UserWiki:Matteel

Welcome to my page, my ideology is, which is the  self-insert of the user Matteel. He is economically center-left, culturally  reformist, civically  liberal,  democratic,  left-nationalist, and diplomatically  internationalist.

= Other Stuff =

[[File:Prgess.png]] Social
I'm a cultural liberal and support  social egalitarianism. This would include things like LGBT rights,  feminism, and  reproductive rights. However, I oppose woke SJWness associated with the  new left. This would make me an old leftist, because of my focus on economic issues rather than social issues. I would be moderately progressive in the west and orthodoxly  culturally left in developing countries. I am a  feminist who supports gender equality, my specific form of feminism is called  social feminism. Feminism is important for advancing the rights of women in the workforce and other areas related to such. I would also be a sex-positive feminist, since I believe any actions between two consenting adults are fine so long as it is consensual. I have no issues with things like pornography or prostitution. I support LGBT rights, this includes things like same-sex marriage, adoption, and anti-discrimination laws. These rights should be constitutionally protected. I believe that it's wrong to mistreat someone because of their sexuality, they should have the same civil freedoms as everyone else.
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And, to address transgender people, I support their right to gender transition and believe that being trans is a misconnection between your gender at birth. However, there are only two genders, being male and female. Binary transgender people should have full legal recognition. I'm pro-choice, abortion is not murder has no reason to be restricted. I support abortion rights and believe that abortion is fine for any period of the pregnancy in any context since it is the women's right to abort a fetus and hers alone. Although, I also believe that some restrictions on abortion are needed, such as limiting the time period to 24 weeks, with the rest of the time period for emergencies such as rape or incest. It's not something that should be shamed or idealized, It's just something that should be allowed for convenience. I support environmentalism. More specifically, what is called sustainable capitalism, which seeks to reduce the externalities in a capitalist system and make the markets environmentally friendly. I also support Europe's green deal and seek to replicate that here in the United States. I'm an old leftist, which are a group of left-wing people that diverged from the new left in the 1960s. They focus more on economic issues than social issues. I'm opposed to liberal idpol and other things associated with woke culture. However, It's a common misconception that the old left are left-wingers who are economically left-wing and socially right-wing. I'm culturally left-wing but my focus is not on identity issues associated with the new left, so I would be an old leftist. My specific brand of progressivism is called paleoprogressivism, which is a form of progressivism that doesn't focus on identity issues.
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[[File:Civilib.png]] Civil
I value liberty over  security, and I am a  liberal in-terms of cultural expression. I believe in the expansion and preservation of civil liberties. Anyone should be allowed to do whatever they want for the most part when it is victimless and isn't harming anyone else. So, I'm opposed to government intervention in personal people's lives. However, I don't consider myself a libertarian because the government needs to be centralized enough to provide people  goods and services to uphold the  rights of individuals. I would be a center-libertarian in terms of civics. My preferred government is a secular  constitutional  parliamentary  semi-direct  liberal democratic  non-partisan  federal  republic. I am civically liberal in terms of government survillence and other things relating to such. I believe in a government that is centralized enough to keep the citizens out of harm way to protect the rights of the population, but oppose infringing on the rights of the population when it isn't necessary. So, when society is at peace, the state will have minimal involvement in the personal lives of citizens, with the only except being for keeping the population safe. This would include maintaining the police force, CCTV cameras in public areas, ect. I support civil liberties. Anyone should be allowed to do whatever they want when they are not harming anyone else or committing a crime. So, I support things like freedom of speech, sexual freedom, freedom of movement, and the right to die with dignity. Society would be based on the harm principle and no moral codes would be forced onto the population, creating a  liberal culture and a  permissive society.
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[[File:Socdem.png]] Economics
I'm center-left economically, my economic base is  social corporatism. I support a regulated dirigisme-style economy were the market is controlled by  state-owned enterprises. However, I am not a socialist because I still believe in  property rights, and the means of production aren't being given to the workers. However, I do wish to phase out landlords for a land value tax to combat land speculation and to strength  tenet unions. I specifically identify as a left-social democrat, since my economic views are closer to  post-WW2 social democrats than  third-way neoliberalism that arose out of the 1980's due to things like  globalization.

[[File:Leftnat.png]] Foreign
I'm a left-wing nationalist who opposes  globalism and all forms of  imperialism. However, I'm also pro-international co-operation on issues were it matters like  technology and the  environment, but opposed to  economic globalization. I also support a mixture of cultural nationalism and  civic nationalism, with  interculturalism being how cultures interact with each other in society. Since multiculturalism is a neoliberal ploy that will destroy our national identity, which will undermine the social cohesion necessary for a  social democratic state. I am a nationalist, I believe nationalism is important for maintaing our distinct national identity and social cohension of our country. I am opposed to the ideas of cosmopolitanism or  world government. Since globalism is an extension of  imperialism. Just because I oppose globalism does not mean I oppose  internationalism. I support an interconnected world that helps each for things like the environment and technology, but I'm opposed to economic globalization because the job outsourcing caused by such has lowered our wages and concentrated all of the wealth into big businesses. So, I would be an alter-globalist. Military interventions have often been used an excuse by major powers to further the reach of their imperial hemogony, so I'm opposed to getting involved into foreign conflicts that do not involve us because getting involved has wasted billions of our own money and costed us thousands of lives in the process. I would be an non-interventionist. The only time intervening in conflicts is justifying is if someone has attacked our allies, is commiting genocide, or to stop the rise of an imperial state like Nazi Germany. I support Interculturalism as an alternative to  multiculturalism or  monoculturalism. I believe that a community body of similarly minded people is necessary to strengthen the bonds between said individuals for collaborative tasks such as unionization. However, immigrants should be required to assimilate into the country's culture that they are immigrating too, so I support civic cultural nationalism.
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Creator Note
I'm leaving, this community is full of immature, uninspired, larping, toxic political edgelords who would never last a single second in their ideal "based and redpilled" society. It's funny, since most people here aren't old enough to vote. I'm one of the older people here and I am a registered voter who has voted on initiatives like this one (I voted against the 4th amendment for reasons you have to look into yourself, I can't be bothered to explain). You think anyone is taking your "esoteric nazi" internet personality seriously? This is just a general warning for some people who want to enter into this community, just don't. Anyways, I'm leaving as soon as I get my political beliefs on my PCBA updated (I haven't left since I need the PCBA to comeback online, obviously), and I congratulate the people who have been here since the fandom era, like myself, who have come to their senses and realize that this community isn't worth any time to stay in. I first eyed this community sometime back in late 2021, and I'll be leaving roughly 2 years after I first spotted this community. And, despite how much this community sucks, I've become far more politically literate from hanging around here so that's one of the only good things I can say. But, just take my advice to any newcomers here, do not fall down to the rabbit hole of political edgelordness. I'm not innocent by any means whatsoever, since I've done regrettable stuff, but I came out better as a result because I evaluated everything that happened and grew as a person. I can't say the same thing for many people in this community though. Am I leaving politics entirely though? No, I won't be involved to the extent I was since I want to invest my time into different things, but I will go out and vote on ballot initiatives that I deem important enough to vote on.

Political Timeline
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Family

 * [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] Sister
 * [[File:Soclib.png]] Dad
 * [[File:FemConserv.png]] Mom
 * [[File:Apolit.png]] Grandmother
 * [[File:Libertarian.png]] Grandfather

Political Phases
Apolitical Period (2003 - 2012)

I know, It's crazy. My childhood had no mention of politics because I wasn't even able to grasp the idea of politics. None of us start political and I was no exception. Apolitical Social Liberalism Period (2012 - 2016)
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I still didn't hold a good idea of what our political climate was, but I voiced my support for Obama's candidacy. This was largely because my parents were solidly blue voters, which obviously influenced a lot of my opinions at the time. Although, I lost interest after the election and stop caring up until 2016, but still held vague liberal ideas throughout this period.
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Apolitical Social Democracy Period (2016 - 2017)

This is were my political journey truly began. When the election came around, I was old enough to understand our political climate in some limited contexts, which allowed to form the views I held on politics on my own. So, I found myself hating both the candidates Trump and Hillary. However, I found myself discovering politicians like Bernie Sanders who I found quite likable and agreeable. So, I followed them for a little bit until the election was over, which was when I went right back to being apolitical. However, my political journey doesn't end here obviously, because it all came tumbling down when I discovered political videos.
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Alt-Lite Phase (2017 - 2019)

So, as much as a cringe looking back at this now. I had an alt-lite phase, this came from watching "anti-sjw" videos on youtube. So, as you can imagine, I was hostile to things like feminism and transgender people, but still thought abortion rights were cool. Overall, it was confusing and I really dislike this bit of my political journey, I was your average counter-culture atheist at the time who just didn't like political correctness.
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Moderating My Views (2019 - Mid 2021)

After the shitstorm that was my beliefs during my alt-lite phase started to settle down because of the environment and mindset I was in shifted, I started to become less hostile to things like feminism and warmed up to progressive ideals. Although, I still hated things like political correctness and identity politics, but still found myself disagreeing with the majority of conservative view points. It was also around this time I stopped being transphobic. I just became way more mature in my beliefs, it was also around this time I watched some breadtube content which also influenced my ideas. Progressive Social Democrat Phase (Mid 2021 - Mid 2022)
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After warming up to progressive ideals for a long time, I started to go down progressive rabbit holes and became more socially progressive. I held progressive ideas on things like feminism, gay rights, and started to embrace things like multiculturalism. So, I was your average progressive, a self-described progressive left-populist social democrat. Although, I started to realize that I was abandoning my original beliefs when I started to buy into socially progressive idpol, which made me realize that I had to take a step back.
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Modern Period (Mid 2022+)

So, as you can imagine, this is the modern period of my beliefs. I took a complete 180 to were I was previously, although I adopted some new ideals, and it felt really good to do so. It felt as if I betrayed some of my previous values going into the phase I did and I came out better because of it. I abandoned populism sometime during November of this year and adopted Georgism. So, I'm basically your average left-liberal, and that's the end of my political journey.
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Parties I support

 * [[File:DenmarkSocdem.png]] Danish Social Democrats
 * [[File:RussianOfTheFuture.png]] Russia of the Future
 * [[File:Lula.png]] Partido dos Trabalhadores
 * [[File:BQ.png]] Bloc Québécois
 * [[File:Cball-Belarus-old.png]] Belarusian Social Democratic Party
 * [[File:USAProg.png]] Vermont Progressive Party
 * [[File:Dem-CPC.png]] Congressional Progressive Caucus

Parties I'm mixed on

 * [[File: PVV.png]] Party for Freedom
 * [[File: FranceNationalFront.png]] National Front
 * [[File:LaFranceInsoumise.png]] La France Insoumise
 * [[File:Demcr.png]] Democratic Party
 * [[File:LibleftKem.png]] Republican People's Party
 * [[File:Kochikai.png]] Kōchikai
 * [[File:Cball-HongKong-BlackBauhinia.png]] Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Camp

Parties I despise

 * [[File:United Russia.png]] United Russia
 * [[File:CDU Party.png]] Christian Democratic Union
 * [[File:RepubUS.png]] Republican Party
 * [[File:USASolidarity.png]] American Solidarity Party
 * [[File:PiS.png]] Law and Justice
 * [[File:BelayaRus.png]] Belaya Rus
 * [[File:ChinaCP.png]] Communist Party of China
 * [[File:DemocraticPartyKorea.png]] Democratic Party of Korea
 * [[File:MacronSunglasses.png]] La Republique En Marche
 * [[File:PeoplePowerParty.png]] People Power Party
 * [[File:Nazi.png]] Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
 * [[File:Classfash.png]] Partito Nazionale Fascista
 * [[File:SpaVox.png]] VOX
 * [[FIle:Alternative for germany ball.png]] Alternative für Deutschland
 * [[File:FIDESZ.png]] Fidesz
 * [[File: LDP(Japan).png]] Liberal Democractic Party
 * [[File:NeoShowa.png]] Nippon Kaigi

Bills I support

 * [[File:Cball-California.png]] California Proposition 1
 * [[File:MissouriBall.png]] 2020 Missouri Amendment 2
 * [[File:MissouriBall.png]] 2022 Missouri marijuana legalization initiative
 * [[File:Cball-Michigan.png]] 2022 Michigan Proposal 3

Bills I oppose

 * [[File:MissouriBall.png]] Missouri Amendment 4
 * [[File:Cball-Kentucky.png]] No Right to Abortion in Constitution Amendment
 * [[File:Cball-Kansas.png]] Kansas abortion referendum

Ideological Philosophy
I am a philosophical existentialist. More specifically, an existential atheist, since my philosophy is rejecting any transcendental or religious beliefs. I'm an atheist, I do not believe in god or any form of spirituality, nor am I religious. I'm specifically a positive atheist. God doesn't literally exist and religions are the same absurdity that fail to explain the universe in the same way metaphysical concepts like materialism do, so I take an  anti-foundational approach to this and reject all form of metaphysical theories since they are  essentialistic because they assume how the universe operates on. I believe that moral agents are guided by their own emotions and  ideals to create meaning in their life using  free will. So, I'm opposed to pessimism, since  life doesn't have a purpose, we can create that purpose. Your own ideals and morals should be used for decision making instead of rationality, which regards human reason as the chief source of knowledge. In this regard, I am opposed to philosophies like humanism because it regards humans as the starting point for rational decision making, this is no different from religion and is replacing god with man, so I am an  anti-humanist. How I choose to create meaning in my life is through hedonism, which is a form of  philosophical individualism and  ethical consequentialism that states that one's own  pleasure is the deciding factor if an action is morally right or wrong. What do I mean by pleasure? Since pleasure has a lot of different meanings, well in this instances I would be talking about things like masturbation, eating junk food, ect. I will not go into detail on that because it would be gross to do so, and would turn this page NSFW. I take a socially constructivistic outlook on life, since pointless social constructs that only hold back my  individualism are of no worth to me. I get some of my influences from post-modernism, but I wouldn't call myself a post-modernist. Simply because of the culture that associated with postmodernism today.

Basedness Quiz
If you want to know if you're on my good side ideologically, then you can take this quiz. Here's how it works, if you agree with one of the following statements, you get full points. If you partly agree, you get half. If you disagree, you get zero points. For example: I like cats (10), "I agree with this". You get 10 points.


 * A nation is defined by a group of people that share a common heritage and language. (10)
 * I oppose the Imperial powers of the West & East, and support diplomatic neutrality. (10)
 * I support LGBT rights. (10)
 * I'm a feminist who supports gender equality. (5)
 * A women has a right to abort a fetus because it is her body. (5)
 * Decriminalize all drugs. (5)
 * I'm an environmentalist. (10)
 * I support a semi-direct democracy. (10)
 * The individual should be free to desire their own passions and hobbies, free from all unnecessary coercion. (10)
 * The government should have direct state ownership over sizable parts of the economy. (5)
 * I support the welfare state. (5)
 * I'm a political reformist. (5)
 * I support secularism. (5)
 * Worker's should have the right to democratically control the workplaces they work at. (5)

A

 * [[File:Thar.png]] Anti-Authoritarianism
 * [[File:Ego.png]] Anarcho-Egoism
 * [[File:Apolit.png]] Apoliticism
 * [[File:Altl.png]] Alt-Lite
 * [[File:Authdem.png ]] Authoritarian Democracy

B

 * [[File:NatProg.png]] Bull Moose Progressivism
 * [[File:Bhl2.png]] Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism

C

 * [[File:Cdem.png]] Christian Democracy
 * [[File:Civlibert.png]] Civil Libertarianism
 * [[File:Corptism.png]] Corporatism
 * [[File:Conservative.png]] Conservatism
 * [[File:Consocf.png]] Conservative Socialism

D

 * [[File:Dem.png]] Democracy

E

 * [[File:Existentialist Anarchism.png]] Existentialist Anarchism

F

 * [[File:Fem.png]] Feminism

G

 * [[File:World.png]] Globalism

H

 * [[File:Humanismpix.png]] Humanism

I

 * [[File:Intercult.png]] Interculturalism

J

 * [[File:Anjew.png]] Jewish Anarchism

L

 * [[File:Nonquadrant.png]] List of Userboxes (I've contributed to a lot of userboxes on this site)
 * [[File:Laicism.png]] Laicism
 * [[File:Lib.png]] Liberalism
 * [[File:Lpop.png]] Left-Wing Populism
 * [[File:Liberaltarianism.png]] Liberaltarianism
 * [[FIle:Leftnat.png]] Left-Wing Nationalism

M

 * [[File:Marxfem.png]] Marxist Feminism
 * [[File:Nordmodel.png]] Nordic Model

N

 * [[File:Necon.png]] Neoconservatism
 * [[File:Nation.png]] Nationalism
 * [[File:Nazi.png]] National Socialism
 * [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism

P

 * [[File:Protect.png]] Protectionism
 * [[File:Modnat.png]] Patriotism
 * [[File:Progress.png]] Progressivism
 * [[File:Progconf.png]] Progressive Conservatism
 * [[File:Pinkcap.png]] Pink Capitalism

R

 * [[File:Rpop-tinfoilhat.png]] Right-Wing Populism
 * [[File:Relfem.png]] Religious Feminism
 * [[File:RelNat.png]] Religious Nationalism

S

 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Social Democracy
 * [[File:Soclib.png]] Social Liberalism
 * [[File:Soccap.png]] Social Capitalism
 * [[File:Stateath.png]] State Atheism
 * [[File:Socauth.png]] Social Authoritarianism

W

 * [[File:Welf.png]] Welfarism
 * [[File:Whitesup.png]] White Nationalism

Z

 * [[File:Zio.png]] Zionism

Based

 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - My ideology, no need to explain further.
 * [[File:Prog.png]] Progressivism - You have the right idea on a lot of cultural issues, but your solutions tend to become worse the more developed an area you get placed into. I prefer paleoprogressivism.
 * [[File:OldLeft.png]] Old Leftism - The left and its obsession with meaningless culture war and identity politics has been a mistake.
 * [[File:Paleoprog.png]] Paleoprogressivism - My form of progressivism.
 * [[File:Modprog.png]] Moderate Progressivism - My cultural views. Some traditions are worth preserving. I just don't like idpol and other woke things associated with modern day progressivism.
 * [[File:Natprog.png]] National Progressivism - The true progressive.
 * [[File:Progconf.png]] Progressive Conservatism - We need to account for traditions worth keeping.
 * [[File:Leftnat.png]] Left-Wing Nationalism - Kick out all neo-colonalists. Freedom for the people!
 * [[File:Thar.png]] Anti-Authoritarianism - Death to all unjust authority, freedom for the people!
 * [[File:Globnat.png]] Alter-Globalization - We need a world were the global economy works for all, not the few.
 * [[File:Fem.png]] Feminism - Fighting for the rights of both sexes is important. It's a shame what TERFs and libfems have done to give modern day feminism a bad name. The amount of people I see supporting feminist ideas while not calling themselves a feminist is hilarious, I was like that too.
 * [[File:Socfem.png]] Social Feminism - My form of feminism.
 * [[File:Geokitty.png]] Georgism - Our admiration of cats and taxing land is based, even if you lack the regulatory side.
 * [[File:Anin.png]] Anarcho-Individualism - The collective is nothing without the individual, but you cannot say the same for the reserve. But in all seriousness, while this is a neat concept, this would never work in reality, still my favorite anarchist ideology.
 * [[File:Civilib.png]] Civil Liberalism - The harm principle is based, society would be nothing about you. You're basically my view towards civic issues.
 * [[File:Corptism.png]] Corporatism - Your general ideas are good. Anti-globalization, economic nationalism, and state-controlled economy.
 * [[File:Social corpratism.png]] Social Corporatism - Even better!
 * [[File:Keynes.png]] Keynesianism - I owe everything to you! I specifically like your new keynesian variant.
 * [[File:Protect.png]] Protectionism - We want our jobs back, although I prefer your fair-trade variant because you tend to make goods unreasonably expensive, better than the average globetard.
 * [[File:FDRismF.png]] New Deal Liberalism - You are the true form of social liberalism, this should be the dominant form of liberalism in the West, not the third-way version.

Neutral

 * [[File:Zio.png]] Zionism - The idea of a Jewish state isn't bad. However, your human rights abuses among other things are very cringe. I'm just indifferent to Israel. It obviously cannot be ignored how the Israeli government only uses us for their own self-gain, but It can't be ignored how Israel is the only democratic state in the middle east that remotely respects my values.
 * [[File:Cermon.png]] Ceremonial Monarchism - Monarchs are cringe. But, I really don't care about them so long as they aren't oppressive, still don't like them and wouldn't cry if they were abolished but I just don't care either way.
 * [[File:Lpop.png]] Left-Wing Populism - Look, populism is something I do not stand against, but you're often a puppet of demagogues who don't have the best interests of the people at heart. Although, I tend to trust left-pops more than right-pops for reasons that are obvious. But still, I'm not fond of populism.
 * [[File:Soclib.png]] Social Liberalism - The base ideology alone is actually good, so you're not bad. But, your modern day adherents are too neoliberal for my liking.
 * [[File:Isolation.png]] Isolationism - On domestic affairs, most regional alliances, and the military, you have the right idea on foreign policy. However, sometimes intervention is needed, like what could've been seen with America entering WW2, and sealing yourself off from the world completely isn't what I'm aiming for.
 * [[File:Libsoc.png]] Libertarian Socialism - You're ok, but your violation of property rights are not for me.
 * [[File:WelfChauvin.png]] Welfare Chauvinism - Kinda based, but chill out with the racism and populism please.

Cringe

 * [[File:Conservative.png]] Conservatism - Just because I'm opposed to the politically correct status quo doesn't mean I support you. At least the woke crowd evolves with time to learn and are heading in the right direction, you're so indoctrinated you have yet to open your eyes.
 * [[File:SJW.png]] SJWism - Fuck you for turning modern day progressivism into a joke. I'm socially permissive, but your obsession with focusing on identities and cancel culture undermine all of my values. This is why I prefer paleoprogressivism.
 * [[File:Fash.png]] Fascism - Being an edgy teenager who just discovered politics is not a political ideology.
 * [[File:Nazi.png]] National Socialism - Even worse than the above, with even worse modern day followers. I don't have to particularly explain why I'm opposed to Nazism and Neo-Nazism, now do I?
 * [[File:ML.png]] Marxism-Leninism - You're basically no better than the fascists, collectivism in all of its forms must be strongly opposed.
 * [[File:Dengf.png]] Dengism - China is not transitioning to Market Socialism, and is an authoritarian capitalist country. Xi Jing Ping has undone all of the good liberal reforms to the country and is going back towards Mao's era of totalitarianism. Free Hong Kong and Taiwan.
 * [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism - I don't care if you respect individualism, you're a plague in the West that is driving free-market economic liberalism and all of the wealth going into the hands of top business owners. I pray on your downfall, death to the neoliberal status quo!
 * [[File:React.png]] Reactionarism - Have you ever considered the fact that maybe you are the degenerate? Also, stop jerking off to traps and leave your house once in a while before you call me a degenerate.
 * [[File:Necon.png]] Neoconservatism - Just die.
 * [[File:Altl.png]] Alt-Lite - I genuinely resent my past so much. Go back to the basement were you belong you edgy child.
 * [[File:Altr.png]] Alt-Right - You can't point towards a more sadder group of people than this, now can you? Like, seriously, how are you revolting against the modern world when your search history is drawn porn? Also, to no one's surprise, your followers are all toxic and unpleasant to talk to.
 * [[File:Patcon.png]] Paternalistic Conservatism - PiS and Lukashenko are cancer.
 * [[File:World.png]] Globalism - You will be the death of workers rights and our national identity. Death to all globetards, if you advocate for this you are dead to me.
 * [[File:Multicult.png]] Multiculturalism - You've caused nothing but chaos for any society you're practiced under.
 * [[File:Antifa.png]] Antifa - Woke authoritarian moralists. I'm obviously opposed to fascism on an ideological and philosophical level, but you guys are a bunch of domestic terrorists. WW2 anti-fascist partisans would kill themselves if they saw the state anti-fascism is in.
 * [[File:Annil.png]] Anarcho-Nihilism - You're intellectual laziness codified into an ideology, grow up.