Main Ideologies

## Vanguardist Socialism

* Vanguardist Marxism: Vanguardist Marxists believe that a ‘vanguard party’ of professional revolutionaries is necessary to drive the people towards achieving a dictatorship of the proletariat. With that achieved, Vanguardists advocate for single party rule and a state-managed economy, to protect the revolution from reactionaries and revisionists.
* Council Communism: Council Communism believes that democratic workers councils are the natural form of organisation, maintaining that the workers should not rely on a vanguard party or democratic reforms to achieve Socialism. Councilists view mass strikes as the means to achieve an overthrow of capitalism, although reject the power that trade unions are granted under Syndicalism, instead favouring democratic councils.
* Marxist Unionism: Spearheaded by the American theorist Daniel De Leon, Marxist Unionists are closely ideologically aligned with syndicalism, favoring industrial unions as the means of overthrowing capitalism. Marxist Unionism diverges from syndicalism in its support of simultaneous political movements, with workers seizing the means of production simultaneously to democratic reform establishing a general union to administer the new state as a federal republic.

## Popular Socialism

* Anarchism: Whilst Anarchists support the revolutionary overthrow of Capitalism, they oppose the orthodox view of the continued need for a state after the revolution, and would instead do away with the state and other traditional forms of authority, such as religion. Anarchists instead favour individuals organizing into self governing communities.
* Syndicalism: Syndicalist diverge from tradition Socialism in their belief in Trade Unions not merely as the primary engine of achieving Socialism, but also the optimal method of organizing society after the revolution, with the reactionary state replaced by cooperation between workers within Unions, providing a method of organization without the dictatorship of the Proletariat.
* Religious Socialism: Religious Socialists endorse left wing politics and socialist economics on the basis of religious teaching, generally favouring the viewpoint that society as a whole should own all property, to be used for the benefits of all its members. Not for nothing is British Socialism said to owe more to methodism than to Marx.
* Democratic Socialism: Democratic Socialists believe that after the overthrow of capitalism, the ensuing government should be democratic in nature, largely rejecting the dictatorship of the proletariat and the concept that the state ought to ‘wither away’. Most Democratic Socialists work for reform within electoral systems, but all intend to achieve collective ownership of the means of production.
* Nationalist Socialism: Nationalist Socialists reject the traditional Marxist ideals of the abolishment of the nation, instead viewing nationalism as a means of rallying the proletariat towards the establishment of a socialist state. Particularly common among socialist colonial independence movements, Nationalist Socialism also sees some support amongst those remaining European nations who have not seen unification. Whether Nationalist Socialism as an ideology can survive its own victory is a question yet to be answered.

## Reformism

* Liberal Socialism: A synthesis of Liberal and Socialist ideas, Liberal Socialists are generally opposed to the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism, instead favoring an organically arising mixed economy, where worker-run cooperatives and private enterprise compete. They also usually draw on Liberal ideals on the nature of the state, favoring a democratic system where the state has minimal power.
* Social Nationalism: Especially common amongst non-socialist colonial independence movements, Social Nationalism also has support in those European nations which have not achieved unification or independence, but does have a somewhat broader appeal among those who wish to combine reformist economics with nationalism.
* Left Populism: Left Wing Populism is a label applied to a wide variety of political currents that claim to be ‘for the people’. Favoring wide economic reform, although opposed to Socialism, the movement is often split between its genuine adherents, and those who merely view it as a route to power.
* Progressivism: Progressivism first emerged as a movement within the Common Wealth Party in Britain, when it broke from liberal orthodoxy on its support for educational, environmental and workplace reform. Progressivism tends to favor a somewhat mixed economy, and opposes monopolies, but generally takes a more favorable view of the free market than other Reformist movements.

## Liberalism

* Social Liberalism: Social Liberalism describes a political philosophy that combines a traditional Liberal commitment to personal liberty and human rights with elements of a mixed economy and welfare state, taking the perspective that man cannot be entirely free so long as he is limited by a lack of resources or opportunities.
* National Liberalism: National Liberalism was born in the French Revolution, however its flame would be extinguished as Napoleon rose to power. The flame would be lit again in 1842, and since then, National Liberalism has been the ideology of all those who seek national independence and unification under Liberal principles. The connection to nationalism has made National Liberalism more socially conservative and authoritarian than most other currents of Liberal thought, due to the perceived need to defend itself against revolutionary and reactionary threats.
* Economic Liberalism: Economic Liberalism combines a commitment to personal liberty and human rights with a support of free market ideals, promoting individualism above all else. Economic Liberals are generally opposed to government intervention in the economy, prefering to let it operate freely. Whilst in the Western world, Classical Liberalism is often seen as a form of orthodoxy, to many, its promise of freedom is still a revolutionary aim.
* Libertarian Capitalism: Libertarian Capitalism goes further than Economic Liberalism in arguing for a ‘night watchman state’, the only purpose of which is to uphold the law and external defence, allowing its citizens to act with total freedom in economic and social spheres.

## Conservatism

* Progressive Conservatism: A political philosophy that originated in Britain under Disraeli, Progressive Conservatism combines a preservation of established institutions and traditional principles, alongside social and economic policies to support ordinary people, to support an organic society. Progressive Conservatism seeks to reconcile the interests of all social classes, rather than prioritizing that of the elite.
* Liberal Conservatism: Liberal Conservatism combines a support of free market economics and representative government with a support of traditional values and nationalism. Liberal Conservatives are generally opposed to an overbearing state, but are often willing to compromise that belief in a defence of values.
* Right-Wing Populism: Right-wing populism is to some a contradiction. A defiance of traditional values by the masses, right wing populism draws on religion, nationalism and protectionist economics to draw on popular support and achieve success. It is also often the ideology of both right and poor rural conservatives opposed to sweeping changes enacted by a new state.
* Social Conservatism: Unlike its Progressive and Liberal counterparts, Social Conservatism remains committed to the old order. It favors duty, traditional values and stable institutions, patriotism and religion. It is distinguished from more right wing positions however by its willingness to operate within a democratic system.

## Paternalism

* Traditionalist Conservatism: Traditionalist Conservatism is built upon the idea of ‘natural law’, that leadership, authority and hierarchy are natural to humans. Opposed to excessive individualism, Traditionalist Conservatives favor a gradual evolution through the traditions of a community to sweeping changes enacted by a state. Above all, Traditionalist Conservatives seek to preserve ancestral institutions, which they view as successful because they have survived.
* Bonapartism: To some Bonapartism means Liberalism. To some, it is an absolute monarchy. To some, it simply means the French jackboot over Europe. Bonapartism tends to represent a combination of a powerful monarch who rules over a state with an ostensibly liberal constitution, granting rights to the people, but little ability to affect change.
* Oligarchy: Oligarchy is a system where political power is held only by a few individuals, distinguished by nobility, wealth or missions, but above all a desire to hold onto power. Often characterized by significant internal competition between those who are a part of it, the ideology of Oligarchs is often greatly variable.
* Military Dictatorship: A military dictatorship means a significant reshaping of a state, with usual rights and liberties suspended, and order maintained through force alone. A military dictatorship is ostensibly a temporary affair, although how long it lasts is only really dependent on the whims of those in power. After all, emergency measures to avert disaster will always have justifications readily available.
* Colonial Government: A colony is not an integral part of the state that possesses it, and is instead administered by its own bureaucracy, often appointed by its overlord. Colonial regimes vary widely, but their primary purpose is to avoid the expense of deploying troops to maintain order, and keeping resources flowing outwards.

## Reactionism

* Absolute Monarchy: Most modern rulers are restricted by checks and balances, even surrendering most of their power to democratically elected Parliaments. There are some however, who still hold to their ancient rights, the right of the monarch to be an absolute sovereign over their domains. A monarch such as this still relies on a government to put his will into practice, but it is one entirely under the ruler's control.
* Reactionary Bonapartism: To some Bonapartism means Liberalism. To some, it is an absolute monarchy. To some, it simply means the French jackboot over Europe. Reactionary Bonapartism favor dispensing with the few remaining constraints on state and monarchical power in favor of a more centralized system, drawing upon the centuries of reactionary tradition that the French Revolution overturned.
* Religious Fundamentalism: Driven by a sacred fervor, Religious Fundamentalism is a reaction to the modern world, a world of liberalism, a world of secularism, a world of disorder. In opposition to this, Religious Fundamentalists harken back to old views of the world, a literalist understanding of religion, and a profound opposition to anything that might threaten it.
* Integralism: Integralists uphold the doctrine of Pope Pius IX and Leo XIII, strong opposition to secularism, and a belief that the Catholic faith should be the basis of public law. Usually royalist, counter-revolutionary, anti-parliamentarianism and pro-corporatism, Integralists are the radical reaction of the Catholic church to a world that increasingly seeks to undermine it.

## Rejuvanationism

* National Rejuvanationism: National Rejuvanationism stands in opposition to Socialism, Liberalism and Reactionism, viewing them all as failed systems. National Rejuvanism seeks to restore what it views as a lost national spirit, supporting unification and expansion, amidst total subjugation of the individual to the needs of the nation.
* National Syndicalism: A fusion of traditional rejuvenationism and syndicalist ideas, National Syndicalism combines a rejuvanationist support of a centralised, authoritarian state, anti-individualism and a support of violence with a pseudo-syndicalist economic structure based off worker’s cooperatives, which National Syndicalists believe is the best way to serve the nation.
* Religious Rejuvanationism: Like Fundamentalists, Religious Rejuvanationists are opposed to secularism and what they view as a degradation of their faith, but their reaction is to go forwards, not backwards. Co-opting rejuvanationist ideals of violence and centralization, Religious Rejuvanationists view these principles as the future of religion, although this tendency is split between those who apply these views alongside nationalism, and those who hold them in opposition to it.