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:Monkeyzz-Enlightenment.png]]Philosophical Beliefs[[File:Virtue ethics icon.png]]
Tomjazzism believes in a form  rationalist internalism based on the epistemology of various difrent   thinkers like  Rene Desecrates,  John Locke, and  Immanuel Kant; as well as some more modern philosophers like  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  Aristotelianism, and with a strong belief in   views on Natural Rights; derived from thinkers like   and. Unlike most other Natural Law theorists however, Tomjazism's philosophy leads him to reject both as well as most forms of social hierarchy, most of which he attributes to the corruptions of   which are not integral to Natural Law Theory.

[[File:Left-Enlightenmentf.png]]Political Beliefs[[File:Bckchn.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, and thinks that   is incompatible with a truly democratic society.

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  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 randomly selected representatives at the conferral level. Defense would most likely be dealt with by citizens militia, similar to the  in Rojava.

It's economics would ideally be almost entirely, with ufistuct, local workers coops, and possibly trans-municipal  , with the main difference being that there might be some taxes. 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; similar to what they did in. Most issues would be solved without punishment, through community reconciliation. If they refused to cooperate, 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 repeat offenders as a last resort.

[[File:Demcon.png]]Praxis[[File:Libsoc.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 engaging in direct action by unionizing, and starting mutual aid groups and coops. Tomjazzy no long believes that high level govement 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.

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

[[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 and marglinzed groups while being opposed to others.

[[File:Prog.png]]Progressive Unity[[File:Prgess.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,  ,   and   as a first choice,  ,  , and   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 doesn't like.

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]] - Wait, how are you different from the last guy again? But seriously, we're nearly identical.
 * [[File:Minmut2.png]] - Get some direct democracy and municipal confederalism and you're literally perfect.
 * [[File:Mutalist.png]] - Throw you're hands in the air cus property is robbery!
 * [[File:Socan2.png]] - One of the more reasonable anarchists.
 * [[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: 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:Liberalsoc.png]] - To moderate and reform based, but I guess so long as we don't have nationalization it can't hurt to try. Like me in that he tries to use [[File:Lib.png]]  principles to inform his (alleged) [[File:Soc.png]].
 * [[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:Ricardosoc.png]] - Same as above, except actually [[File:Soc.png]].
 * [[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:Leftlib.png]] Left Liberalism - Ideal electoral candidate. Some low interest government loans could definitely help coops.
 * [[File:Socliber.png]] - Not bad for a capitalist. I especially like you're more left wing variants.
 * [[File:Agorismf.png]] - Basically a smarter, wackier version of [[File:Ancapf.png]] . Just be careful who you sell those guns to, okay buddy?
 * [[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:Virtue ethics icon.png]] Virtue Ethics - One the two pillars of my ethical theory.
 * [[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: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: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.
 * [[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 who also likes Chumbawamba and Doctor Who.
 * [[File:Waspism6.png]] Waspism- Definitely one of the better forms of [[File:Georgist.png]].
 * [[File:Slavreichismsmallnew!.png]] Slavreichism - Thanks for helping me edit my page fellow Lib Left! :) Plato's metaphysics were cool tho.
 * 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.

Frenemies:

 * [[File:Consti.png]] Kantianism - You're epistemology and metaphysics were groundbreaking, but I disagree with you're ethics, and I wish you were less racist.
 * [[File:Parti.png]] [[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:ClassicalLiberal.png]] - You provide the ideological biases form most of my ideals, but I wish you would drop the [[File:Cap.png]].
 * [[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: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:Distributist.png]] - Chesterton helped shape my emphases on decentralizing economic power, but I really wish you'd drop the whole "family values" crap.
 * [[File:Ormarxf.png]] - You're method of analysis is still really useful, but a lot of you're solutions don't work.
 * [[File:Trot.png]] - I think he's right about degenerated workers states, but I'm still not sure if he ever really denounced authoritarian methodology.
 * [[File:Tito.png]] - I like how you killed Nazis and implemented Market Socialism but you were still a dictator who's meddling stifled the coops.
 * [[File:Bhl.png]] - Sincerely wants equality for all. Bless you're poor, naive little hearts.
 * [[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: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]] - What do you even do?
 * [[File:Insarch.png]] - Woah, slow down there tiger! We gotta be smart about this.
 * 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: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:Antifa icon.png]] - I hate  too, but you have an image problem.
 * [[File:GPLDist.png]] Geopaleolibertarian Distributism - Man, you used to be so cool. At least you're still environmentalist and somewhat egalitarian.
 * Soclib.png]] Proto-Tomjazzism [[File:Anti-Natalism.png - Still struggling, but doing better then I used to. Hang in there buddy.

Enemies:

 * [[File:Fash.png]] [[File:Nazi.png]] [[File:Franco.png]] [[File:Neocam.png]] [[File:Altr.png]] [[File:Trumpism.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.
 * All forms of [[File:Paleolib.png]], [[File:Natlib.png]] , or [[File:Reactlib-icon.png]] - Type 2 right libertarians. You don't give a shit about liberty, you're just looking for a subtler method of domination.
 * [[File:PolState.png]] - Fuck every cop who ever did his job!
 * [[File:Imp.png]] - That [[File:Pirat.png]] pirate who talked to [[File:Monarch.png]] Alexander the Great was right you know. You're awful.
 * [[File:Whitesup.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]] - 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:Neoliberal-icon.png]] - Not so much a real ideology as it is the inevitable result of [[File:Liberal_Democracy.png]]  and real politik.
 * [[File:Christianright.png]] Christian Conservatism - 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 - Boy, you guys have really gone off the rails, huh?
 * [[File:Ancapf.png]] - The distinction between privatized and sate tyranny remains meaningful solely in societies where both structures exist. There are decent ancaps, but most of you don't actually care about liberty.
 * [[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.
 * [[File:JoeyFloppa boo.png]] JoeyFloppaism - Okay, feel kinda bad for calling this guy a [[File:Fash.png]] Fascist, he almost certainly isn't. What he is however, is very clearly against liberty and human flourishing. The embodiment of type two libertarian capitalism.
 * [[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.
 * [[File:GenShrekf.png]] General Shrekretary Thought - I don't see why a reactionary tankie is better then a normal tankie.
 * [[File:Lpyapersonicon.png]] Lpyapersonism - Doesn't believe this anymore, so hopefully he's better, but still, cringe funndie.
 * [[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!

Important Texts
Meditation on First Philosphy by Rene Descartes

The Ethics of Belief by William Clifford

Second Treists of Goverment by John Locke

What is Property? by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

What is Social Ecology? by Maury Bookchin Politics 101 w/ Professor Vaush by Vaush