Jediism, Sithism, and Objectivism

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Why Jediism and Sithism?

Jedi and Sith are not just characters.

They are moral archetypes:

— discipline vs impulse
— duty vs desire
— restraint vs domination

People ask: “Am I more Jedi or Sith?”

Objectivism asks a different question:

Which worldview is grounded in reality, reason, and individual rights?

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The Force: The Core Clash

The heart of both Jediism and Sithism is The Force.

And that is precisely where Objectivism breaks away.

Objectivism is built on reason and reality.

The Force is a mystical premise: an unseen cosmic will that overrides the need for evidence, logic, and causal explanation.

A Jedi may be calm.
A Sith may be ambitious.

But both start from mysticism — and Objectivism rejects mysticism as the enemy of the mind.

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Where Jediism Tempts Objectivists

Jediism often feels “noble” because it emphasizes:

— self-control
— long-range thinking
— mastery of emotion
— discipline under pressure

That sounds close to virtue.

And yes: the Jedi temperament often resembles Stoic restraint — which is why the comparison matters in Objectivism vs Stoicism.

But Objectivism does not worship restraint for its own sake.
It asks: restraint in service of what values?

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Where Jediism Diverges from Objectivism

The Jedi moral core is not reason.
It is duty.

Jedi ethics tends to demand:

— self-sacrifice for “the greater good”
— suppression of personal love and passion
— obedience to an order and its traditions

Objectivism rejects sacrifice as a moral ideal.

A rational person can choose discipline.
But he cannot accept a morality that treats his life as a tool for others.

This is the same moral conflict dramatized by Howard Roark and made explicit in John Galt:

live by your own mind — not by commandments, councils, or “missions.”

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Sithism: “Selfishness” Without Reason

Sith ideology looks like egoism on the surface:

— power
— ambition
— domination
— “I take what I want”

But Objectivism is not impulse worship.
It is rational self-interest.

Sithism is fueled by emotionalism: rage, revenge, resentment, hunger for control.

That is not rational self-interest.
It is short-range intoxication — psychologically closer to self-destruction than to achievement.

Objectivism defends the heroic producer, not the power addict: see Objectivism and Work.

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Objectivism: Earned Power, Not Mystical Power

A Sith “uses the Force.”
A Jedi “serves the Force.”

Objectivism rejects both frames.

Power in Objectivism is not supernatural and not moral entitlement.
It is earned ability: competence, productiveness, knowledge, creation.

That is why Objectivism defends capitalism: the social system where value is created, traded, and rewarded — not seized by mystics, bureaucrats, or crusaders.

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The Political Lesson: “Guardians” Are a Warning

Jedi function as a moral police: a sanctioned order with special powers and special authority.

Even if they mean well, the premise is dangerous:

that some people are entitled to rule because they are “morally superior.”

Objectivism rejects guardianship.

Rights are not granted by sages. They are inherent to the individual — and protected by objective law, not mystical orders.

The same principle appears whenever people confuse “freedom” with moral approval: see Objectivism and Drugs.

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So Which One Is Closer?

If you strip away the Force and the duty-morality, Jedi discipline can resemble a rational virtue.

But Jediism, as a philosophy, remains mixed with mysticism and sacrifice.

Sithism rejects sacrifice — but replaces it with emotionalism, domination, and often destruction for its own sake.

Objectivism rejects both packages and keeps what neither can sustain:

reason, individualism, rational self-interest, and earned achievement.

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In One Sentence

Jediism leans toward Stoic discipline but is poisoned by mysticism and duty; Sithism mimics selfishness but rejects reason—Objectivism defends the independent mind and the morality of earned power.