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[[File:Liberal_Democracy.png]] Liberal Democracy [[File:Liberal_Democracy.png]]
Mattism prefers a government that is built for the common good for the people, and thus, a a republic. Specifically, a liberal democracy. However, he wants to give the population more say in government, and thinks introducing policies that bring direct democracy into the government are a good idea. And, is supportive of a semi-direct democracy. Seeing it as the ultimate compromise between either a representative democracy, and a  direct democracy. So, Representatives should be largely responsible for governance, while citizens can have more autonomy through popular initiatives and referendums, ect.

[[File:Reform.png]] Civil Service Reform [[File:Reform.png]]
He seeks to abolish the electoral college, seeing it as nothing more than an relic of the past that is barely functioning the modern day, and is disproportionately effecting third parties ability to compete, contributing to the duopoly we have between the two major parties, and the further elitism within these parties. With the ever increasing amount of people being disillusioned by our system, and not identifying with either democrats or republicans, he views this as a system that has to go. His first reform would to replace the electoral college vote with the popular vote. His other reforms would be to abolish the senate, seeing it as nothing more than upholding the elitism within the government, and preventing a lot of necessary reform. Along with a ban on corporate lobbying and gerrymandering. These reforms I would propose would, along with my other reforms, strengthen American democracy, prevent cronyism in our government, and give more people say in the government. As I believe our government shouldn't be for sale by massive corporations, it should be for the people, and make our overall system more meritocratic.

[[File:Anti-Corrupt.png]] Whistle Blowers [[File:Anti-Corrupt.png]]
He believes that people who expose government corruption shouldn't have to fear persecution, as the government and its institutions have a right to be inclusive and transparent with the population that is being governed. And, that any functioning democracy should work on ridding itself of corrupt officials in office.

[[File:Fed.png]] Federalism [[File:Fed.png]]
In terms of how the bureaucracy is administered, he prefers local governance compared to a  unitary government, mainly due to how ineffective a unitary government would preform in the United States due to its size. Along with the fact that, federalism is inherently more democratic and less wasteful in terms of bureaucracy, the state's governments will know what their citizens know more than what the federal government will. But, states governments have to abide by the national laws, and the constitution.

[[File:DefDem.png]] Defensive Democracy [[File:DefDem.png]]
With addition to all of this, he believes the government should actively protect its institutions from those who wish to do them harm, as we cannot give them the freedom to tear down our democracy. This would function like a defensive democracy. If your party actively poses a threat to democracy, it shouldn't be included in government. Believing that freedom of assembly and speech has its limits, and where they use their voices to silence the voices of other people is enough to warrant this.

[[File:Intercult.png]] Interculturalism [[File:Intercult.png]]
With how immigrants will be handled, he supports Interculturalism. As he opposes how multicultural societies tend to self-segregate, and how  ethnic centric societies are very bigoted towards outsiders. So, it allows for diversity at the local level, while still allowing for a shared sense of national identity. He is also in favor of liberalizing immigration, as immigrants help contribute to the labor force, in addition to giving illegal immigrants the pathway to citizenship. However, there will be a wait list where the immigrants have to assimilated, and learn our culture and values before they can access any of the government programs, such as the welfare state. He also thinks it helps contribute to maintaining the social democratic state. As seen in the Nordic countries. However, with less racism.

[[File:Secular.png]] Secular Governance [[File:Secular.png]]
He is against any religious organization playing a role in government, or the government subsidizing religious organizations through a tax exempt status. Which is why he seeks the complete separation of church and state. Seeing as religious organizations have historically used their influence to further their own corrupt needs over the people, I am vehemently opposed to them having any sort of political sway. Cults will not count as freedom of religion. Hes opposed to forced secularism, or  religious governance. As well, he thinks that people who deny basic science based on their religious beliefs are very cringe, and only hold society back. And in this regard, he holds distrust of Islam, seeing as many third-world Islamic countries are riddled with  reactionaries  who use religion as a mean to further sentiment their rule. Not to say this doesn't apply to other religions, but, Islam in the modern day holds more relevancy. However, this is not to say I'm against Islam or the people, I still think they should be allowed to follow their beliefs.

[[File:Civilib.png]] Civil Liberalism [[File:Civilib.png]]
On the civic axis, he is pro-privacy. Believing the expansion of the surveillance state in the United States hasn't been for the best interest of the people, but for the government to further its control over the general populace. He would enact reforms that weaken the surveillance state so it isn't so invasive into people's daily lives. This would include revoking the patriot act, and getting rid of other unneeded spying programs. As, he believes the government should be big enough to protect the people from harm, and to keep them safe, but also respect the personal privacy of daily citizens lives.

[[File:Socdem.png]] Overview [[File:Socdem.png]]
On economics, he takes inspiration from several ideologies, being: State Capitalism,  Market Socialism,  Social Corporatism,  Social Georgism, and  Keynesianism.

So, overall, he's your pretty average Social Democrat. And, despite being pretty left-wing in his economic beliefs, he is still skeptical of most forms of Socialism, believing that  Capitalism as ultimately shown itself to be the best economic system in most of its forms, with having the longest longevity compared to such economic systems. In spite of this, he believes that numerous regulations are necessary to keep this success, and to make the economy work for everyone.

[[File:Keynes.png]] Fiscal Policy [[File:Keynes.png]]
In terms of macroeconomics, he is self-described as a Keynesian. And as such, he believes that the government should actively take a hand in the market and create fiscal programs that increase spending to boost growth in the economy. Supporting increases of spending during times of crisis's to dampen the damage done during said crisis, to recover the economy.

[[File:Social_corpratism.png]] Mode of Production [[File:Social_corpratism.png]]
His mode of production would be that of Social Corporatism, he believes that the government should have a large influence in the market through  state owned enterprises in sections of the economy that are naturally monopolistic, such as railways and electric grids, and in parts of the private sector as well, that compete with businesses within the market. And in the labor market, there would be strong unionization of the working class, viewing unions as a favorable means to achieve working rights, along with it being necessary for the  progressive movement to keep political power.

He is also against union busting, believing that it is unconstitutional. Only being allowed when there is legitimate reason to do so, like when the union in question doesn't have the best interest of the workers they are representing. And, he thinks that companies that partake in such practice should be severely punished.

He advocates for class collaboration over  class struggle, seeing as classes do provide a benefit to society. And as such, the state should  to negotiate terms, with the state acting as a mediator between the two.

On the local level, ideally, medium to small-sized enterprises should be ran as worker co-operatives, although, this won't be enforced, but it will be encouraged through things like tax breaks and subsidizes.

[[File:Trustbust.png]] Monopoly Busting [[File:Trustbust.png]]
He supports breaking up massive monopolies. As everyone knows, it is not good to have monopolies dominating an economy. In this case, I would support bringing back the strong anti-trust laws that were present during the progressive era of the United States. Along with this, the CEO's of said companies shouldn't be allowed to own any shares in the companies that are broken up

[[File:Bankocracy.png]] Banking [[File:Bankocracy.png]]
He believes in the creation of a strong central bank to regulate the supply of monetary units. However, private banks will still be allowed to exist, given under extensive regulation. And, how the banks and other things related will run will be dependent on the size of said bank.

[[File:Georgist.png]] Housing [[File:Georgist.png]]
On housing, he views housing as a basic human right. And believes that this is were the market fails the most. He wishes to establish a land value tax to replace  property taxes. He supports. However, land value tax cannot be the only tax. As, the tax on its own wouldn't be enough to fund welfare programs. But, the reveune generated from this tax would contribute to the welfare state, making him a Social Georgist.

[[File:Corp.png]] Corporate Welfare [[File:Corp.png]]
Subsidies and corporate welfare can be accurately described as "socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor", and should end. He is against bailing out firms that are deemed "too big to fail". Seeing it as contributing to crony capitalism, and favoritism within the economy. Were the wealth is being concentrated to the top one percent, with small businesses being left in the dust.

[[File:Regulationism.png]] Taxation [[File:Regulationism.png]]
Mattism favors high amounts of taxation to fund a universal welfare state, and the upkeep in social services for the population. The list of taxes that would be introduced would include:
 * [[File:Georgist.png]] Land value tax (Close to 100%)
 * [[File:EconProg.png]] Wealth and Income tax (Progressive)
 * [[File:Soccap.png]] Value added tax
 * [[File:Envi.png]] Carbon tax
 * [[File:DvCoordination.png]] Payroll tax
 * [[File:Long.png]] Corporate tax (Green technology companies are exempted)
 * [[File:Protect.png]] Import duties
 * [[File:Krit.png]] Sin tax (Although, the former would be low)

[[File:Social-ism.png]] Employment [[File:Social-ism.png]]
Employment should be handled through government programs that help the unemployed find employment in the labor market, through active labor market policies, such as  welfare to work. Ideally, the unemployment rate should be somewhere around 5 - 6%. He also thinks it's wrong to discriminate against people in the work field for things that they have no control over, such as disability, sexual orientation, race, ect. And thinks that, if there are any accommodations that someone should need, then those accommodations should be met.

[[File:EconProg.png]] Minimum Wage [[File:EconProg.png]]
Mattism believes that Minimum Wage should be adjusted for yearly inflation, with wages being different for each job field you want to be employed in. With a base line standard being a wage that allows you provide for yourself at the bare minimum, with states adjusting it to fit the needs of their population retrospectively.

[[File:Prgess.png]] Overview [[File:Prgess.png]]
Overall, Mattism is a  culturally left-wing ideology. He believes that tradition stems from the past, and is not to be held sacred. And thus, favors a culture of permissiveness and tolerance. He is supportive of Feminism, ,  drug decriminalization,  criminal justice reform,  cultural secularism, ect. His beliefs largely following that of Civil Libertarianism, where individual rights and liberty are respected, and the harm principle is upheld. Believing that, as long as the individual is not harming anyone, then in most instances, they should be allowed to do as they please. Along with this, he takes some influences from, with the skepticism of metanarratives, believing that no objective metaphysical narrative for humanity exists.

[[File:Gay.png]] LGBT Rights [[File:Gay.png]]
He views the  with sympathy, seeing as they have been historically trampled over, and with no representation in the public sphere. With traditional views of morality further adding the  hostility towards their existence.

He is in favor of complete marriage equality between those of Heterosexuality and  Homosexual couples. Seeing the definition of marriage is between two loving souls, as it wrong to give people who had no control over what they were born with fewer rights.

Additionally, he is in favor of Trans rights, seeing gender dysphoria as a real thing that has been historically unaccounted for due to said views, that historically, has demonized these people. However, he does realize the dangers of putting children on things like hormone therapy, and wants to put restrictions on gender-affirming healthcare to prevent such dangers from happening, these restrictions would make it so that you have to be an adult to go through such. But, the surgeries and things associated with it will be provided for by healthcare givers, seeing it as a form of healthcare.

However, he views the Pride movement as a double edged sword, seeing as it has helped with the destigmatization of these individuals, but seeing it as an extension of  pseudo-progressivism, where  massive corporations use it as an excuse to appeal to  progressive crowd to increase their profit margins. So, he supports the societal acceptance of people within the LGBT community, but views the Pride movement with suspicion.

[[File:Fem.png]] Feminism [[File:Fem.png]]
Mattism would self-describe himself as a "male feminist", being sympathetic to the talking points of modern day feminism, while still holding some contempt for the modern day feminist movement. So, he's not against feminism, and even calls himself one, but thinks that some of their points could be adjusted.

He's against traditional gender roles, seeing them as a product of society, and not that of nature. Thinking it's best that women break free the constraints of them, as this would ultimately contribute to a society were women are more free to decide their own paths in life.

With this, he is firmly in the pro-choice camp, believing that the choice ultimately lies with the women. And as such, is for the liberalization of. He supports the legalization of first, and second term abortions, with third-term abortions being regulated where the women's life is in danger, rape or incest, ect. As well, he is also for the wide spread availability of contraception, as being pro-choice doesn't mean pro-abortion, he wants comprehensive sex education to reduce the amount of abortions. He prefers abortions to be safe, legal, and a rare.

[[File:Atlanticism.png]] Overview [[File:Atlanticism.png]]
Mattism, despite his left populist influences, isn't  Anti-American like how would you expect some of them to be. In fact, despite of what he thinks of the elites, the government, and ect, he sees that the West is the lesser evil between the major world powers, as the powers of the West uphold his views more than compared to those of the East. So, he is supportive of a policy of atlanticism. Because, he would prefer to live under Western hegemony compared to the hegemony of other world powers, seeing them as being, more often than not, authoritarian, oppressive, and conservative. He is an  in terms of diplomacy, believing that international co-operation is most often than not, at the benefit of the country. Despite this, he has a rather protectionist view of trade, seeing as how modern world powers have used trade as a means to in debt countries, seeing it as  neo-imperialism. And, as such, he is supportive of Alter-Globalization. In terms of the military, he is a, believing that a policy of pacifism as a major power would be Disastrous, and thinks that the military influence of the United States should be kept, albeit in a limited form.