Stalinism
Highly authoritarian with extreme measures against opposition. Known for causing massive famines and executing millions.
USSR
Anti-Revisionism
Advocates for Stalinist principles and opposes changes to communist ideals. Supports maintaining a powerful state indefinitely.
Leninism
Prelude to communism, advocating for a step-by-step guide to achieve a classless society. Involves a vanguard party to overthrow the old capitalist system and then hand control back to the people.
Trotskyism
Similar to Orthodox Marxism but includes government action. Advocates for a revolution leading to a socialist society, then stepping back to achieve Orthodox Marxism.
Orthodox Marxism
Adheres to the original ideas of Karl Marx. Advocates for a completely classless society and direct control of state affairs by the people.
Socialist Transhumanism
Combines transhumanism (enhancing humans through technology) with socialist economics. Advocates for shared wealth to advance human capabilities through technology.
Agrarianism
Advocates for equality among different people, often seen in farming communities. Emphasizes the importance of often overlooked groups like farmers in decision-making.
National Bolshevism
Combines extreme nationalism with a permanent communist regime. Maintains racist and nationalist principles within a communist government structure.
Mugabeism
Combines Marxist-Leninist economy with black nationalism and authoritarian military regime. Known for violent opposition to outsiders and strong government control.
Chavism
Combines a controlling military state with large-scale socialism. Uses socialism to increase military power.
Conservative Socialism
Socialist economy combined with conservative or traditional values. Requires a state for wealth redistribution and instilling family values.
Ho Chi Minh Thought
Prioritizes the working class for defense and decision-making. Emphasizes the importance of the working class in national affairs.
Collectivism
Believes the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Advocates for shared wealth and community-centered economic beliefs.
Maoism
Leninism with an emphasis on commoners leading the revolution. Known for extreme authoritarian measures and significant human rights violations.
Xi-ism
Emphasizes state control, censorship, and the infallibility of the government. Strongly authoritarian with a focus on social control. Modern China.
Left Populism
Anti-elitist, focusing on the workers or common people. Emphasizes supporting the "little guy" and condemning actions of the elite.
Strasserism
Combines Nazism with complete public ownership of markets. Maintains racist principles and genocides of Nazism within a fully public market system.
Juche
Emphasizes complete control over citizens' lives by the government. Features a class system with a ruling class distributing resources to the working class. North Korean Ideology.
Left-Wing Nationalism
Socialist or communal society that is isolated and defended against outsiders. Advocates for a leftist government that is protective of its social state.
Ba'athism
Arabian nationalism combined with public ownership and unity among Arabs. Emphasizes a vanguard party and doesn't dissolve after achieving goals.
Monarcho Communism
Combines monarchy with communism. Features a born ruler overseeing a classless, communal society.
Eco-Fascisim
Combines fascism with ecological focus. Advocates for a totalitarian state dedicated to ecological preservation.
Distributism
Advocates for shared ownership of a nation's assets. Different from socialism; focuses on shared sources of capital rather than equal wealth distribution.
Laborism
Prioritizes the working class in government. Those responsible for production should have a significant say in government.
Unionism
Advocates for equality in power and opposes influences like lobbying in government. Supports equal representation for all groups in government decisions.
Social Nationalism
Combines extreme left-wing (socialist) economic policies with extreme right-wing (nationalist) ideologies. Often racially motivated and economically supportive of the favored group.
Castroism
Focuses on reducing private property for public interest and strong military unity. Not overly authoritarian against its own people but not progressive.
Christian Democracy
Centrist ideology with left-leaning economic policies. Based on Christian principles, emphasizing social welfare funded by the state.
Titoism
A less extreme version of USSR communism. Focuses on unity among workers and community members without extreme measures like gulags.
State Capitalism
The state functions as a for-profit entity. Involves state-owned businesses and participation in public marketplaces.
Futurist
Prioritizes technological advancement in healthcare, science, and robotics. Requires collective effort and funding, leaning towards authoritarian and left due to communal goals.
Dingism
Modern ideology in Southeast Asia, combining socialism with capitalist elements. Features semi-free markets and private business within a socialist framework.
Social Gospel
Early 1900s political movement, a foundation of the progressive movement. Challenged issues like racism and child labor based on biblical principles.
Technocracy
Rule by those with technical expertise or the most qualified individuals. Advocates for a government led by the smartest or strongest individuals.
Kleptocracy
Literally translates to "rule of thieves." Involves corrupt collectivism where government members accumulate and misuse public funds.
Left Communism
Adheres to Marx's original ideas, advocating for a classless society without a powerful government. Focuses on worker-led communities sharing wealth without a dictatorial state.
Luxemburgism
Similar to Left Communism but with a focus on workers' unions and modern social equality. Advocates for practical application of Left Communism principles.
Council Communism
Advocates for a small council to ensure no one else takes over power. Focuses on propaganda to unite people towards a common cause without a powerful state.
Classical Marxism
Advocates for opposition to the idols of capitalism and the promotion of a classless society. Emphasizes sharing wealth, with the government's role being to prevent corporate exploitation.
Libertarian Market Socialism
A more extreme version of Libertarian Socialism, focusing on trade-based markets without money. Emphasizes free trade between markets in a classless, stateless society.
Situationism
Opposes materialism and advocates for living within one's means. Critiques modern consumerism and promotes a lifestyle against wealth accumulation.
Anarcho-Communism
Envisions a stateless, classless, and ownerless society. Emphasizes a communal lifestyle with shared resources and no private ownership.
Ghandism
Advocates for self-reliance, spiritual and physical independence, and peaceful resistance to tyranny. Emphasizes helping each other and opposing government intervention in personal lives.
Accelerationism
Believes in accelerating the collapse of the current societal structure to advance to a desired future. Often targets capitalism, advocating for its destruction to hasten the transition to socialism.
Eco-Transhumanism
Combines ecological concerns with transhumanism. Advocates for advancing technology to help the ecosystem, including space travel to reduce Earth's population.
Progressivism
Focuses on making progress in technology, social, and economic areas for a collective goal.
Greenism
Prioritizes nature and ecology in decision-making. Advocates for government policies that protect the environment.
Social Democracy
Combines social or socialist policies with democratic processes. Emphasizes convincing people to vote for new policies rather than imposing them.
Liberal Democracy
Liberalism applied to a democratic government. Emphasizes individual protection in a system where individuals collectively make decisions.
Welfarism
Concerned with the consequences of actions, particularly on how they affect people. Focuses on humanitarian aspects of policies and their impact.
Democratic Socialism
Combines socialism with democratic principles. Leaders of the socialist country are elected by the workers and members of the country.
Syndicalism
Involves interconnected groups like farmers' co-ops or workers' unions. Focuses on trade and cooperation between these groups without strong government intervention.
Nordic Liberalism
Capitalism with a social safety net. Focuses on public sector jobs, private economy, and social systems for the poor and needy.
Democratic Confederalism
Decentralized groups or states pick who runs the connective government between them. The centralized state is weaker compared to more authoritarian systems.
Environmentalism
Views the environment as a limiting factor in decisions. Advocates for policies that protect the environment, even if it means imposing restrictions.
Market Socialism
Combines socialism with free markets. Features collectively owned groups operating in an open market.
Technological Primitivism
Advocates for technological advancement without societal regression. Supports the development of technology that does not negatively impact human behavior.
Mandelaism
Focuses on helping the poor and needy, based on Mandela's initiatives in South Africa. Combines liberal socialism with a particular emphasis on poverty alleviation and sustainable development.
Liberal Socialism
Advocates for a mixed economy with free market participation and wealth redistribution. Emphasizes social equality, liberty, and minimal government intervention in redistributing wealth.
Georgism
Aims to reduce government size by limiting taxation to land ownership, discouraging land hoarding. Balances capitalist and socialist ideas by reducing taxes while discouraging excessive land ownership.
Libertarian Socialism
Opposes wage slavery and advocates for a non-money-centered society. Supports trade over capitalism and minimal government intervention.
Anti-Authoritarianism
Advocates for unity against tyranny, regardless of specific political alignment. Emphasizes resistance to authoritarianism as a primary goal.
Geo-Libertarianism
Similar to Georgism, focusing on a single land tax. Emphasizes free markets and individuality, with less state involvement compared to Georgism.
Minarcho-Socialism
Features a minimal state, primarily to enforce the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP). Focuses on public parties handling economy and wealth distribution, not the state.
Religious Anarchism
Based on the belief that the state is a form of idolatry. Advocates for living according to religious principles without government intervention.
Anarcho-Pacifism
Opposes violence as a form of rule. Advocates for complete non-violence and resistance to any form of tyranny, including the state.
Eco-Anarchism
Advocates for the protection of nature by eliminating the state. Believes that true ecological preservation is impossible with government interference.
Anarcha-Feminism
Seeks to dismantle the state to overcome gender-based discrimination and inequality.
Anarcho-Collectivism
Involves worker-controlled groups managing their own economies. Opposes the idea of a state overseeing economic activities.
Anarcho-Mutualism
Advocates for a trade-based society without money. Features a completely free and open market with mutual trade agreements.
Esoteric Fascism
Similar to fascism but with a focus on spiritual or supernatural elements. Justifies ethnic pride through spiritual superiority.
Fascism
Extreme nationalism and sacrifice of individual control for the greater good. Involves a strong military enforcing standards and moral practices.
Nazism
A form of fascism with more active enforcement of its beliefs. Known for its extreme measures against perceived outsiders.
Neo-Nazism
An attempt to revive the core tenets of Nazism. More right-leaning due to its active approach to instituting a new government with Nazi beliefs.
Corporate Autocracy
A totalitarian government controlled entirely by corporations. Corporations own and operate essential government functions like the military and police.
Absolute Monarchism
The extreme form of a monarchy where the monarch has unlimited power. Justified often by divine right or birthright.
Imperialism
Involves taking resources from new areas and imposing one's way of life. Characterized by a strong military to carry out imperialistic goals.
Colonialism
Involves exploiting resources from new areas for profit. Colonial powers often stay and impose their way of life on the colonized areas.
Feudalism
Land-based class structure. Common in Medieval Europe. Emphasizes property ownership as a measure of worth in society.
Pinochetism
The doctrine under Pinochet's Chile. Known for extreme measures against opposition, including violence.
Traditional Conservatism
Focuses on enforcing traditional moral values and norms. More authoritarian due to its emphasis on government-mandated morality.
Neo-Conservatism
Advocates for spreading conservative principles globally through interventionism. Emerged around the Vietnam War era in the U.S.
Fiscal Conservatism
Emphasizes the idea that individuals should keep the wealth they generate. Advocates for government protection of personal wealth.
Conservatism
Aims to conserve existing structures and values like religious rights and property ownership. Requires a government to protect these rights.
Liberalism
Focuses on government-protected individuality and equality. Emphasizes the role of the state in protecting individual agency.
National Liberalism
Similar to Third Way but focuses on national self-interest. Social policies and healthcare are applied only within one's own nation.
Third Way
Combines right-wing capitalism (where people can keep their money) with left-wing social policies (like social programs). Emerged during Bill Clinton's Presidency.
Senatorialism
Advocates for a country run by a senate or a small group of elected people.
Roman Republic
Constitutional Monarch
Involves a monarchy bound by specific rules. The monarch reigns but does not rule, having limited power.
Liberal Conservatism
Combines conservative tenets with a push towards law, order, and moral correction. Uses government to guide people down certain ideologies.
Zionism
Specific to Jewish people and their entitlement to the nation of Israel.
Progressive Conservatism
Developed as a response to slavery in the 1800s. Combines conservative governance with forceful progress in certain directions.
Kuomin tangism
Associated with a political party in Taiwan advocating for unification with China.
Vichy Fascism
Refers to French groups allied with Italy and Germany during World War II. Similar to fascism but with some level of alliance with other countries.
Islamist Theocracy
Government is meant to maintain Muslim values.
Christian Theocracy
Government is meant to maintain Christian values.
Confederalism
Emphasizes strong states or groups with more power than the central government. Often involves strong borders and a militarized government.
Elective Monarchism
Involves a monarchy where the monarch is elected, usually by a small group. Vatican City
Paleo Conservatism
Advocates for non-interventionism and isolationism. Opposes international aid and prefers minimal interaction with other countries.
Eco Conservatism
Involves government intervention to protect ecological areas.
Nationalist Conservatism
Focuses on preserving national values and identity. Involves a sense of national pride and government involvement in national betterment.
Hindu Theocracy
Government is meant to maintain Hindu values.
Buddhist Theocracy
Government is meant to maintain Buddhist values.
Aristocracy
Rule by a privileged few based on the belief that they are better suited to govern. Less centralized than absolute monarchism but still highly hierarchical.
Neo Fascism
Preserves core tenets of fascism, including ethnic superiority and strong nationalism. Emerged post-World War II.
Authoritarian Capitalism
Power and control in a country are based on who has the most money. Involves a strong government controlled by capitalists.
Neo-Liberalism
An adaptation of liberalism with a heavier focus on freeing up businesses. Emphasizes reducing business regulations and promoting free-market principles.
General Capitalism
The basic concept of capitalism, involving private ownership and control of assets. Allows individuals to start businesses, generate wealth, and retain their earnings.
Capitalist Transhumanism
Combines capitalist principles with transhumanist goals. Advocates for using market-driven solutions to advance human enhancement technologies.
Conservative Libertarianism
Merges libertarian principles with conservative values. Emphasizes individual liberty, free markets, and traditional social norms.
Social Libertarianism
Combines libertarian market principles with a welfare state. Supports social programs within a framework of free markets and individual freedoms.
Transhumanism
Focuses on using technology to enhance the human condition beyond natural limitations. Advocates for the advancement of human capabilities through biomechanics and robotics.
Classical Libertarianism
Based on the original principles of libertarianism. Emphasizes individual rights, private property, and minimal government intervention.
Libertarianism
Advocates for autonomy and voluntary actions. Opposes forced state interventions, emphasizing individual rights and minimal government.
Paleo Libertarianism
A more conservative form of libertarianism, emphasizing traditional values. Advocates for free markets and individual liberties while maintaining cultural conservatism.
National Libertarianism
Combines libertarian principles with a focus on national sovereignty and interests. Advocates for minimal government while prioritizing national identity and values.
Liberal Corporatism
Advocates for a partnership between the government, businesses, and society. Focuses on collaboration for economic stability and growth within a liberal framework.
Democratic Liberalism
Combines democratic principles with liberal values. Emphasizes individual freedoms, democratic governance, and the rule of law.
Right Georgism
A right-leaning interpretation of Georgism. Focuses on land value tax and free markets, with minimal other government intervention.
Techno Liberalism
Advocates for embracing technology within a liberal political framework. Emphasizes the role of technology in advancing individual freedoms and societal progress.
Eco-Capitalism
Combines environmental concerns with capitalist economics. Advocates for using market mechanisms to address environmental issues.
Agorism
Advocates for the creation of a society through voluntary exchanges outside of government control. Emphasizes counter-economics and non-violent revolution to achieve a free society.
Green Libertarianism
Merges libertarian principles with environmentalism. Advocates for individual liberties and free markets while emphasizing environmental responsibility.
Neoclassical Liberalism
A modern interpretation of classical liberalism. Emphasizes free markets, individual rights, and limited government.
Neo Libertarianism
A contemporary form of libertarianism. Combines traditional libertarian principles with modern perspectives on societal issues.
Objectivism
Emphasizes rational self-interest and individualism. Opposes collectivism and altruism, advocating for laissez-faire capitalism.
Minarchism
Supports a minimal state limited to protecting individual rights. Advocates for the smallest possible government necessary to maintain basic functions like defense and law enforcement.
Christian Libertarianism
Merges libertarian principles with Christian values. Advocates for individual freedoms and minimal government, guided by Christian ethics.
Anarcho-Capitalism
Advocates for the elimination of the state in favor of a free market. Believes in voluntary transactions and private property without government intervention.
Hoppenism
Combines libertarianism with a critique of democracy. Advocates for a natural order based on private property and voluntary interactions.
Voluntaryism
Believes all forms of human association should be voluntary. Opposes the use of force and advocates for non-coercive methods in social interactions.
Individualist Ararchism
Advocates for a society based on voluntary associations and individual sovereignty. Opposes all forms of coercive authority, including the state.
Anarcho-Monarchism
A paradoxical ideology combining anarchism with a symbolic or ceremonial monarchy. Envisions a voluntary, non-coercive societal structure under a figurehead monarch.
Consequentialism
A philosophy that evaluates actions based on their outcomes or consequences. In a libertarian context, it emphasizes the results of individual freedoms and market mechanisms.
Pink Capitalism
Refers to the incorporation of LGBTQ+ movements and identities into capitalist systems. Advocates for LGBTQ+ rights and representation within a capitalist framework.