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Levathonism is the ideology of, well, Levathon. I'll work on this when I feel motivated and have time.
Laissez-Faire
I view most, if not all regulations imposed on the market as unnecessary and only stifling market innovations and competition. Whether it be any form of taxes, subsidies, labor laws, quality controls, price controls, licensing, patents, lobbying, nationalization, whatever it may be, I view it as a net-negative for the economy. Unrestricted markets and competition naturally give incentives for corporations to improve their products and provide consumers with what they want, as well as treat the workers fairly. Because of this, I view regulations that try to "protect workers and consumers" and shit like that as unnecessary, only raising labor and product costs, as well as reducing competition on labor, which leads to job losses and creates deadweight losses, disrupting the market equilibrium and the growth of businesses. Many regulations just cause the distortion of prices, examples being most taxes(especially sales and sin taxes), tariffs, and subsidies, preventing the market equilibrium and should be abolished. Free markets being allowed to operate without any government interference leads to maximization of returns on investments, as well the unrestricted migration and investment of capital, which leads to higher wages and the improvement of life. I also advocate for the complete privatization of all industries and firms(including welfare and social security), as nationalized industries are less efficient, lacking competitive pressure and innovation, and being very prone to 
corruption, stifling fair competition due to state backing, which is very similar to subsidies, which leads me to believe that the state should never give out any subsidies. I also support 
free banking the gold standard, and am against fiat currency, as excessive use of paper currency just causes price inflation and a decrease in the value of the currency. There is also a risk of the central banks using the immense power that they have in order to manipulate the economy. I am also in favor of the using cryptocurrencies, as they have many advantages, such as decentralized systems that do not collapse at a single point of failure, better protection from inflation, and no government abuses of the money supply. I believe that a natural monopoly will not form because it is the state enacting economic policies that benefit certain businesses over others that cause monopolies.
Gig Economy
I am in favor of a Gig economy and self-employment, In which independent workers/contractors are hired for temporary positions and short-term commitments. Those who are self-employed are able to create their own work environment and schedule with little intervention from the 
corporations they are working for, while still able to be productive. There are many other benefits of a gig economy and self-employment, such as increased flexibility, access to a variety of jobs and talent, and a better work-life balance. I also see corporations benefit from a gig economy due to having access to a much larger variety of workers due to the constant moving of workers to different temporary positions. Due to this, I see a gig economy as desirable and should be encouraged by the state, and all the taxes that have to be paid by gig workers should cease to exist, as all taxes should be.
Counter-Economics
I am also a proponent of counter-economics. I believe that all exchange should be undertaken through voluntary and consensual means, and state should have no say about what goes on in voluntary exchange between two or more individuals, as long as there is no use of violence or coercion, because violence bad. I am supportive of markets that are outside the supervision of the state and therefore cannot be taxed or regulated, such as grey(not specifically illegal products) and black(explicitly illegal products) markets. I reject red markets because the use of violence and coercion is antithetical to ideas of voluntary exchange and should be dealt with by proper authorities. I believe that the underground economy should continue unregulated, as well as anything that would not be considered apart of the mainstream traditional economy, unless there is use of violence and coercion. I also seek to undermine the mainstream traditional economy and keep exchanges away from the grasp of the state and other any other entities, for that matter, through utilizing the underground economy and counter economic activity.
Free Trade
I am also supportive of global, unrestricted trade. Free trade has brought a great amount of prosperity and driven competitiveness across the globe, giving millions access to a variety of resources and goods they otherwise wouldn't have had, and lifting many nations and people out of poverty. In contrast, protectionism suppresses free exchange, isolates the domestic market from the world market, prevents individuals from possessing different goods of higher quality, prevents countries that do not have certain resources from getting ahold of those resources, restricts competition, keeps prices high, add no capital to the country, and hinders economic growth overall. While I am sympathetic to selective protectionism against 
Eastoids 
and other countries who have opposing ideologies, I do not want to restrict free exchange and global competition. These countries also may have wanted resources that the United States and it's allies do not have, so trade with these countries in question should happen less(except for when it has to do with desired resources) through encouraging more trade with fellow Western countries and allies instead.
Georgism
I believe in the principles of Georgism. I view property rights as not extending to land itself, and believe that there should only be one tax, that being the land value tax, which is a levy that only takes into consideration ground value(the value of the land itself) and not the structures that are built on the land. I view all other taxes as theft. This tax is also extended to the use of natural resources. Since land, natural resources, and the like are not produced by the one who owns it, one should not be able to make a profit from it, and if an individual wants to use a plot of land, they should have pay a land value tax for it. An LVT is great for many reasons. First, by taxing the value of the land completely, it gives 
landlords an incentive to actually develop their land to make a profit instead of waiting for it's value to increase overtime while adding nothing to it, so it helps greatly with the problem of inefficient use of land. It also helps reduce speculation and deadweight losses due to land not being profitable with an LVT and land having no production cost.
Trade Unionism
I believe that trade unions are a great way for the workers to negotiate their wages with their employers and establish economic policy in their businesses, allowing workers to enjoy many privileges and providing them with what they want and need, and diffusing tensions between the employees and employers in the workplace. 
Class collaboration is also great in my opinion, as the workers are the builders of society and are needed for society to survive and flourish, while the upper class is the upholder and organizer of society, thus both are needed for society to function and thrive. The lower and middle classes are to work and provide for the upper class who in turn provide the two lower classes with safety and wellbeing. I do not want the state to force this, however, but instead encourage class collaboration between inhabitants.
Anti-Copyright
Intellectual "Property" is not legitimate property and should not be treated as such. This is because it is an idea. Copyright laws are bullshit and all they do is prevent people from accessing ideas and information. Laws that concern intellectual property simply lead to monopolies, which in turn stifles the competitive nature of the market. Another really big problem with copyright laws is that they are abused by parasitic individuals and corporations alike to limit commercial activity and internet freedoms. If an individual or organization has their work stolen, instead of bitching to the government about it, they should instead work to squash their competition by themselves. The state has much more important things to deal with than petty internet drama, and at the end of the day, if you can't protect your program from piracy well enough, that is your own fault.
Mass Automation
Automation is inevitable, and that is a good thing. Automation in manufacturing comes with many benefits, such as an increase in productivity, reduction of labor costs, the constant availability of machines, improvement of product quality, and much more. It makes no sense not to embrace it and try to get there as fast as possible(Unless you're a retarded luddite). After automation in manufacturing is achieved, living costs should be driven down enough so people will be able to pursue more of their goals, and more important jobs should be prioritized. The gig economy can also definitely help with the problem of job loss, as instead of being employed full time, they work part-time on many different projects for many different corporations, so work would still exist, but not in the way it does today. I would also encourage citizens to engage in passive Wealth Accumulation, investing in business and capital to revitalize the economy and gain a profit.
Civics
Privatized Governance
My view on the government is that it should be structured as a sovereign, joint-stock corporation that owns a city state and operates its property as a for-profit enterprise. There should be a 
Monarch-CEO with absolute power who manages the overall operations of the sovereign corporation and makes the major decisions in business and governance. Such a position should be hereditary, and the monarch must be mentally sound and skilled in decision making when it comes to governance and business, with educators preparing the heir for leadership since birth. Other positions of power should be delegated to an 
Aristocratic, Technocratic elite of governmental experts and private investors who act as shareholders who balance out the power of the Monarch-CEO, with each of these shareholders being liable for their own shares in the sovereign corporation and assisting with decision making. The sovereign corporation should accumulate as much profit as possible by providing services to its residents and sponsoring secondary corporations(with very limited state support so monopolies do not form), and investing in capital abroad.
Patchwork
I am a firm believer in the concept of patchwork. Each private city-state/patch should have a large degree of sovereignty able to create their own distinct laws and forms of governance exempt from national law, in which individuals are able to choose which city-state aligns with their views and preferences, or what they see fit. With individuals able to move freely from patch to patch, city states would compete for more citizens, giving an incentive for the city-states to constantly enhance their governance, services, laws, policies, and more, establishing a market for governance and other stuff, which would drive innovation as each city-state strives to improve their system of governance to attract more citizens, and trying out many different forms of governance, which in turn diversifies the market for governance. Although there would be some limitations as to what forms of governance can be adopted.
Statism
Despite being a Libertarian, I do believe that a strong state is still necessary in order to protect individual liberties, expand and develop civilization, preserve social cohesion, enforce contracts and private property, and to prevent 
dangerous, regressive ideologies 
from rising to power and fucking up all the policies and progress that have been enacted by libertarians in power. I believe that a civic structure that prevents the opposition from gaining any sort of political power is needed for the sake of maintaining power, and seek to protect liberty & libertarian values by any means necessary. This would make me a Post-Libertarian. I also want to increase the funding and power of the police in order to uphold the rule of law and crush domestic terrorist groups such as 
Antifa and the 
Proud Boys. I am also a huge fan of concepts such as 
Dictablanda, which preserves individual and civil liberties while maintaining a strong, elitist state.
Decentralization
I believe in a very decentralized government, similar to the levels of the 
HRE. I believe that each subdivision should be a sovereign charter city, free to enact their own policies and create their own governance systems free from any sort of regulations from the national government. I believe that it is good to give local officials control over their own areas to be more responsive to the needs of local areas and improve governance in a limited geographic area, and establishing competitive governance without losing universality. In exchange for this autonomy, the monarch of the country and the national government is provided with military and diplomatic support by the local authority of each patch, similarly to how 
Feudalism worked in the middle ages.
Elitism
Populism and Democratic forms of governance are just awful, pathetic and destructive ideologies that are antithetical to liberty and progress. Populism is based on foolish opposition to elitism and in favor of majoritarian tyranny and appealing to the politically illiterate masses, shoving it down their throat. Populism refuses to accept that some people are better at decision making and needlessly riles up the populace, disrupting social cohesion in an effort to go against excellence in the government. Democracy is very similar, as it is just mob rule. It is the tyranny of the mediocre, relying on the whims of the masses who don't have a clue about actually important politics and are easily manipulated into voting shitty and corrupt politicians that do nothing for the country except fuck its residents and the country itself over, leaving a mess that future politicians will rarely clean up because they only really care about filling their own pockets. I instead opt for 
Elitist governments in which power is centralized in the hands of an excellent, qualified few. This Aristocracy should be headed by a monarch that will decide the policies that are best for the city-state. I agree with 
Hoppe's Defense of the western hereditary monarchy, which is that they an incentive to actually improve the city-state since the city-state acts as their property, and they are not just caretakers of the land, like an elected politician is. There is also a clear distinction between the people and the ruling class, unlike in democracy where the state and the people have no distinction(which is ironically a 
fascist viewpoint), therefore taxes and drafts are tolerated in a democratic system and liberty is eroded.
Algocracy
Human governance has proven to be a failure, as corruption runs rampant and decision making is slow. I view an algocracy(rule by computer algorithms) as ideal because once artificial general intelligence(AGI) is developed enough in the near future, it will be able to accomplish any task humans can, and even surpass human capabilities. Computers will be able to process information and solve complex problems in an instant. With computers having access to all public information & data while being able to process huge amounts of data with ease, they will give out precise and specific orders to subjects, making it very useful in war, criminal investigation, and most importantly, governmental use, as governments will be able to know everything about it's residents with the power of supercomputers. Because of this, I believe in a fully automated government, in order to ensure that decision-making is precise, quick, rational, and free from corruption and bias.
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