National Bolshevism

{{expand}}{{cquote|''McBain to base! Under attack by Commie-Nazis!''|||''[[The Simpsons]]''}}
{{cquote|Marxism cannot be reconciled with nationalism, be it even of the "most just", "purest", most refined and civilised brand. In place of all forms of nationalism, Marxism advances internationalism, the amalgamation of all nations in the higher unity, a unity that is growing before our eyes with every mile of railway line that is built, with every international trust, and every workers’ association that is formed (an association that is international in its economic activities as well as in its ideas and aims).|||[[Vladimir Lenin]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/crnq/4.htm#v20pp72-033 4. “Cultural-National Autonomy”]. ''Critical Remarks on the National Question''. Lenin, Vladimir.</ref>}} 

[[File:Evstafiev-neo-bolsheviks.jpg|thumb|165px|Modern National Bolsheviks]]
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'''National Bolshevism''', also known as '''Nazbolism''' or '''Nazbol''', is a [[Fascism|neo-fascist]] and [[Third Position|Third positionist]] [[ideology]] that supposedly [[Horseshoe theory|combines far-right and far-left positions]].<ref>{{wpa|National Bolshevism}}</ref> The origin of National Bolshevism can be traced back to the years following the [[Russian Revolution]], when [[nationalist]] groups supportive of the new [[communist]] [[government]] broke with [[Lenin]] over the "national question" and sought their own countries, or for a more Russian-nationalist form of [[socialism]]. It was also briefly popular in Germany in the 1920s; its German supporters identified with the USSR because of their opposition to western [[classical liberalism]] and [[capitalism]].<ref>[https://niekischtranslationproject.wordpress.com/tag/ernst-junger-and-national-bolshevism/ Ernst Jünger and National Bolshevism], Louis Dupeux, Magazine littéraire n°130, November 1977, reprinted on Niekisch Translation Project online, September 28, 2017.</ref>

== National Bolshevik Party ==
"Bolshevik" actually translates from Russian into English simply as "Majority", whereas the English translation of "Menshevik" is "Minority". It may be difficult to definitively associate the "Bolshevik" or "Menshevik" Parties to anything other than the "Majority" and "Minority" Communist Parties during the early, pre-Stalin era of the Soviet Union, especially considering that Stalin killed or jailed most of his political opponents during "The Great Purge". The modern {{wpl|National Bolshevik Party}} (Russian: Национал-большевистская партия, ''Natsional-bol'shevistskaya partiya'') came about in the aftermath of the collapse of the [[USSR]]. It operated from 1993 to 2007 as a Russian political party with a political program of National Bolshevism, although it was never officially registered. Originally formed by [[Aleksander Dugin]] and {{wpl|Eduard Limonov||,}} the party combined traditional [[Bolshevik]] ideology with [[radical]] [[nationalism]], and adopted [[neo-Nazi]] symbolism. This includes their logo, a black hammer and sickle on a flag similar to that of [[Nazi Germany]].{{fact}}

By 2007, the [[Russian]] government had banned the party, though by this point the party had already split into two groups. Supporters of Limonov founded the party {{wpl|The Other Russia (party)|The Other Russia|,}} which followed a more traditional [[Leninist]] model and endorsed [[direct democracy]] and anti-fascism. Followers of the more right-wing Dugin created the [[National Bolshevik Front]] and embraced [[antisemitism]], ultra-[[conservatism]], and fascism as its primary ideological goals. Many Nazbols defected to mainstream Russian nationalist parties.

== Nazbol Gang ==
[[File:National Bolshevik Party.svg|165px|thumb|left|THIS ARTICLE WAS MADE BY NAZBOL GANG]]
At some point, [[4chan]]/[[8chan]] far-left board [[8chan#.2Fleftypol.2F|/leftypol/]] found out about this ideology and presumably due to its sheer edginess and the absurdity of its combining two extreme and incompatible belief systems, made an ironic [[meme]] about it called '''Nazbol Gang''',<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/this-post-was-made-by-x-gang?full=1 This Post Was Made By X Gang], Know Your Meme</ref> which consists of satirical image macros (usually "[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/deep-fried-memes deep fried]") that are stylized to make them appear as if they are sponsored by Nazbols ("{{wpl|Hassan Nasrallah}} is NAZBOL [Meme made by Nazbol Gang]"). The meme was promoted by "shitposters" that were, at worst, dirtbag brocialists, but not actual National Bolsheviks; these ironic Nazbols presumably outnumber the real thing by a large degree. However, when the fine folks at /leftypol/'s far-right cousin [[/pol/]] discovered this meme and researched it, they found out about [[Third Position|Strasserism]]. Now they even have their own anthem ("[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXjz8a8Ci4 Fuera Sionista]").

=="Patriotic Socialism" ==
{{main|third positionism}}
"Patriotic Socialism" (whose followers go by the demonym "patsocs") is, [[Nazism|similarly to another ideology which has "Socialism in its name"]], an entirely [[Internet|internet-based]] far-right chauvinist trend in the United States claiming to combine [[Marxism-Leninism]] with "Patriotism" (a.k.a. [[U.S.]] ultra-nationalism). In practice, it's just a crude mix of vague support for the [[Chinese]] economic system, the fascist ideology of Dugin,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXjkJrk7y98 Aleksandr Dugin: The Most Misunderstood Man in the World]</ref> [[Trump|Trumpism]], [[transphobia]], [[homophobia]], [[biphobia]], [[xenophobia]], [[misogyny]], [[American exceptionalism]], anti-feminism, and other traces of hateful ideas<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eveOKE4Ones&t=915s Socialist Patriotism: America vs. America]</ref> as well as an almost complete devotion to nations like China and Russia (the latter of which they view as "anti-imperialist", because [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|it's never imperialism when Russia does it]]). They are often referred to as [[tankies]].

Unlike actual socialists, patsocs hold most of the bigoted views of the far-right, think that the existence of billionaires is not in contradiction with socialism (because China does it), and ignore the typical Marxist views of "class struggle", instead viewing the main problems in society as being [[conspiracy theory|by a small cabal]] of "[[Globalism|globalists]]".

==="MAGA communism"===
{{cquote|If you look at their policies, like what they actually propose, it’s clear that this is a deranged [[fringe]] movement that doesn’t really have a great deal of articulation. It seems ludicrous, but I would say it’s really a symptom of the erosion of [[rational]] political life.|||Alexander Reid Ross, a lecturer at Portland State University and author of ''Against the Fascist Creep''<ref name=owen>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/24/what-is-maga-communism ‘A deranged fringe movement’: what is Maga communism, the online ideology platformed by Tucker Carlson? Two young men are promoting a grab-bag ideology celebrating ‘honor’ and condemning ‘global elites’ – and winning powerful friends on the right] by Tess Owen (24 May 2024 14.34 EDT) ''The Guardian''.</ref>}}
In an effort to "reach the American working class", PatSocs have adopted "[[MAGA]] communism" in an attempt to better sell patriotic socialism to far-righters (you know, the people who are some of the most militant anti-communists out there?). However, this has resulted in only "MAGA" with no "communism", with major "MAGA communism" promoters redefining communism to mean an economy for the "[[irony|small businesses and single-farmers]]":
{{quotebox|We all come together: the workers striking at the railways, the MAGA industrial working class, the small farmers, we all unite with our power. We kick out [[DA JOOS|the globalists]]. We kick out [[George Soros]]. We kick out [[World Economic Forum|Klaus Schwab.]] We stop that [[Great Reset]] agenda in its tracks.<ref>Eddie Kim, [https://www.vice.com/en/article/88qk4b/what-the-hell-is-magacommunism What the Hell Is MAGACommunism?] Vice, 17 October 2022.</ref>}}

MAGA communism has been promoted by [[Jackson Hinkle]] and Haz Al-Din, and platformed by [[Tucker Carlson]].<ref name=owen/>

==See also==
* [[Aleksandr Dugin]]
* [[Horseshoe theory]]
* [[Left-wing fascism]]
* [[Rashism]] — a portmaneau of Russia + fascism
* [[Third Position]]
* [[Juche]]

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