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.

Philosophical Beliefs
Tomjazzism believes in a form  rationalist internalism based on the epistemology of various   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.

Political Beliefs
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.

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  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.

Friends:
Virtue Ethics - One the two pillars of my ethical theory.
 * [[File:Bckchn.png]] - Thanks for helping me develop a natural law theory that's truly consistent with human flourishing!
 * [[File:Demcon.png]] Democratic Confederalism - Wait, how are you different from the last guy again? But seriously, we're nearly identical.
 * [[File: Libms.png]] - Ideal economic system! I'm a version of you.
 * [[File:Mutalist.png]] - Throw you're hands in the air cus property is robbery!
 * [[File:AnSynd.png]] - 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: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:Agorismf.png]] - Basically a smarter, wackier version of [[File:Ancapf.png]] . Just be careful who you sell those guns to, okay buddy?
 * [[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 relatively decentralized version of this.
 * [[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 - Pretty much the best case scenario for reform. You would be a perfect starting point for a transition.
 * [[File:Socliber.png]] - Not bad for a capitalist. I especially like you're more left wing variants.
 * [[File:Ormarxf.png]] - The Granddaddy of all [[File:Soc.png]] Socialists. Even though a lot of your ideas don't work, you're method of analysis is still really useful.
 * [[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: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]] - Without you, a society is nothing.
 * [[File:Menslib.png]] and [[File:Fem.png]]  - Basically the same thing, just focused on different genders.
 * [[File:Vaush.png]] Vaushism - The reason I'm a socialist. I like his pragmatic attitude toward political change.
 * 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:neoairisu.png]] Neo-Airisuism - Seems pretty well read, and a fellow Bookchin fan. Just make sure the cat boy thing is consensual, okay?
 * [[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:ClassicalLiberal.png]] - You provide the ideological biases form most of my ideals, but I wish you at least had more welfare.
 * Kantianism - You're epistemology and metaphysics were groundbreaking, but I wish you were less racist.
 * [[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 Nazis and complemented Market Socialism but you were still a dictator.
 * [[File:Bhl.png]] - There are two basic kinds of right libertarians. You're an embodiment of the good kind; the one's that wants equality for all. Bless you're poor, naive little hearts.
 * [[File:LeftRothbardianismPix.png]] - I like the above, but implementing it would be even more of a disaster. At least there trying.
 * [[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 the same as the last guy, but for almost the exact opposite reason.
 * [[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.
 * ContraPointsism - You were one of the first people to push me towards [[file:Prog.png]], but your newer videos aren't as good.
 * [[File:Antifa icon.png]] - I hate  too, but you have an image problem.
 * Proto-Tomjazzism - I uh...I got better.

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]] - You don't give a shit about liberty, you're just looking for a subtler method of domination.
 * [[File:File:Ancapf.png]] - The distinction between privatized tyranny and sate tyranny exists solely in socites with a state. Some of your variants are trying to decentralize power, but most of you don't actually give a shit about freedom.
 * [[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:Monarch.png]] - Strange women in ponds distributing swords is no bases for a system of government! I guess [[File:Cermon.png]] he's alright (still wanna take his stuff tho.)
 * [[File:Theocrat.png]] Theocracies - No, your magic book doesn't mean you get to tell people what to do.
 * [[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 sense [[File:Athdem.png]] Athens!
 * [[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: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 seemed like kind of an asshole.
 * [[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.
 * Lpyapersonism - Doesn't believe this anymore, so hopefully he's better, but still, cringe funndie.
 * 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

Second Treists of Goverment by John Locke

What is Property? by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

What is Social Ecology? by Maury Bookchin

After Virtue by Alister Mcintyre

Politics 101 w/ Professor Vaush by Vaush