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Current that rejects the parliamentary and reformist path, betting on the general strike and the mobilising myth: direct union action and proletarian violence should destroy the state and the decadent bourgeoisie.
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I want the general strike and direct union action to destroy the state and the bourgeoisie, without parliament or reformism.
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Leans further toward federal than 78% of the 273 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Representation, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
A French theorist, Sorel developed revolutionary syndicalism and the myth of the general strike, exalting direct action and proletarian violence with influence on left and fascist movements.
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A European semi-presidential republic, France combines a strong republican and secular tradition, a robust welfare state, a mixed economy, and a prominent diplomatic, cultural, and military role in the European Union and the world.
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An ethnic federation in East Africa and a never-colonized state, Ethiopia is led by Abiy Ahmed and the Prosperity Party, emerging from the Tigray war, with ethnic tensions and an opening state economy, plus the Renaissance Dam.
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Under Franklin Roosevelt, the United States expanded federal power with Social Security, bank regulation, public works and stronger unions, while keeping capitalism, racial segregation in the South and mobilizing for the Second World War.
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Closest within Radical Left
Variant of socialism developed in Tito's Yugoslavia, combining single-party rule and a cult of the leader with workers' self-management of enterprises, federal decentralization, market openness, and non-alignment between the Cold War blocs.
Mao's Chinese adaptation of Marxism, centered on the peasantry as the revolutionary force, protracted people's war, permanent mass mobilization, and cultural revolution against the party bureaucracy.
21st-century doctrine of the CPC associated with Xi Jinping. It combines centralized Party leadership and socialist modernization, advocating national rejuvenation, predominant public ownership, and a socialist market with private enterprise and technological innovation.
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A republican current inspired by Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy. It defends civic liberty through laws, popular participation, and regulated conflict among social groups, allowing exceptional measures to preserve the republic.
Project of a dynastic empire organized as a federation of nationalities, with regional autonomy, local parliaments and recognized languages, while retaining a hereditary crown, unified army and military assertion of imperial greatness.
Russian geopolitical current that sees Eurasia as a distinct civilization and proposes a Moscow-led continental bloc, with regional autonomy and shared strategic command, against Atlanticism and US hegemony.
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