Socialist Political and Economic Philosophies

## Marxism

Karl Marx founded communism in the communist manifesto this calls for the abolition of inheritance, religion, and the free market primarily. Marxism is a belief that the state should enforce equality by taking away from the wealthy and giving to the poor. Another part of this is that only through class warfare wills the proletariat rise up against the bourgeoisie. This ideology believes in that the state should run the market and decide the prices of goods and the quantity of which goods are produced. This is a culturally left wing, authoritarian, economically left wing society.

## Trotskyism

This is an internationalist form of communism that believes that communism can only work if all nations are communist and that the way to do so is to intervene in other countries and their economy and to spread the revolution. The eternal revolution is an idea central to this meaning there must always be some form of class struggle to keep people supporting any brand of communism. This is a culturally left wing, authoritarian, economically left wing society.

Marxism-Leninism-Maoism (Marx-len-mao)

This is a culturally conservative, economically far-left this ideology is about the people’s war and that the revolution must begin in the rural areas and spreads outwards.

Leninism

This also set of ideals is also known as state Marxism/state communism. This believes that the ideals of communism and Marxism should have a dictator in power to enforce Marxist principles. This is also the ideology of the Soviet Union and Cuba.

National Communism (Naz-com/Nat-com)

This believes that there should be as many communist stats as possible working together for communist utopia and also calls for more violence to establish a culturestate or ethno state and each perusing their own interests but still working towards their viewed communist utopia.

## Socialism

The market being run by the state and often intersectionality based on oppression of race, gender, or sexual preference. They also view the world as a Hobbesian nightmare of identity groups warring for power. (This is a general ideology and there are hundreds of subsects)

## Syndicalism

This ideology believes that unions should run the world while still holding fundamental socialist values.

## Juche

This is an isolationist philosophy of Maoism and Leninism that is partly influenced by the Korean ideals.

## Libertarian Marxism

This ideology believes in libertarian freedom and principles can be best practiced in a Marxist regime.

## Guild Socialism

This is a left unity ideal that was popular around the enlightenment will be guild trades started to grow in popularity.

## Libertarian Market Socialism

This is an ideology that holds the core beliefs of mutualism with less extremity combined with libertarian principles of government and believes that libertarian principles can best be executed with communal living.

## Libertarian Socialism

This follows Anarcho-communist like views while still believing that socialism can still have business competition

## Barracks Communism

This is an intentionally authoritarian lef ideology made by Sergey Nechayev that has strictly organized life and collectivist policies.

## Council Communism

This is a variant of communism that believes in that the workers should run councils on market decisions.

## Castroism

A form of communism based off of Cuban tradition and cultural values.