Tiberius Thought

Braun Spencer Thought is the economically center to center-right and culturally left-wing ideology of the blogger Braun Spencer.

[[File:Idealist.png]] Subjective Idealism [[File:Idealval.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought follows subjective idealist. He believes that, insofar as we can only verify the existence of our souls and consciousness relative to the physical realm, everything is relative to individual perception. In other words, literally everything is relative. Objectivity does not exist outside of what the individual categorizes within the physical realm.

[[File:Nihil.png]] Morality [[File:Hedonism-cloud.png]]
Per his subjective idealism, Braun Spencer Thought believes morals are a matter of personal preference since they too rely on individual perception. He sees the world as a struggle between competing moral systems; those who prove victorious get to impose their moral beliefs onto others. Critics feel this boils down to "Might makes right."

His personal moral preference is hedonistic  consequentialism. He sees pleasure—spiritual, psychological welfare (happiness)—as the end-goal of his ideology, and towards that end all tools at society's disposal would be justifiably employed.

[[File:Egonat.png]] Ego-Nationalism [[File:Community.png]]
Note: Braun Spencer Thought does not subscribe to Stirnernite egoism. His conception of ego is transcendental and closer to  Aristotle's, while also agreeing with  Hobbes and  Machiavelli that humans are fundamentally a species driven by self-interest.

Braun Spencer Thought, for reasons pertaining to pragmatism and his subjective idealism, combines  individualism and  collectivism. He believes there exists a "collective ego"—the total sum of all individual egos within a collective unit. The well-being of one thus depends on the other. By uplifting the Individual, the Collective itself is uplifted, and vice versa. Per his circumstances at birth, he also feels that which is benefical to his country—the United States in particular—is usually within his self-interest. This sort of "selfish collectivism" drives his American civic nationalism and many of his  communitarian inclinations.

[[File:AristocracyIcon.png]] Natural Aristocracy [[File:Merit.png]]
Essential to Braun Spencer Thought is the belief that there is a "natural aristocracy." That is to say there are individuals in society who are uniquely gifted or talented, and possess a psycho-spiritual and biological drive to realize their true potential with whatever means they have at their disposal. These individuals, according to Braun Spencer Thought, are the initiators of all progress: Technological, social, medical, developmental, and others. A successful society will give these individuals to high levels of prestige and authority so they may guide it towards a positive future. This is one reason why he is supportive of business interests; he sees  corporations as hierarchical institutions led by those of high  merit, and he sees the need for entrepreneurship, a trait exhibited by only a select, disciplined few.

[[File:Fed.png]] Federalism [[File:Fed.png]]
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[[File:Statecap.png]] Economic Model [[File:3way.png]]
The backbone of my ideology is, but one which is more  liberal-oriented (read: business-friendly) than, say,  Fascism. I believe there exists "sectoral interests." In most cases, satisfying these sectoral interests benefits the United States as a whole. For example, promoting the interests of agribusinesses makes us more self-sufficent in food production. Promoting the interests of important manufacturing industries ensures we are always prepared for an emergency (e.g., war). Sometimes letting the free market determine outcomes is the best; other times  economic planning is ideal; in many cases a combination of the two is necessary. What I generally support is:
 * [[File:Corp.png]] Public-private partnerships (PPPs)
 * [[File:PlannedCap.png]] Indicative planning
 * [[File:DvCommerce.png]] Strategic privatization
 * [[File:Protect.png]] Eliminating foreign competition
 * [[File:Regulationism.png]] Regulations
 * [[File:Fiscon.png]] Balanced budgets
 * [[File:ModEconlib.png]] Market-based solutions
 * [[File:Welf.png]] Comprehensive safety nets

[[File:Econnat.png]] Strategic-Industrial Policy [[File:Corp.png]]
I think the State should collaborate with and back  private businesses to spur  progress. Especially in sectors essentail to maintaining political sovereignty (e.g., national security) and scientific, medical, and technological advances. This is in the spirit of Alexander Hamilton, who wrote in Federalist Papers #11: I'm often accused of  because of this. However, I prefer the term  to describe this mutually benefical relationship between State and Capital, heavily inspired by the  dirigist experiments of  France and  South Korea.

A key aspect of strategic-industrial policy (SIP) is backing the most successful firms in the nation, so the most innovative and high-quality products are delivered to the market while strengthening the country's sovereignty and  global competitiveness. Measures the State can use to drive innovative activities include:
 * Strengthening the patent system for more research and development.
 * Using market tools like taxes and competitive contracts.
 * Public-sector activities (e.g., government-run labs for new drugs).
 * Strategic deregulation to reduce business-related costs.
 * Corporate welfare to cut prices without hurting profitability.
 * Using tariffs to eliminate foreign competition with those sectors.

[[File:Trustbust.png]] Anti-Trust Laws [[File:Austroliberalism-icon.png]]
I oppose anti-trust laws as  big corporations and even monopolies benefit society as a whole thanks to their economies of scale. They are natural products of Darwinistic competition in the free market;  meritorious firms crush the  weaker ones. (Medium-to-large firms in in general are more innovative, better for workers, responsive to public feedback, increase exports, and it is easier for the State to cooperate with a few firms over hundreds of them.) Trust busting also discourages entrepreneurship (in the  Schumpeterian sense of innovative growth). It assumes business owners are guilty until proven innocent if they win at competition, so they can lose their assets at anytime; and punishing success means you get less of it long-term. This is the actual reason, in my opinion, for why anti-trust laws have not been enforced since the 1970s (as well as cuts in so-called progressive taxation since the 1980s).

[[File:NeoMerc.png]] Trade [[File:Protect.png]]
In contrast with other Third Way advocates, Braun Spencer Thought advocates for. More specifically he advocates for. His primary justifications are rooted in embracing the international system's anarchic nature and thus recognizing the  pragmatic need for self-sufficiency. He believes that industries essential to the security and development of the United States should be backed against foreign competition by subsidizing domestic production and exports, tariffs (low in some but high in others), and increasing the number of foreign assets owned by the  Federal Reserve. He is fine, however, with free trade in non-essential industries; and while he opposes the United States being dependent on other countries, he would favor cases in which foreign nations, especially in  Mexico and South America per the  Monroe Doctrine, are dependent on it (e.g.,  ).

[[File:AgCap.png]] Agriculture [[File:Autarky.png]]
When it comes to the agriculture sector, Braun Spencer Thought supports an  autarkic form of  Agrarian Capitalism. He feels the United States with its geographical advantages is capable of complete self-sufficiency in food production. Through a combination of indicative planning, high tariffs on (most) food imports, subsidies for major agribusinesses, and interest-free loans for aspiring smallholders and  farming co-ops, the United States can abolish domestic hunger and ensure the population is well-fed in case of a global emergency. While some food imports are fine—as anyone who likes pears can tell you—the goal is to ensure there will not be severe consequences to global supply chain disruptions. Braun Spencer Thought acknowledges this would result in his country becoming more rural, as there will be an increased demand for agricultural goods, necessitating an expansion of the sector to supply it. (Which will boost profitability for agribusinesses, which is why they are the biggest champions of  food protectionism.) His agricultural policy can be seen as a hybrid of the  Brazilian and  Belarusian approaches.

[[File:Cap.png]] Privatization [[File:Corp.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought embraces a combination of privatization and  state ownership. The latter will be elaborated upon in the welfare and taxation sections, although something critical to Braun Spencer Thought is publicly-funded research and development, which is a source of many innovations (especially in the military industry) that are expanded upon by the private sector for civilian use. But in terms of the former he supports privatizing the following: Although it should be noted that even if a social service is privatized, the State can still use contracts and market tools (e.g., subsidies and taxes) to influence firms. For example, a local government can hire a private police firm to enact warranted arrests.
 * [[File:Edu.png]] Education
 * [[File:Policeism.png]] Local policing
 * [[File:WorkWelf.png]] Social Security (partially)
 * [[File:Construction.png]] Public utilities (sometimes)

[[File:Regulationism.png]] Intervention [[File:Dirigisme.png]]
Braun Spencer Thoughts supports a. He namely supports:
 * Workplace safety laws, to protect workers from disastrous working conditions.
 * Wage controls to ensure most work provides a decent quality of life.
 * Penalties for negative externalities (e.g., pollution and wildfires).
 * Labels for food and beverages, and some purity laws as well.
 * This is to ensure consumer consent and to minimize fraud.

[[File:SyndieSam.png]] Trade Unions [[File:LibSyndieSam.png]]
He has mixed feelings on trade unions. In his country, the United States, trade unions have been agents of class warfare. When left to their own devices, they are a menace to other workers, businesses, and  consumers alike. Although unions have also done good things like fight for better working conditions. This leads him to believe that there are only three approaches to unions which are feasible: Braun Spencer Thought would rather use bureaucratic means to regulate working conditions and wages instead of unions, and also creating tax incentives for  employee ownership.
 * 1) Integrating them into the system so their voices can be heard while minimizing the need for strikes (e.g., wage boards where the [[File:Statism.png]] State is the tie breaker).
 * 2) Heavily restricting their activities so they cannot destroy entire industries (like they did with the coal, steel, and automobile industries).
 * 3) Busting them at every turn, allowing companies to remove them or straight-up outlawing independent organized labor.

[[File:Fiscon.png]] Taxation [[File:PlannedCap.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought opposes "progressive taxation", believing it punishes the successful. Such measures result in a deadweight loss long-term, as seen in the United States by the 1960s; taxes were so high that firms were discouraged from accumulating profits, which in his eyes was a contributing factor to the stagflation of the 1970s. He believes high taxation in Europe are also why they are not as innovative as the United States, as making a profit there is almost impossible. Braun Spencer Thought also believes most forms of taxation are unreliable sources of revenue generation. For example: Jeff Bezos only takes home a salary of $70,000 a year. A high income tax will not do much to address "inequality." Corporate taxes, income taxes, wealth taxes, and others either punish success, barely brings any money to the State, or both. What he instead prefers are:
 * A progressive flat tax.
 * A progressive sales tax.
 * A value-added tax (VAT).
 * Ecological taxes.

He also supports the use of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and social wealth funds (SWFs) to generate revenue for the State as a form of voluntary taxation. SOEs—such as state-owned casinos, brothels, and liquor stores—would operate on a for-profit basis. Their profits would go to the State for social programs, utilities, etc. SWFs would invest in natural resources (like oil), non-commodity products, and (ideally) successful corporations to maximize returns. Tariffs would also generate substantial revenue. All of this, in Braun Spencer Thought's eyes, would reduce the need for private-sector taxation.

[[File:Welf.png]] Welfare State [[File:Welf.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought supports a welfare state. His ideal is a universal basic income (UBI), and he believes it will be necessary in the near-future as the elderly population grows and more people are displaced by automation. In the meantime, Braun Spencer Thought believes a welfare state should target the direct causes of poverty, rather than just give it a band-aid solution. In particular he supports
 * Wage subsidies like the Earned Income Tax Credit (to address poverty associated with low-wage work).
 * Disability insurance (to help those who are mentally or physically incapable of working).
 * Unemployment insurance (so those displaced by automation have a stable income while getting retrained).
 * Mandatory private health insurance with a public option (to reduce out-of-pocket medical expenses).
 * Public works (to help those who are out of the job market secure temporary work).
 * Public housing (to increase the supply of shelter while undermining HOA boards and local landlords).

[[File:AmericanNat.png]] American Nationalism [[File:Natprog.png]][[File:Civnat.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought is an American nationalist. He sees America as a nation with a unique history and shared destiny, and values its welfare. An American in his eyes is one who demonstrates a desire for citizenship it by promoting the nation's cultural, spiritual, and political values. He also sees patriotism as necessary to spur progress within his country's borders. Such civic nationalism drives many of his beliefs, including his  economic nationalism,  neo-imperialism, and  anti-racism.

[[File:Gay.png]] LGBT Rights [[File:Trans.png]]
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[[File:Anat.png]] Esperanto [[File:Anat.png]]
A supporter of unity, even in a multicultural society, Braun Spencer Thought advocates for making Esperanto the official language of the  United States. It would be taught in schools along with English as mandatory learning. He feels Esperanto is easy to learn regardless of native tongue (especially for English speakers). Since Esperanto has heavy Romance influence, and given the United State's sizeable Spanish-speaking population would break linguistic-cultural barriers between the demographics. Esperanto is also grammatically and lexically gender-neutral; thus playing a role in tearing down harmful sex-based divisions.

[[File:Anti-Racism.png]] Race Abolition [[File:TransRace+.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought is an enthusiastic supporter of utilizing race mixing and gene editing to eradicate race as a concept. He feels racism undermines the body politic's health; sowing discord which threatens war, chaos, and foreign meddling. (With the last on that list, see the Soviet Union's backing of  black nationalist groups.) The  United States would be stronger if all these race-based divisions—and the mere potential of them arising—were abolished. By encouraging different ethnic and racial groups to breed with each other and combining it with biotechnological alterations of DNA, we can abolish race completely (as a biological, social, and cultural phenomena); uniting all Americans as a whole.

[[File:Imp.png]] Global Hegemony [[File:Neoimp.png]]
Braun Spencer Thought believes the end-goal of foreign policy is global hegemony. In a world still divided by nation-states, and will be for centuries to come, every actor has their own interests and beliefs. For example, the Soviet Union believed that a global proletarian revolution was a moral duty; but they also realized that their economic model, as  Michael Lind pointed out in his book on the Vietnam War, relied on trading alliances with (and sometimes borderline colonization of) foreign countries. Their foreign policy reflected both the constructivist and realpolitik nature of their geopolitical situation. When nation-states are capable of exerting power, even at the expense of others, it becomes a patriotic duty. Thus, Braun Spencer Thought sees the need for a comprehensive foreign policy which advances the national security and economic interests of the United States utitilizing whatever tools are at their disposal (ranging from using  military intervention against foreign enemies like in  Panama under President  Bush H.W. Bush to  corporate rule abroad).

Relations
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 * -|Ideology Relations=
 * -|Self-Insert Relations=

Positive

 * [[File:BERNHEflash.gif]] BERNHE0504 - Probably the person I have most in common with in this community! Apart from some of your conservative social views, I don't have many complaints with you.
 * [[File:Vexism.png]] Vexism - Great friend, although we don't have much in common outside of a few philosophical similarities.
 * - One of the most wholesome members of this community, albeit more economically left-wing than me.
 * [[File:Stilluserricon.png]] - Embrace the profit motive and your ideology would be epic.
 * - Embrace the [[File:3way.png]] Third Way and you'll be based!

Mixed

 * [[File:Pixil-frame-0(27).png]] - You may have some based economic takes, but your conservative values are awful. Also, you should be supportive of [[File:Imp.png]] American imperialism since it was the biggest supporter of [[File:Suharto.png]] Suharto.
 * [[File:O%27Langism.png]] - A blend of syndicalism and mutualism actually seems based, but your anti-statism ruins everything. As [[File:Hamiltonianism.png]] Hamilton predicted—and which history only confirmed—you need a powerful central government and markets for [[File:Prog.png]] human progress.
 * [[File:Panth.png]] Pantheonism - Guild socialism is cringe and so is pacifism, but otherwise you're not too bad.
 * - Same with [[File:Vexism.png]] her pretty much, although you're a pleasant person.
 * [[File:Glencoe.png]] Glencoe - Your views are tolerable.
 * [[File:Iconfloofel.png]] - A very wholesome person but we have nothing in common (except for agrarianism but for vastly different reasons).
 * - Same as above pretty much.
 * [[File:Rock.png]] Rocksism - Too left-wing but otherwise okay.

Negative
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Reading List
Note: Braun Spencer Thought does not necessarily agree with everything stated in these books, although this collection of books and essays will help you understand his thought process.
 * [[File:Corp.png]] Big is Beautiful: The Myth of Small Business - [[File:Hamilton.png]] Robert D. Atkinson and [[File:Civnat.png]] Michael Lind
 * [[File:Pragmat.png]] The Prince - [[File:Mach.png]] Niccolò Machiavelli
 * [[File:Protect.png]] Free Trade Doesn't Work - [[File:EconNat.png]] Ian Fletcher
 * [[File:Antichrist.png]] The Antichrist - [[File:Nietzsche-icon.png]] Friedrich Nietzsche
 * [[File:Accel.png]] Kant, Capital, and the Prohibition of Incest - [[File:Landian_Accelerationism.png]] Nick Land
 * [[File:Fed.png]] The Federalist Papers - [[File:Hamilton.png]] Alexander Hamilton, [[File:Jeffersoniandem.png]] James Madison, and [[File:Krit.png]] John Jay
 * [[File:Globalism.png]] World Order - [[File:Kisssingerism.png]] Henry Kissinger
 * [[File:Cap.png]] Basic Economics - [[File:Chilib.png]] Thomas Sowell
 * [[File:Slaveism_icon.png]] The Greek State - [[File:Nietzsche.png]] Friedrich Nietzsche
 * [[File:Statecap.png]] The Closed Commercial State - [[File:Utsoc.png]] Johann Gottlieb Fichte
 * [[File:GControl.png]] Repeal the Second Amendment: The Case for a Safer America - [[File:DemocratF.png]] Allan Lichtman
 * [[File:Statecap.png]] The Entrepreneurial State - [[File:WEF-Icon.png]] Mariana Mazzucato
 * [[File:EconInflate.png]] The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money - [[File:Keynes.png]] John M. Keynes
 * [[File:Necon.png]] The Neoconservative Persuasion - [[File:Trot.png]] Irving Kristol
 * [[File:Mach.png]] The Concept of the Political - [[File:CarlSchmitt.png]] Carl Schmitt
 * [[File:Edu.png]] The Case Against Education - [[File:Ancapf.png]] Bryan Caplan
 * [[File:Cap.png]] Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal - [[File:Obj.png]] Ayn Rand, [[File:Bankocracy.png]] Alan Greenspan, [[File:Egocap.png]] Nathaniel Branden, and [[File:Histval.png]] Robert Hessen
 * [[File:Mach.png]] Politics Among Nations - [[File:Pragmat.png]] Hans Morgenthau
 * [[File:LandReform.png]] Progress and Poverty - [[File:Georgist.png]] Henry George
 * [[File:Enlightab.png]] Leviathan - [[File:Hobbe.png]] Thomas Hobbes
 * [[File:SuccMin.png]] The Road to Serfdom - [[File:Hayek.png]] Friedrich von Hayek
 * [[File:Necon.png]] Vietnam: The Necessary War - [[File:Civnat.png]] Michael Lind
 * [[File:Cultism.png]] Twilight of the Idols - [[File:Nietzsche-icon.png]] Friedrich Nietzsche

Comments
O'Langism - add me?
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Done.

New Model Of Cheesenism - add me
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Done.

- Braun Doctrine, Spencer Model (BDSM) (also add me)
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Will do.

BERNHE0504 - Add me?
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Done.

Pantheonism - Add me Fedboi.
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Kay.

- Yo can you add me :)
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - Sure!

New Model Of Cheesenism- *you should be supportive of American imperialism since it was the biggest supporter of Suharto.png Suharto.* well sukarno support by soviet and chinanese imperialism should I become supportive of them?
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - You shouldn't like Sukarno at all.

Vexism - add me?

- Readd me plox

- Add me, my G.

O'Langism - My ideology kinda changed. Update relations?
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - What exactly changed?
 * [[File:O'Langism.png]] O'Langism - I'm a commie now

Rocksism - Add me?

Floofel's Thought - Added ya, add me please?

Glencoe- add plz

Stilluserr's ThoughtCan you add me?
 * [[File:Vamp.png]] - You've all be added!

Neo-Kiraism - add me