The Yang Jihoonism: A Philosophy of Relational Viability and Metastable Coexistence

This paper develops an ontology of comfort understood not as a psychological state, moral ideal, or normative goal, but as a relational condition under which interaction can persist without structurally eliminating the possibility of refusal. Rather than prescribing how entities ought to behave or how systems should be designed, the paper asks a prior question: under what conditions does relational interaction remain viable over time? To address this question, the paper introduces a tripartite ontological structure—Comfort, Discomfort, and Collapse—as distinct modes of relational persistence. Discomfort is not treated as failure or harm, but as a signal that adjustment remains possible. Collapse is defined not as moral catastrophe, but as the point at which refusal becomes structurally unavailable and interaction loses reversibility. Central to the analysis is the treatment of refusal as an ontological operator rather than a right, preference, or act of resistance. The paper further examines negotiation as a form of temporal adjustment and information access as a condition of temporal reversibility, rather than as ethical or political demands. This work does not propose an ideal society, a utopian vision, or a critique of existing systems. It makes no normative claims about justice, fairness, or desirable outcomes. Instead, it articulates minimal structural conditions under which relational systems can continue without collapsing into enforced continuation or irreversible withdrawal. The paper is intentionally self-contained and leaves no unresolved questions within its own conceptual frame. What remains unresolved lies beyond the limits of what can presently be recognized. In this sense, the work is not an answer, but a completed articulation of a boundary.