Silasism

Silasism is the newest self-insert of the user Sorcerersilas is here. it is culturally center-left, economically center-left to left-wing, civically libertarian, and diplomatically syncretic.

[[File:Trustbust.png]] Competition Laws [[File:Trustbust.png]]
I want to return to the anti-trust laws of Progressive-Era America. This is what I would do to crack down on corporations: Also, the idea of corporate "personhood" is absolutely idiotic. Corporations are not people, I don't care what Mitt Romney says.
 * Break up all existing monopolies and trusts.
 * Crack down on [[File:Ingsocf.png]] survelliance by tech corporations.
 * Prevent the conglomeration of already existing corporations.
 * Cut off all corporate subsides.
 * Ban corporate lobbying. (AKA corruption disguised as activism)
 * Prevent corporations from keeping workers from getting breaks.

[[File:Cooperative_Socialism.png]] Workplace Democracy [[File:Cooperative_Socialism.png]]
Workplace democracy has been proven to be generally beneficial. In an ideal world, workers would own the means of production. Here's how I'd like to encourage workplace democracy:
 * Implement a [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Marcora Law; In other words, a law that allows unemployed workers to use their entire alloted amount of unemployement money to create a coop, thus both lowering unemployement and expanding workplace democracy.
 * Preventing large private corporations from crushing cooperatives.
 * Fund cooperative development funds (pretty much what they sound like, funds to develop cooperatives)
 * Lower the corporate income tax on cooperatives.
 * I think that [[File:Synd.png]]Employee funds (basically, a socialist version of SWFs) are the ideal way to transition to market socialism, although I don't think they could be implemented in America.

[[File:Synd.png]] Unions [[File:Synd.png]]
I'm pro-union. In my opinion unions are important for maintaining worker's rights and should not be suppressed. However, I think that guilds might deal more competently with stuff like that.

[[File:Guildsoc.png]] Guilds [[File:Guildsoc.png]]
I think guilds are a good way to organize the economy. There would be guilds for certain trades. Due to this businesses in guilds could talk about problems that the trade is collectively having and fix it. Workers can get more representation in their workplace through guilds too.

[[File:UBI.png]] Universal Basic Income [[File:UBI.png]]
I think that universal basic income is a good way to reduce poverty in an unmessy, non-bureaucratic way, and I view it as necessary due to the rise of automation. "But people will just become lazy and quit their jobs!" Universal basic income was implemented through the Alaskan Permanent Fund in Alaska and a 2018 paper showed it didn't have any effect on employment. "Then poor people will just use it to get drunk and high!" While drug sales may be more noticable in poor communitees, drug use is equally distributed among poor, middle class, and wealthy communities.

[[File:Regulationism.png]] Taxation [[File:Regulationism.png]]
Taxes I want are:
 * [[File:Georgist.png]] High land value tax.
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] High wealth tax.
 * [[File:Merit.png]] Inheritance tax. (for the ultra-rich, not average people)
 * [[File:Envi.png]] Environmental taxes.
 * [[File:Trustbust.png]] Low corporate tax.
 * [[File:Health_and_Safetyf.png]] sales tax on unhealthy foods and drugs.

[[File:Georgist.png]] Housing [[File:Georgist.png]]
I view housing as a human right and think that the housing crisis is one of the biggest current issues in the world. In addition to high LVT to punish land hoarding, I also am a staunch YIMBY, believing that overly restrictive zoning laws are one of the main reasons behind the housing crisis and want to initiate a government program devoted to building more houses. Also, Landlords should need to get real jobs first. I'm also against rent control, because while it may protect people who have landlords from landlords, it doesn't protect people who don't have landlords. My ultimate goal would be to have the majority of housing be owner-occupied,  cooperative,  guild-owned, or  state-owned.

[[File:World.png]] Trade [[File:World.png]]
I'm very much in favor of liberalized trade. I think foreign investment is essential for economic growth and that protectionism doesn't actually protect anything. I view the protectionist idea of "self-suffiency" as a myth, and when countries like North Korea and  Eritrea tried to be as "self-suffient" as possible, it hasn't worked out well for them.

[[File:Statesoc.png]] Nationalization [[File:Statesoc.png]]
Transport, national parks, healthcare, water, electricity, education, libraries, water and in general basic utilities will be nationalized.

 Healthcare  One thing for sure is that America's healthcare system is horrific. I believe since that healthcare is essential to survival, it is therefore a right. I'm in favor of transitioning to a single-payer healthcare system. In a single-payer healthcare system, to prevent people from abusing the healthcare system and leeching of it, there will be taxes on people with people whose health conditions are self-inflicted, like drunkards,  anti-vaxxers,  drug abusers, and  the obese.

[[File:Antwork.png]] Automation [[File:Antwork.png]]
Due to automation being on the rise, work will eventually stop becoming a necessity, because automation will eventually completely replace it and all our jobs will be done by technology. For now, I see work as a necessary evil- work causes a lot of suffering that automation doesn't, but the economy still depends on it. But if we replace work with automation, then the "necessary" part of "necessary evil" will be taken out. That said, transition to automation would be slow and gradual because rapid transition to automation would fuck up the economy.

[[File:Nation.png]] Nationalism or Globalism? [[File:World.png]]
I view nationalism and globalism as double-edged swords. For nationalism, Unity of one's country is always a good thing, and it's completely understandable to want sovereignty for your country if said country is a victim of. However, being too obsessed with your country can lead to ideologies like,  ,  ,  , and  , and it's bad to close your country off from the world. As for globalism, International cooperation is a good thing, but globalism can also lead to  imperialism with a mask of "spreading freedom".

[[File:Strato.png]] Military Spending [[File:Strato.png]]
How much money you should spend on military depends on the country, but for the USA we need to spend a fuck ton less on the military. I mean, come on, by 2021 $801 billion was spent on the military! I also like how neocons/neolibs are like "how are you going to pay for healthcare?" and then refuse to cut spending on our obviously overbloated military budget.

[[File:Atlanticism.png]] East Or West? [[File:Euras.png]]
Neither, both are shitty.

[[File:Antiimp.png]] Foreign Policy [[File:Antiimp.png]]
I'm a non-interventionist. If you look at history, intervention usually makes countries worse rather than better. I mean, most countries we intervene in in the modern day are in very bad condition. When a country is in bad condition, it's pretty simple that war isn't gonna make it better. that said, I'm not always anti-intervention- I mean, I think we can all agree intervention against Nazi Germany was justified.

[[File:Multicult.png]] Immigration [[File:Multicult.png]]
I'm generally pretty lax on immigration, And think that we should give illegal immigrants the path to citizenship, but only as long as they don't have a criminal record. That said, in emergencies we might need to close our borders. Also, I think immigrants who don't know English should be given basic English lessons as part of the path to citizenship.

Opinions on Ideologies
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Good
- liberty, markets, and workplace democracy are all based.

- People should be free from poverty as much as they are free from the state.

- Down with fascism, communism, and monarchism!

BritMonkeyism- Very epic youtuber.

- Sun Yat-Sen was a hero who put an end to the Qing Dynasty and was basically the chinese George Washington. All three of your principles are based.

- LVT is based! LET'S LYNCH THE LANDLORD, LET'S LYNCH THE LANDLORD, LET'S LYNCH THE LANDLORD MAN!

Meh
Titoism- Dictator, which is cringe, and 20% unemployment also isn't good, but since you were established workplace democracy and fought against the axis powers, you're a whole lot better than other dictators.

Bad
- Worst form of socialism.

- Words cannot express how much I hate you.

- Yeah, no. nationality should be based on similar principles and citizenship, not ethnicity.

- Ethnat but even more stupid, imagine thinking that citizens are only legitimate if their skin is a certain color.

All Fascists- being edgy isn't a political ideology.

Theory
|Agrarian Justice by

|Left-Libertarianism: A Primer by

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Youtube
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