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Ultralibertarianism / Wokitarian Manifesto

Pt. 2

- Consent is defined as more than one empowered individuals agreeing to an act.
- Decisions that affect only one person should only be implemented by that one person, only towards themself. We shall call this "self-determination."
- In order to avoid tyranny, decisions that affect more than one person (aka "public policy") must be subject to, and guided by, empiricism, rationality, and the non-aggression principle. (ERNAP? lol)
- Tyranny is bad. Tyranny is any individual or a group sets public policy that interferes with everyone else's (or some else's) right to self-determination without considering the non-aggression principle.
- Tyranny can only be understood in terms of its direction of power.
- Self-determination, empowerment, or freedom/liberty is the ability to make decisions for only one's self.
- Power is the ability to make decisions that affect other people.
- Tyranny can be prevented by distributing power as equally amongst a population as possible. Power may be delegated for convenience and practical reasons, but shall remain checked and balanced via distribution and oversight at every level of governance.
- Perfect balance of power in a large enough society is (probably) not practically possible, but should be pursued as a goal. (Perfect balance of power is one way to describe anarchy.)
- Balance of power is constantly under attack by those who want more than their share of power. Balance needs to be reconsidered and corrected often.

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Mx. Luna Corbden

@corbden@defcon.social replied · 4 months ago

Move over Ayn Rand, I'm about to drop a new political ideology.

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Mx. Luna Corbden

@corbden@defcon.social replied · 4 months ago

BRB I'm fixing libertarianism. Got a manifesto to write.

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Mx. Luna Corbden

@corbden@defcon.social replied · 4 months ago

Ok here is a very rough draft of my upgrade to libertarianism. It needs work, but I just wanted to put it out there before it gets buried in my graveyard of lost projects. Also the name is funny but not practical, so I hope I will think of something... a little easier to type in a phone and use in a sentence.

Ultralibertarianism / Wokitarian Manifesto

Pt. 1

- Subjective reality exists, BUT—
- The only fair and just way to create policy that affects more than one person is to base it on empiricism and rationality; that is, evidence and reason.
- The nonaggression principle states that force or fraud should not be initiated. If one initiates force or fraud, one is allowing that force and fraud may be used against them by others in defense, to any degree as necessary to subdue further initiations of force or fraud.
- Initiation of force or fraud is the basis of tyranny. Defense against force and fraud is defense of liberty.
- The individual is the smallest possible unit of power which can be rationally and empirically defined.
- Individuals possess certain core "rights" which shall not be violated by other individuals, organizations, or the government. These include freedom of expression, freedom to identify, freedom of conviction, right to due process, etc.
- Individual rights must be equally applied to all, elsewise they are not rights but privileges (private laws).
- If individual rights are equally and truly protected in a society, (not just on paper but in effect), then by extension, the rights of all minority and marginalized groups will be protected.
- If minority or marginalized groups are, by evidence, NOT being protected, then individual rights are also not being protected.
- Rights shall not be violated unless said individual violates the rights of others through initiation of force or fraud.
- Then those rights shall only be impeded to the minimum extent as is necessary to prevent further violations of the rights of others.

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Mx. Luna Corbden

@corbden@defcon.social replied · 4 months ago

Ultralibertarianism / Wokitarian Manifesto

Pt. 2

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Mx. Luna Corbden

@corbden@defcon.social replied · 4 months ago

Ultralibertarianism / Wokitarian Manifesto

Pt. 3

- Any governmental policy shall be considered fair and just if it follows empiricism, rationality, and the non-aggression principle, and if it maximizes the distribution of power within limits of practicality.
- Microtyrannies enforce macrotyranny.
- Bigoty is microtyranny.
- Abuse in personal relationships is microtyranny.
- Tyranny can come from the government. Or it can come from religions, corporations, non-corporate businesses, non-profits, institutions, cultural pressures, bigotry, family systems, or even individuals, at every level and within every segment of a society. (The ultimate tyranny by individual over a society is called a "monarchy".)
- In order to avoid bigotry, biases in data and reasoning must be constantly considered, avoided, and compensated for.
- No one is free unless all are free.
- Just because you are (or perceive yourself to be) free does not mean anyone else is free. (A king holds ultimate freedom but does not live in a free country. Members of a mob are consenting with each other but their minority target is not.)
- Assisting others less powerful than yourself to become and remain free is insurance against tyranny.
- When considering conflicts in the non-aggression principle, favor should fall towards the person or group with the least amount of power. ("Least power" is defined as the person who has the least ability to make decisions for themselves or the group, or the least ability to consent to a decision or act that affects them.)
- In the event that parties of similar power may have opposing interests, or wish to make personal decisions that affect others without their consent, fair and equal compromise must be sought.

[Further bullets added below.]

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