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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]]
Mattism 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]]
Mattism 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, Mattism 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, Mattism 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, Mattism 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]]
Mattism 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. He does hold some Anti-Clerical leanings, seeing as religious organizations have historically used their influence to further their own corrupt needs over the people. So, I am vehemently opposed to them having any sort of political sway, and would favor their influence in the public sphere be minimized. Cults will not count as freedom of religion, and if shown to pose a threat to society, will be extensively monitored. 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, Mattism 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, Mattism 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, Mattism 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]]
Mattism's 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:Univhealth.png]] Healthcare [[File:Univhealth.png]]
Mattism is supportive of a, believing that it is detrimental to the nation to have people who cannot afford to pay for healthcare to be indebted just because they cannot pay. But, private healthcare options would still exist, as luxury for those who choose it, with the universal healthcare being the main option.

[[File:Trustbust.png]] Monopoly Busting [[File:Trustbust.png]]
Mattism 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]]
Mattism 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, Mattism 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]]
Mattism believes that 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:Progress.png]] Overview [[File:Progress.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 there is no objective metaphysical narrative for humanity that exists.

[[File:Gay.png]] LGBT Rights [[File:Gay.png]]
Mattism 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, but isn't against it.

[[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 rare. And, despite being mentally disabled himself, he is supportive of pre-natal screening of babies to detect genetic disabilities, thinking that the mother should have full consciousness.

However, he is against affirmative action, seeing it as the employers decision to hire based on  merit, instead of things like gender or race.

[[File:Scientocracy_Small.png]] Education [[File:Scientocracy_Small.png]]
Mattism believes our education system is in desperate need of reform. And, that education should be free from K-12, with college tuition being free as well, seeing tuition fees as stupid. A long with how things are taught, he is in favor of impartially, as things like History shouldn't be taught through a nationalistic lens. Along with teaching politics to our children to avoid the current gerontocracy our government is, but should be done in a neutral way that encourages students to pick their own beliefs.

[[File:Youth.png]] Youth Rights [[File:Youth.png]]
Mattism thinks its wrong to deny the rights of people based on their age, seeing the current system as too strict, and is supportive of youth rights. He believes that the voting age for local issues should be lowered to 16, with things like the presidency staying at 18. Along with more inclusion in things like the workplace, where there is a notable preference towards older people compared to younger people.

[[File:Racenat.png]] Race [[File:Racenat.png]]
Mattism believes that race or  ethnicity are irrelevant, and shouldn't sure in any factor towards things like immigration. However, he does realize that having a colorblind approach does ignore some issues, like with police brutality. But, he does think that people should be judged based on the content of their character, and not on things like race or nationality.

[[File:Egirl.png]] Pornography and Prostitution [[File:Egirl.png]]
Mattism believes that Pornography constitutes freedom of speech and expression, and should be allowed for those who are legally old enough to view it. On Prostitution, he believes it's the women's choice to sell her body or not. As long as it's done consensually, then it's perfectly fine, and should be legalized.

[[File:Civlibert.png]] Euthanasia [[File:Civlibert.png]]
Mattism supports the legalization of euthanasia, believing that if a mentally ill person chooses to voluntary end their own life, then that is their choice and their choice alone, and for it to be immoral & inhumane to let someone who is suffering when they choose to end their own life to let them continue living.

[[File:Klep.png]] Criminal Justice Reform [[File:Klep.png]]
Mattism believes that systemic racism is still well alive and present within the American justice system, despite how long we've come since Jim crow laws. And, as such, is a supporter of criminal justice reform. On cops, he believes that police unions should still exist, but with their negotiating powers restricted. Along with redirecting some of the funds to social programs, but, opposing abolishing or defunding them.

On prisoners and prisons, he opposes capital punishment, and believes that it should be outlawed in all the states. On how prisons treat their prisoners, he believes that justice should focus on rehabilitative justice. With prisoners being allowed to vote once they've finished their prison sentence and have payed the price for their crimes. However, he realizes that some crimes are too bad to forgive. In this case, he would support punitive justice, but with the chance of parole.

[[File:FreeSpeak.png]] Freedom of Speech [[File:FreeSpeak.png]]
Mattism supports, seeing it as necessary for a country to keep the market place of ideas running. However, there will be notable restrictions on freedom of speech, such as things like defamation, hate groups, and protecting the public welfare of citizens. So, overall, he thinks freedom of speech should be near absolute, but not absolute. Seeing as a society were all ideas are tolerated would be a society that would eat itself alive, and would fall to the minority of intolerant people who would seek to undue those liberties that allow people to express themselves. He is against hate speech laws, seeing them are inherently coercive to civil liberties, and not actually protecting the people said laws seek to protect the people that they are aimed towards. He does, however, hold a couple of exemptions with this view. Like in Germany for example, where it is a crime to deny  the holocaust, given the context of what happened in that region and where it happened, that should indefinitely stay a crime. But, he dislikes how the governments go overboard with these laws as well, so he would loosen up those laws so they're not a strict, but, not eliminating them.

[[File:Mediastocracy_flair.png]] News and Media [[File:Mediastocracy_flair.png]]
Mattism believes that mainstream media is a decisive tool that has allowed for corporate money to stay on top, with the population being ever so clueless about alternative options, or the way they are being manipluated. Despite this, he thinks bringing back the Fairness Doctrine wouldn't do a whole lot to counteract this problem, mainly due to it being in a time period where it could actually be enforced. A better solution would to directly break up the hegemony of corporate media.

[[File:Laicism.png]] Cultural Secularism [[File:Laicism.png]]
Mattism largely views the decline of spirituality and religion in western society as an overall net-positive development for society, as it contributes to  secularism. And as such, he thinks that society should be based on secular values and ethics. Although, nothing that forces secularization, just based on developing the material needs of people to the point were, religious influence declines in the public sphere, with a following rise of secularism to follow up with it. As, this can be seen in many developed western countries.

[[File:7AA75006-F094-416A-8824-CCA033321FA3.png]] Drugs [[File:7AA75006-F094-416A-8824-CCA033321FA3.png]]
Mattism believes that drug war was unilateral disaster, that put many innocent lives in jail, and only contributed to the prison industrial complex. And, he supports the, with soft drugs being completely legalized. Seeing as the "law" cannot even be enforced properly, it being a law in the first place is quite useless.

[[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. Along with supporting pan-nationalism, seeing as countries that have similar culture ties have the most to gain, although without abolishing borders. 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.

[[File:Cball-China.png]] China [[File:Cball-China.png]]
Mattism cannot in any good faith recognize or support the current government of China, a government that is  commiting the biggest human rights abuse since the holocaust, has an  social credit system, is a  one party state, has  no respect for human rights or civil liberties, and is  totalitarian. With all of this in mind, and a lot more, he thinks it's the best interest of the West to contain the influence of the CCP, and their evil practices from spreading. As the Chinese government has shown to not care for the welfare of its people, and that it is the biggest threat to world peace, it should have its power undermined at any given opportunity. And as such, he is a staunch supporter of Taiwanese independence on the international stage, along with giving his unconditional support towards the  Milk Tea Alliance, and the  Hong Kong Protesters.

[[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia [[File:Cball-Russia.png]]
Mattism believes that Russia's territorial expansions should, in absolutely zero way, be recognized. And, that all the lands stolen should be given back to their neighbors. And, he condemns the invasion of Ukraine, believing that this war should blow up in  United Russia's face hard. As, the West should have zero toleration for such territorial ambitions. Although, the current government of Ukraine is by no means perfect, but seeing it as the lesser evil towards  Russia, and would favor  Ukrainian admission into both  NATO and the  European Union. Along with this, Putin's puppet leaders, like  Lukashenko, should be internationally condemned.

[[File:Cball-EU.png]] European Union [[File:Cball-EU.png]]
Mattism supports the European Union as an idea, seeing how it has brought Europe closer together, has been a force for good for the  progressive movement, and has brought peace and prosperity to Europe. However, he does oppose the austerity measures in the union, seeing as it's increasing to the wealth inequality within Europe, and along with some of its institutions. So, I would be a, and more open to reforming the institutions I take issue with than outright abolishing it.