citizens of Earth.". Laikanists are cosmopolitans, meaning they support the concept of global citizenship. The main underlying cause for their hatred of nationalism is their disdain for competition, Laikanists believe that dividing the world is detrimental to the total manpower and scientific advancements. Laikanists believe that if all humans are underneath one banner, the combined efforts of millions, possibly billions, could cause exponential technological advancement. However, Laikanists do not believe in a unitary state, but a confederation of communes to ease nationalistic sentiment in the population.

Laikanists are economically far-left, however, see the tremendous failures of state socialism, and the great potential for decentralized socialism. They will argue that an economy works best when the hierarchies are sorted horizontally or bottom-up, using Revolutionary Catalonia or Rojava as an example. The most important component of Laikanism is ownership of the means of production by the workers, not the state. Additionally, they believe workers should be the ones to orchestrate political discussion, along with a system of direct democracy, in which workers can vote for policies and representatives online. Laikanists wish to use automation to eliminate the need for physical labour and to produce enough resources to provide for the entire population to live comfortably, as a result, everyone's life can be one of leisure, enjoyment, and passion. This would be achieved once the artificial scarcity that capitalism creates is liquidated.

Laikanists wish for the development of technology to be deprivatized and for copyright laws to be curtailed or abolished altogether. Laikanists envision a future of megacities capable of holding billions of people, planetary colonization, and a world without disease and mental illness. Laikanists want technology to be advanced to the point where ageing can be stopped, where they have the freedom to choose when they die if they want to at all. They wish to use this technology to improve the human experience and eliminate all suffering in the world. Laikanists advocate for megacities because they understand the risks of habitat loss and the reduction in biodiversity, they wish to demolish most if not all suburban and rural areas and turn them into nature preservation zones. They plan on having around 50-100 megacities across the world, with structures kilometres high, each capable of holding around a billion people. Laikanists are also technogaianists, meaning they believe that technology should be used to replace fossil fuels and to reduce pollution using future technologies. They advocate for the use of nuclear fusion and eco-friendly alternatives to industry. They endorse the universalization of public transport, such as high-speed rail and electric buses, and that public transport should be globally ubiquitous.

Laikanists believe that without democracy, a society is nothing, and that without liberty, life has no meaning. Laikanists are never sympathetic to authoritarian figures and ideologies, regardless of their cultural or economic positions. To them, authoritarianism is public enemy number one, and swear to fight against it should it come. They believe in a directly democratic system, specifically e-democracy. They are against the concept of representative leaders, however, are not in favour of removing them, despite many of them being anarchists, are fully aware that total anarchy is most likely impossible. Laikan has come to a compromise, referred to as minarchism, or minimal rule. Minarchism is the concept that the only function of the state is to enforce the non-aggression principle. Laikanists want to ensure that their political candidates are completely incorruptible, a person must take a series of psychological tests, including checks for narcissistic or anti-social personalities before they can run for office, as well as an oath to never promote discriminatory or harmful legislature, if this oath is broken, the public has the protected right to do whatever they wish to with the culprit. This is to deter corrupt or corruptible people to stay out of the public light.

Laikanists are pacifists by no means, they advocate for violent revolution, with an active avoidance of civilian casualties of course. However they are not necessarily militaristic either, they believe that the military is the enforcer of the violent demands of the state. Revolutionary battalions are horizontally organized, however, have a ceremonial representative to guide the militias in the right direction. They believe in the decentralization of their armed forces, meaning there are many separate divisions and organizations, each with its own objectives and ideologies. As for their position on weapons of mass destruction such as chemical and nuclear weapons, they believe that all weapons of mass destruction should be completely disassembled and disposed of. They see nuclear and biological weaponry as an existential threat to the survival of civilization.

Friends

 * [[File:Libsoc.png]] Libertarian Socialism - My original inspiration, thank you for guiding me to this point.
 * [[File:AnSynd.png]] Anarcho-Syndicalism - Your past experiments are living proof that anarchism is possible. Although it sucks people can't just leave you alone though.
 * [[File:Thar.png]] Anti-Authoritarianism - Your exact cultural and economic views are unclear but I'm not gonna complain.
 * [[File:Minsocf.png]] Minarcho-Socialism - You're the first ideology I self-identified as.