Socialism

Socialism is an ideology ball 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,  Paternalistic Conservatism, and more extreme ones like  Strasserism and  National Bolshevism, that combine Socialist economics, with conservative cultural preservation, due to their shared  Populist standpoint.

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 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
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". And you're done.
 * 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

Friends

 * [[File: Ormarxf.png]] Marxism - Congratulations on [[File: ML.png]] your child taking over a solid chunk of the world, although I'm kinda skeptical on this "Dictatorship of the Proletariat" thing.
 * [[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.

Frenemies

 * [[File: Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - Wait, why are you trying to reform capitalism?
 * [[File:Long.png]] Longism - same as above
 * [[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!

Books

 * Das Kapital Volumes One, Two and Three by Karl Marx
 * Evolutionary Socialism by Eduard Bernstein
 * Why Socialism Works by Harrison Lievesley
 * Why Socialism? by Albert Einstein
 * Imperialism The Highest Stage of Capitalism by Vladimir Lenin
 * The Accumulation of Capital by Rosa Luxemburg
 * It's Time For Real Change: For the Many Not the Few by The U.K. Labour Party under the Leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.
 * Understanding Socialism by Richard D. Wolff

Wikipedia

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

Videos

 * The Difference Between Socialism, Communism, and Marxism Explained by a Marxist by azureScapegoat
 * Economic Update: 3 Basic Kinds of Socialism by Democracy at Work
 * What Is Socialism? by NowThisWorld
 * Why Socialism Is Red by azureScapegoat
 * Debunking Every Anti-Communist Argument Ever by Spooky Scary Socialist
 * How a socialist world could work (according to me) by Viki 1999

Online Communities

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