Vaush

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**Vaush** is a Johanian-Westcoastistani commentary YouTuber, revolutionary and former politician who served as prime minister of the Johanian Autonomous Republic and senator for Westcoastistan. He is known for his left-leaning views and work against Ninjagoism and other far-right ideologies. Vaush was the party leader of the Vaushist Party which was the ruling party of the Johanian Autonomous Republic. In Shitcraft IV, it was the biggest party in the second Johanian Republic who formed a government with the Myohanian Communist Party. Vaush was often described as being one of the most powerful individuals in the second republic due to his influence over then president Gallus III, who reportedly often consulted Vaush in various key political decisions, such as the handling of the Illegal Taipei blockade.

During Shitcraft IV, Vaush was often praised for managing to develop his home-state of Westcoastistan at a rapid pace. He has also been an influencial figure in political philosophy as his works built upon libertarian socialism and anarcho-syndicalism. Vaush's political views are often collectively known as Vaushism. Several of Vaush's ideas were quite prevalent in the former Johanian People's Constitution.

## Early life and career

Born to Slavic-Myohanian Johanians whom immigrated to Fort Ross, Westcoastistan, where he was raised and eventually developed an interest for anarchism. After being elected as senator of Westcoastistan, he moved to the new state capital Nova Stadt. During the Myohani-October coup of 2020, Vaush backed then president Gallus. After the dissolution of the Johanian Republic, Vaush and Gallus developed a government-in-exile in the western parts of Siberia. That government was often referred to as the Vaushist State, which had the goal of forming a third Johanian Republic. The Vaushist army was involved in numerious armed conflicts in Ukraine Free Territory and the Caucasus regions, fighting against the UN army.

After the Vaushist Party lost the May 2021 election, Vaush's influence in the country decreased. The party was the largest in the Johanian Autonomous Republic, and still retained political influence as Gallus was appointed the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Greater Union. Vaush was later elected as prime minister of the autonomous republic, with Clutch Powers as deputy prime minister. The local government was compromised of the Vaushist Party and the Odessa Social Democrats. In mid-Shitcraft V, Gallus was promoted to Secretary General of the Marxist-Myohanist Party and subsequently left the Vaushist Party in order to gain the position. Vaush officially distanced himself from Gallus in a 3 hour long video where he explained how he felt that Gallus had betrayed the leftist cause.

### Resignation from political office

On May 12 2022 during a gaming livestream, Vaush announced that he had resigned as prime minister, stepped down as party leader of the Vaushist Party and that he would no longer hold a political office. Vaush cited years of internal tensions between anarchists and the majority socialists within his party as the main reason for his departure. The Vaushist Party was subsequently taken over by its anarchist faction who founded the Syndicalist Worker's Union in its place.

Domestically, Vaush's resignations were met with supporters and leftists generally praising what he had accomplished throughout his career, while some Marxist-Myohanists and anarchists believed that his absence could improve the political climate of Johania. Internationally, Ninjagoan Prime Minister Jay Gordon celebrated Vaush's resignation and stated that it would strengthen Ninjago–Myjohania relations. Historian Gnome Chomske remarked that this event could have a profound impact on the domestic politics of Myjohania in ShitCraft VI.

## Political views

Vaush's political views are often collectively known as **Vaushism**. Though whether his views should be defined as a political ideology or rather just a term for his political strategies is contested among scholars. Vaush himself identifies as a libertarian socialist and anti-fascist; he generally espouses views held by others who fall under those labels. The political views of Vaush have changed over years and he disagrees with fellow socialists on some issues. Vaush has also called himself a council communist, market anarchist, anarcho-syndicalist and a market socialist.

Vaushism stresses the importance of intersectionalism and heavily criticizes class reductionism. Since Vaush believes the struggles of various minorities is equality important to that of the proletariat as a whole. All those struggles are according to vaushists, all part of the same class conflict.

### Participation in bourgeois electoralism

Unlike the majority of menshev socialists, vaushists believe that it is extremely necessary for the proletariat to participate in what they see as "bourgeois electoralism". Vaush argues that it is important for leftists to support progressive, even progressive liberal political candidates if they are the only viable option contrasted with allowing fascism or conservatism to prevail.
In his 2019 book, *The basic principles of Anarcho-liberalism*, Vaush writes:

> For it is merely in a centrist or left-wing minded society where class counciousness can be effeciently spread. If the right has their way, then discussions about socialism and class conflict will be restricted, etiher socially or legally. It is therefore strategic of us to promote liberal candidates. For they will bring us closer to the material conditions that are required for the revolution to take place.
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### Vaushism in practice

The Vaushist Party was the largest party in the Johanian Republic and it was led by Vaush himself. The party, together with the Myohanian Communist Party formed the republic's federal government where fellow party member Gallus was the sitting president. The Vaushist Party won the June 1 2020 election and was therefore tasked with writing the republic's new constitution. The party considered the Johanian Republic to be a fine example example of a transitional workers' state since several revolutionary principles were enforced in the country's prosperous states. While the lesser developed regions such as Juliengrad still had capitalistic elements, which was considered acceptable by the party as it had different material conditions than the aforementioned regions.

### Usage in propaganda

The Empire of Ninjago's officials and propagandists often claimed that the "Vaushist ideology" was the ultimate form of "degenerate" westernism. This largely stemmed from Kareastikuru's first and second volumes of Watashi no Tatakai, where he alleges that vaushists have infiltrated various instutitions. This has lead to it being commonplace in Ninjago to label vaushism as an "evil" ideology.

## References

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/V52FsTn3f\_k?t=2211
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/V52FsTn3f\_k?t=2275
3. ↑ https://youtu.be/QAGL52fjyFc?t=29
4. ↑ https://youtu.be/I4g2CKvn4Us?t=4830
5. ↑ Ninjago and its propaganda against left-wing politics