National Populism

National Populism, also called Autocratic Populism or Right Populism is a far-right modern political ideology, encompassing various anti-elitist, xenophobic, racist and ultranationalist beliefs. National populism has surged in popularity all across the world in the 1930s thanks to various coups and movements in countries all over the world.

# **History**

## **Modern ultranationalism (1914-1920)**

Modern ultranationalism began more or less with the start of the Great War, and even the times before that. Nationalism was growing among France, Germany, Russia, Italy and Britain as the rivalries between the Entente and Central Powers grew. However, the movement would see a rapid change of pace with the end of the Great War, the Cairo War and the German Civil War.

## **National populism is born (1921-1929)**

In the 1920s, National Populism truly began to form into its ideology most know it to be today.

## **The alt-right surges (1930-)**

The National Populist movement saw their movement ascend into the world stage with the Moscow Coup in the early 30s by Lavr Kornilov.

## **Ideological principles and National Populism in practice**

### **Relationship with class**

After various revolutions, especially after the Russian Communist Revolution, class conflict became a central principle within the populist movement. Various figures like Benito Mussolini were instrumental in the ideas of a revolution to liberate the people from said country's elitist population, while some forms of National Populism focus less on liberation/revolutionary principles and more on securing the state. What they both have in common is securing the state apparatus and ensuring a NatPop victory will be permanent through a centralized authority and vanguardism. While National Populism has seen their ideology formed around the working class, they're the biggest enemies to revolutionary socialism in the modern age. In practice and in theory, despite opposing elitism and class hierarchy (to an obvious extent), what results is a reactionary ideology willing to use the state, the military and law enforcement to enforce their absolute power.

### **Economic principles**

Economically, National Populism is not socialist, but the official stance is somewhat vague. Capitalism is opposed to an extent, so long as country companies, businesses etc. are aligned with the state. In essence, most National Populist countries are capitalist with a privatized economy, though it differs in obvious ways from countries with a liberal or conservative economy. For the most part, National Populist countries encompass a form of economic nationalism.

### **Nationalism**

National Populism also always has ultra-nationalist sympathies at least, and in most ways ultranationalism is an essential component of any NatPop's political reign or activity. In most National Populist countries, like Russia, England or the Legion of America, they all have irredentist, nationalistic principles with the goal of going to war with their perceived enemies to expand their country's size and possibly reunite old territories that were lost years before.

### **Religion**

Like capitalism, National Populism has had a vague relationship with religion, often depending on the type of movement and which country practices National Populism. In Russia for example, religion is used as a tool for the current ruler, Lavr Kornilov, to exercise his authority over the people, which is a similarly seen in England and the Legion, but elsewhere some parties oppose religion, seeing it as a distraction and potentially harmful to the progress of the ideology.

### **Reactionarism**

Ultimately, what makes National Populism far-right is the goal of "returning" the state and society to different norms, practices and ultimately reversing any social, political or economic progress that has liberalized a country. Many National Populist ideas fit reactionarism, such as the incorporation of religion and reversing secularist policies (this is the case for most major National Populist countries), centralizing and consolidating political control under a unitary, mostly dictatorial reign of power through a single person, and almost always includes the goal of "restoring" said country to greatness. Ethnic nationalism is always prevalent in NatPop circles, including ethnocentrism and ethnocracy as well as religious domination over minority groups.

### **Antisemetism**

Yet another key component of National Populism has been antisemetism, largely evolving into National Populism as a result of the large amount of German ethno-nationalism that emerged in Austria during the 1920s. National Populist countries are some of the most unsafe places to be for Jews, which coincides with anti-socialist attitudes. Antisemetism rose, in part due to the treatment of Jews vs. Christians in the German Union. The syndicalists hadn't treated Judaism and German Jewry with as much brutality and suppression as they did Catholics and Protestants. As it stands today, Austria is seen as the most unsafe place for Jews to live, with Austrian Jewry effectively dead as most Jews migrated to Germany following the National Populist coup in the country.