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For a long time I have been building a political philosophy out of what I can understand. Taking the bits and pieces from Plato, Nietzche, Hedonism, Socialism, Nazism*, Capitalism, and many other philosophies.

First off, lets start off with the three types of people, the central idea of my philosophy: The Overman, the Human, and the Parasite. The simpleist way I can describe it is this. The Overman moves humanity forward by great leaps, the Human moves humanity forward by slow calculated steps, and the Parasite drags humanity backwards. The Overman is intelligent and works for the betterment of mankind and not for his own gain. The Human is also intelligent, but to a lesser degree, and will work for both his gain and humanities. The Parasite is a fool, greedy, selfish, lustful, and works only for his own gain.

The Overman is the benevolent scientist, the honest politicion, the caring priest, and the loving family, and even some teachers. The people working for the betterment of everyone and putting others before themselves.

The Human is the basic day-to-day person. The 9-to-5 crowd who, although they aren't making the same progress as the Overman, they are still helping humanity move forward. They often put themselves above others but will also put others above themselves.

The Parasite is the foolish, the thief, the grifter, the cheater, the liar, and the amoral. He is the bribeable judge or cop, the dirty lawyer, the corrupt politician, the drunk driver, wife beaters, robbers, killers, rapists, child molesters. The list goes on and on these days and gets worse and worse. These people do no good for humanity, in fact they harm it.

Now, on to the politics. Lets start with the economy. Money would be removed, and instead of money there would be buerocracy. For little things liked pastries, candy, or comic books you are allowed to take them freely (some regulation of course), but with bigger things like cars and furniture would require you to fill out a form which would be processed asap and you would be given a ticket which would allow to pick out your choice of that item.

Criminals who commited low-level crimes would be sent to re-education centers for a short while where they would be shown videos that would teach them how to be productive members of society. High-level crimes like murder, rape, or child molestation would result in being sent to a work camp, permenantly.

Now by work camp I don't mean the Nazi work camp, I mean they would be sent to work in far off industrial towns without the luxuries of
normal society. Military-style barracks instead of regular housing, no shops, and longer work hours would be what faced high-level criminals. They would never be allowed to re-enter normal society.

The society would revolve around a hedonistic ideal that life should be lived for pleasure. Where in a capitalist society there is a shopping mall, in this society there would be amusementpark rides, golf courses, go-karts, bistros, and many other things to give people pleasure. Along with that there would be legalization of marijuana and prostitution, to both give pleasure and eliminate any black market.

There would often be community events, large gatherings, and other things to keep people happy. Rallies, races, dances, concerts, all to give people pleasure which should be what life is centered around.

Between the age of twenty and seventy a person has to work from nine to five unless they suffer from a debilitating mental, physical, or emotional problems. From age five to twenty the people are monitored and from what they say and do a career is chosen. Between seventy and death people are provided for.

So that is my political philosophy, made from my own experience and pieces of other philosophies. I'm almost certain that it would work.

*Their actions were appalling, but they had some good ideas.