An Introduction to "Homaitism"

The idea of the propertyless state is not a new one, nor am I the first person to explore the idea, most likely. But I suspect that very few people have quite theorized on it to the extent that I have, since in practice the idea is not one which would ever come to fruition (presumably, anyways).

The context of this, to be clear, is a worldbuilding idea. Most of the ideas that make up this ideology are probably not good or practical, and should definitely not be assumed to reflect an effort to create a genuine framework of leftist or anarchist theory, since that isn't what I was going for. However, I think they're interesting enough to share with people, and I dunno, maybe you'll find some utility in them? Who knows.

What is Homaitism?

The name of this ideology is Homaitism. In the language of many of its adherents, the name would be Homaiti, meaning "White-ism" after the color associated with them. Homaitism has its roots in a great number of ultraliberal, libertine, and disorganized communes which spontaneously formed themselves after the collapse of an empire around the Gregorian year 1090. This state of affairs left many of these communes in a position where absolute utilitarianism was both the only way to survive and, eventually, the normal practice. The ideas and practice of these communes festered for a period of about four-hundred years, before ultimately a newly unified state gobbled up most of them and the very first thinkers who would be considered "Homaitist" established themselves.

In its most basic form, Homaitism is an ideology which seeks the abolition of private property and, ultimately, the end of property altogether in favor of communal states of living and what Homaitist thinkers would term "shared utility"–that is, sharing everything that is produced by and exists within a society on the basis of need, with abuses of the system being communally decided upon and doled out. Homaitists propose that there are a number of stages through which a society must progress in order to ultimately become a Homaitist society or a Homaitist state. In order, Homaitists consider these stages to be:

• The "first transition"; a period in which the means of production and thus private property are seized and socialized. Often characterized by class-based violence, although many Homaitists believe that violence in this stage should be avoided at all costs.

• The "mid-property state"; the end-product of the "first transition" and roughly analogous to a socialist state. Homaitists generally consider this to be the midway point of any successful transition to a Homaitist society or state.

• The "second transition"; a period, often much longer than the first transition, in which gradually personal property is phased out, either through abolitionism or reformation. This transition would mostly be personally based according to Homaitists, and mostly or entirely peaceful.

• The "post-property state"; the end product of the "second transition" thus leading to the creation of a Homaitist society or state in which society has reverted to communal living and wants and needs are served through "shared utility".

A Couple Basic Concluding Introductory Thoughts

This is an extremely basic overview, partly because I have lots of material here and including it all would make this post exceptionally long when it doesn't need to be, but also because some of it I need to refine or expand on for this format since a decent bit of it comes from my Tumblr blog on this. The next post will expand on the many, many fun variants and interpretations of the very basic framework above, and the one after that will most likely cover the big theoretical elements and the aforementioned variants' takes on those elements.