Egoism General

[Justin Bell]

Hello, fellow egoists. This general is for the discussion of Egoism, the ethical theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of morality.
Egoism is the next stage of humanity, following the “youth,” or “ideological” stage.
What exactly is egoism according to egoists:
>Egoism is the stage of human thought in which the egoist rejects artificial ideological concepts (spooks) in order to follow their own will and serve their own interests.
>Egoism in its full form is a spook-less, self-motivated society that follows no maxim whatsoever. Societal expectations are a spook, and serve only to take advantage of the egoist. Instead of a society or state, egoism proposes a Union of Egoists which would be entirely voluntary and would come and go based on the self-interests of the egoists involved. The union would not take any authority over any of its member’s own wills, and by definition depends on its members participating out of conscious egoism.
>To achieve such a mindset, Stirnerism mandates that the egoist must abandon all spooks, which take the form of “God’s Cause,” “the Good Cause,” nationalism, class, etc, and replace them with their own will, which is controlled solely by their own interests. Then, a period of inner mental struggle follows in which the egoist transforms from the unwilling, involuntary egoist into the willful egoist. When the spooks have been completely vanquished, there will be only one motivation, self-motivation, and eventually the will of the individual will become indistinguishable from his view of the world he beholds.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/max-stirner/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Stirner

[Nathaniel Brooks]

Stirner developed a post-modern individualist philosophy known as egoist anarchism, see here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egoist_anarchism
youtube.com/watch?v=gGEw5vboFFg

It is recommended that you read some of the critical works of Egoism so you can make an informed assessment of the ideology.
Resources:
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/max-stirner-the-ego-and-his-own
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/max-stirner-stirner-s-critics
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jason-mcquinn-max-stirner-the-anarchist-every-ideologist-loves-to-hate
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_egoists
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualist_anarchism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-left_anarchy

Abandon your spooks!

[Jace Morales]

>/lit/ memes
Not even once

[Wyatt Ortiz]

Stirner stole it from Sup Forums and Engels needs to learn to draw better.

[Chase Miller]

>/lit/ memes
Egoism isn't a meme, but it can be spread by memes.
Engels was a shitty artist but I think Stirner's work benefits from him being technically faceless... the ultimate individualist.

[Colton Brooks]

>Engels was a shitty artist
If he drew Stirnir as a cute anime girl it would have been better.

[Daniel Smith]

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[Josiah Rivera]

So its just Ancap with voluntary "Government"?

[Anthony Rogers]

That is absolutely correct, pic related.
I AIN'T AFRAID OF NO GHOST!
Stirner used the "marxist" definition of labor but rejected communism and its principles as spooks. This actually caused Marx and Engels to have a shitfit and dedicate a large section of one of their last books to "debunking" egoism. It was all ad hominem and Stirner's rebuttal (Stirner's Critics) was a great read.
I have them all linked above, free pdfs for the freeing of the individual.
So maybe to help egoism be easier to understand for someone new to it... sure it is like ancap with "government." However I would say it's a stage PAST ancap when it comes to individualism.

[Ayden White]

wrong pic lol