Socialism

Socialism is an ideology used to represent the broad range of ideologies that fall under the umbrella term of "Socialism". In the classical sense, socialism describes worker-owned means of production, heavily supporting worker coops, democratic self-management, and workplace democracy. But much of the conservative western world says that socialism is an authoritarian leftist ideology, in which a bureaucratic state controls the means of production, in a bureaucratic way. But the modern definition of the word socialism, popularised by European Social Democrats, and the  Democratic Socialists of America, is "any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods." Socialism in the modern age advocates workers' democratic self-management, high taxation on the wealthy, nationalisation over key parts of industry, and preventing climate change. Socialism is always economically left, and culturally neutral however has found itself becoming synonymous with progressivism. But you do get ideologies like Conservative Socialism and more extreme ones like  Strasserism and  National Bolshevism, that combine Socialist economics, with conservative cultural preservation, due to their shared  Populist standpoint.

History
Soc was born in the very late 18th century to Jacobinism who did the whole French Revolution fiasco. Later in his childhood Bonapartism kinda kicked him out of France and he was left to spread around Europe and the World.

In the post-French revolution stage of his life, Soc found himself fathering a set of children with the most influential ones being Social Democracy (a.k.a. the centrist of the group),  Marxism (who is considered by some to be the "true" successor of Soc and who himself fathered  Marxism–Leninism) and  Utopian Socialism (being something of a leader for the Left-wing balls who don't like Marxism).

Personality
Soc is usually portrayed as a stereotypical industrial-era unionized worker who really loves striking against his boss and usually will follow the personality traits of the various types of socialism portrayed.

How to Draw
Soc_flag.svg Socialism is a unicolour ball of Red, a colour associated with Socialism for a pretty long time. Especially in the form of "The Red Flag".


 * 1) Draw a ball.
 * 2) Draw two eyes on the ball.
 * 3) Fill the ball red.
 * 4) (Optional) Add a white hammer to differentiate it from the Authleft quadrant ball

And you're done.

Friends

 * [[File: Ormarxf.png]] Marxism - My most famous son who shares most of my ideals.
 * [[File: ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - Congrats on taking over a huge chunk of the world in the Cold War!
 * [[File: AnSynd.png]] Anarcho-Syndicalism / [[File: Synd.png]] Syndicalism - Taught you how to strike good.
 * [[File: Awaj.png]] Anarchism - Wow, I see you had a lot of kids.. And two with my sons ...
 * [[File: Consocf.png]] Conservative Socialism - My culturally conservative son, wish he'd stop calling me a globalist cuck but he's alright otherwise.
 * [[File: Marketsoc.png]] Market Socialism - A fellow lover of co-ops, I guess we can have markets.
 * [[File: Ecosoc.png]] Eco-Socialism - One of my most popular variants.
 * [[File: Leftnat.png]] Left-Wing Nationalism - Is socialist like me.
 * [[File: Christsoc.png]] Christian Socialism - My religious child.
 * [[File: Libsoc.png]] Libertarian Socialism - My son who disrespects all authority.
 * [[FIle: Dsa.png]] Democratic Socialism [[File: Demsocstar.png]] - My reformist son.
 * [[File: Guildsoc.png]] Guild Socialism - Likes guilds as opposed to labor unions or vanguard parties but otherwise fine.

Frenemies

 * [[File: Nazbol.png]] National Bolshevism - My crazy Nazi descendant.
 * [[File: Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - Wait, why are you trying to reform capitalism?
 * [[File: Long.png]] Longism - Same as above.
 * [[File: Liberalsoc.png]] Liberal Socialism - You're a socialist but you're also a lib so...
 * [[File: World.png]] Globalism - I don't like the unregulated international trade thing, but I like when you help the third world and I also like [[File:Globnat.png]] Socialist Internationalism (Mostly).
 * [[File: Clib.png]] Classical Liberalism - I remember our good 'ol rivalries, good times.
 * [[File: Capcom.png]] Capitalist Communism - My weird grand nephew.

Enemies

 * [[File: Cap.png]] Capitalism - GIVE ME A GODDAMN RAISE YOU STUPID CUNT!
 * [[File: Nazi.png]] National Socialism - YOU ARE NOT A SOCIALIST!
 * [[File: Ingsocf.png]] Ingsoc - YOU ARE NOT A SOCIALIST EITHER!
 * [[File: Ancapf.png]] Anarcho-Capitalism - FUCK OFF!!!
 * [[File: Plutocrat.png]] Plutocracy - Evil incarnate.
 * [[File: Libertarian.png]] Libertarianism - Complete sociopath.
 * [[File: Authcap.png]] Authoritarian Capitalism - Pls stop.
 * [[File: Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism - Burn in hell, Thatcher.
 * [[File: 3way.png]] Third Way - Aren't you just [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism again?

Literature

 * Das Kapital Volumes One, Two and Three by [[File:Ormarxf.png]] Karl Marx
 * Evolutionary Socialism by [[File:Bernst.png]] Eduard Bernstein
 * Why Socialism? by [[File:Minsocf.png]] Albert Einstein
 * Imperialism The Highest Stage of Capitalism by [[File:Orthlen.png]] Vladimir Lenin
 * The Accumulation of Capital by [[File:Luxem.png]] Rosa Luxemburg
 * It's Time For Real Change: For the Many Not the Few by The U.K. Labour Party under the Leadership of [[File:Demsocstar.png]] Jeremy Corbyn.
 * The Soul of Man Under Socialism by [[File:Libsoc.png]] Oscar Wilde
 * Understanding Socialism by [[File:Neo-Wolffism.png]] Richard D. Wolff
 * After Liberalism by Immanuel Wallerstein
 * Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
 * The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber
 * Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market by Pierre Bourdieu
 * J IS FOR JUNK ECONOMICS: A Guide To Reality In An Age Of Deception by Michael Hudson
 * Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else by James Meek
 * The Establishment: And how they get away with it by Owen Jones
 * Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty
 * A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Wikipedia

 * Socialism
 * History of Socialism
 * Types of Socialism
 * Economic Planning
 * Workplace Democracy
 * Socialist State
 * The Red Flag
 * Socialist Parties
 * Category:Socialism

Notable Socialists

 * [[File:Ormarxf.png]] Karl Marx
 * [[File:Ormarxf.png]] Friedrich Engels
 * [[File:Utsoc.png]] Charles Fourier
 * [[File:Utsoc.png]] Robert Owen
 * [[File:Mutalist.png]] Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
 * [[File:Libmarx.png]] William Morris
 * [[File:Acol.png]] Mikhail Bakunin
 * [[File:Ancom.png]] Peter Kropotkin
 * [[File:Libsoc.png]] Oscar Wilde
 * [[File:Minsocf.png]] Albert Einstein
 * [[File:Leftnat.png]] James Connolly
 * [[File:Orthlen.png]] Vladimir Lenin
 * [[File:Bernst.png]] Eduard Bernstein
 * [[File:Luxem.png]] Rosa Luxemburg
 * [[File:Marxfem.png]] Alexandra Kollontai
 * [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] Bertrand Russell
 * [[File:Stalin.png]] Joseph Stalin
 * [[File:Trot.png]] Leon Trotsky
 * [[File:Mao.png]] Mao Zedong
 * [[File:Dsa.png]] George Orwell
 * [[File:LeftCom.png]] Amadeo Bordiga
 * [[File:Situ.png]] Guy Debord
 * [[File:Neomarx.png]] Antonio Gramsci
 * [[File:Libmarx.png]] Jean-Paul Sartre
 * [[File:AnSynd.png]] Albert Camus
 * [[File:Frankfurt.png]] Herbert Marcuse
 * [[File:Guevara.png]] Che Guevara
 * [[File:Bckchn.png]] Murray Bookchin
 * [[File:Marxfem.png]] Angela Davis
 * [[File:AnSynd.png]] Noam Chomsky
 * [[File:ML.png]] Michael Parenti
 * [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] Nelson Mandela
 * [[File:Zapa.png]] Subcomandante Marcos
 * [[File:Demcon.png]] Abdullah Öcalan
 * [[File:Neo-Wolffism.png]] Richard D. Wolff
 * [[File:Acidcomf.png]] Mark Fisher
 * [[File:Dsa.png]] Bernie Sanders
 * [[File:Demsocstar.png]] Jeremy Corbyn
 * Stephen Jay Gould

Videos

 * Economic Update: 3 Basic Kinds of Socialism by Democracy at Work
 * What Is Socialism? by NowThisWorld
 * Why Socialism Is Red by azureScapegoat
 * Socialism For Dummies. a lecture by Richard Wolff

Channels

 * Spooky Scary Socialist

Online Communities

 * r/Socialism
 * r/Socialism101
 * r/SocialismVCapitalism
 * r/BreadTube
 * r/LateStageCapitalism
 * chapo.chat