UserWiki:IvarsBalodis

Note: I've removed my ideology icons and pictures as I'm in the process of making new ones, they should be up shortly.

I've been hanging around the PCB and PCBA subreddits and wikis since about November 2020 but didn't start regularly posting here and joining the Discord servers until about almost a year later, in October 2021. You can add me on Discord, but I'm more active on Reddit or this site.

To sum up my beliefs as succinctly as possible, I support a socialist system where the means of production enter worker control through profession-based trade guilds, while supporting a strictly nationalist and progressive-conservative (though really more on the conservative side) cultural outlook. I am also take a materialist perspective to my beliefs as I am more focused on economic leftism combined with nationalism and a certain amount of cultural rightism, and don't care for esoteric and hyper-religious BS at all (however this does not mean that I support CONSUMERIST materialism). On the compass I land in the authoritarian left quadrant, but not extremely authoritarian, leaning close to left unity.

[[File:Soc.png]] True Economic Freedom [[File:Demsocstar.png]]
He believes that true economic freedom lies in socialism, which allows workers to democratically control decisions within their professions and workplaces and reduces the power of unconcerned capitalists who do not care for the lives of their workers.

[[File:Vanguardism.png]] Class Vanguardism and Old Leftism [[File:Left-wingCon.png]]
He subscribes to the Old Left, meaning that issues of class and economics should be prioritized over social issues and questions of identity. He believes that leftist movements and leadership of the modern age - the    "New Left" - has been led astray in the pursuit of radical progressive, woke ideology. He sees their attachment to identity politics as being one of the causes of a weakening labor movement in the West, as members of the working class have grown less fond of their hyper-progressive talking points. He doesn't oppose working with progressive socialists so long as they put class before identity and can agree with at least some of his principles.

[[File:Corptism.png]] An Organized Economy [[File:Guildsoc.png]]
Building on the previous section, businesses would be organized along lines of position, profession, or industry, with democratic control occurring within each one. Each of these lines of organization would be considered a Guild, harkening back to the medieval guild system used as a framework in the guild socialist economic model. This would avoid the incoherence of a mass democracy among ALL workers within a company or organization, and allow those who are most invested in their trade to be able to have meaningful discussion and collaboration among their likeminded peers. They would democratically decide workplace decisions in place of unbeholden bosses, capitalists, or shareholders, and select a representative to represent their Guild at the Congress of Guildsmen, which would operate in collaboration to direct the economy at a large level. These Guilds would collaborate directly with consumers to ensure production quotas are met and the quality of work performed is satisfied. In turn, this will create a sense of trust among consumers and producers and create a well-organized, efficient, and democratic economy.

[[File:Distributist.png]] Free and Fair Markets [[File:Trustbust.png]]
He supports strong anti-trust laws to prevent companies from growing so powerful as to dominate the market. The same principle will apply to the Guilds to prevent one from gaining too much power and influence over the lesser Guilds. In addition, free enterprise among aspiring entrepreneurs would be encouraged on the small scale, with laws which allow the opportunity to be afforded by as many people as possible. To this end, he is a market socialist, favoring market allocation combined with public, democratic ownership of productive property, while allowing state control over industries which are essential to the well-being of the nation (such as healthcare and transportation).

[[File:Leftnat.png]] Socialist Patriotism [[File:SocialistPatriot.png]]
An avowed patriot and nationalist, he opposes open borders as tools for capitalists and neoliberals to devalue wages in their home countries and undeservingly increase profits. However, he does not support ultranationalism, national supremacy, or jingoism, and absolutely despises imperialism. Patriotism and nationalism must always be proletarian in nature and devoted to anti-imperialist and socialistic causes. He strongly opposes the position held by many Marxist-Leninsts, Maoists, and other "tankies" that mass swathes of land in the US, Canada, and other post-colonial nations must be returned to indigenous peoples (a.k.a. "land back"), seeing that this position would be highly unpopular by almost all citizens of the nation, only appealing to a very small subsect, and would ultimately sow division and opposition to the nation. Instead, he supports social policies aimed at improving the lives of indigenous peoples without taking land from non-indigenous, and giving it to peoples who have been gone for decades, or in some cases, centuries.

[[File:Community.png]] Cohesion of Community [[File:Cultcon.png]]
He wants to create a stable community of like-minded individuals. To that end, he is extremely opposed to multiculturalism, which only serves to weaken societal bonds between individuals and reduces success in collaborative activities, such as unionization. This would be detrimental to the functioning of the Guilds, which is built upon the requirement of successful intra- and inter-professional collaboration. While he doesn't oppose immigration as a concept, he believes that immigration should be reduced to a level that does not result in the unwinding of a nation's culture and immigrants should be required to assimilate into their destination country's culture.

[[File:TradPrgess.png]] Progress or Conservation? [[File:PrgessTrad.png]]
Views on conservatism or progressivism are not clear-cut, and he does not support all tenets of conservative or progressive ideology. Why is this? Well, these terms have always been relative to a predetermined culture in a predetermined period. For example, I am in favor of equal civil rights for all races. In today's culture, this would be considered a normal viewpoint, supported by most people on all sides of the aisle except for the fewest diehard reactionaries. In 1950's America, this would place me on the cultural left. In the antebellum South, this would place me on the cultural far left. Another, somewhat opposing example would be the nuclear family. I support a more communal and non-nuclear family structure. To many on the American right, such as classical- and paleo-conservatives, this would be a culturally-progressive point of view as it deviates from the "tradition" of a nuclear family. But look across all of humanity and cultures and communal family structures were present for thousands of years before the arrival of capitalism or other mass societal changes. Also, conservatives and reactionaries have at times wished to conserve elements of society that operate to its detriment, such as liberal capitalism and slavery. Meanwhile, progressives (especially of the extreme variety) want to throw the baby out with the bathwater by ditching anything that can be a benefit to society. The point is, these terms are arbitrary as they are always used in reference to wildly-varying time periods, cultures, and ideals, and not all elements are worth conserving or removing. I just want to revolutionize current society to shape it to my ideal values and keep it that way until evidence shows that it needs reformed once again. To that end, I consider myself a form of conservative-progressive, as I want to progress current society to mold to my current views, and maintain those once they are achieved.

[[File:Laicism.png]] Secular Governance [[File:Atheism.png]]
Church and state should be separated, and religion should be mostly a personal matter. Freedom of religion should still be allowed, but with immoral and inhumane practices being banned. These include kosher and halal slaughter as well as male circumcision of Judaism and Islam. Likewise the myriad of bogus new-age LARPy cults cropping up these days would not be constitutionally protected as religious institutions in his country.

[[File:Sec.png]] State and Liberties [[File:CultLib.png]]
When society is in peace, the state should have little involvement in the citizens' personal lives, except for keeping the population safe (e.g. the maintenance of a police force). However, it should still definitely exist to protect the nation from foreign invasion and imperialist exploitation. Whistleblowers who are able to expose corruption of government officials would be protected as a vital part of checking the balance of power. This is since thinks fighting corruption is one of the most important things the citizenry can do to keep their government from becoming tyrannical or unpopular.

Stances on Specific Issues
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[[File:Cball-China.png]] China and Taiwan [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]]
He believes that Taiwan should be granted de jure independence and be recognized internationally, seeing that the  PRC has no legitimate control over the country. However, he fully supports the PRC over Hong Kong and  Tibet and other separatist movements since these areas are legally Chinese. Otherwise he has no strong opinions on China. However I do think they should guaranteed some level of cultural autonomy in order to protect their own languages and traditions.

[[File:Castro.png]] Cuba [[File:Castro-PCC.png]]
He believes that the Communist Party of Cuba should remain in power, but implement some market reforms while maintaining strong state control over vital industries, such as healthcare (seeing as it is one of the biggest shining success stories of Cuba). The embargo should be immediately ended in all forms, seeing it as a pointless measure anyways (well, other than to cause the Cuban people to needlessly suffer in the name of ideological dickwaving).

[[File:Zio.png]] Israel and Palestine [[File:Cball-Palestine.png]]
He fully supports Palestine, seeing that the movement for the establishment of Israel (Zionism) was entirely astroturfed and the Palestinians had no say in the matter. He supports the left-wing Fatah and condemns the religious extremism of Hamas, but understands their frustration at how the Palestinians are treated by Israel.

[[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia and Ukraine [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]]
I cannot in good faith fully support either government. Both Ukraine and Russia have a history of corruption. NATO is an imperialist arm of the United States and former colonial Western European powers, while Putin works at the behest of the plutocratic oligarchs and doesn't give a damn about the Russian working class. I stay with the millions of innocent Ukrainian people who are being attacked by the Russian invasion force, and the Russians who protest this war in Russia proper, as well as the ethnic Russians in Donetsk and Luhansk who want further autonomy. I find solidarity with those suffering from imperialist aggression, not those perpetrating it.

Very Positive
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Positive
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Mixed
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Negative
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Very Negative

 * [[File:PUNT-Nguema.png]] Francisco Macías Nguema - His policies lead to the emigration or death of over half of his country's population, he violently put down workers who wanted better living conditions, and his anti-medicine views resulted in only 2 doctors remaining in the country at the end of his rule. Truly the worst of the worst of authoritarian left, IMO.

Ideological Progression
---> // ---> // ---> // ---> // Explanation: When I first got into politics, I quickly became a steadfast anti-capitalist while still holding onto the beliefs of liberal democracy and opposition to authoritarian socialism. This was back during Obama's first term so I was also a strong supporter of the Democratic Party at this time. As I grew older I became more socially conservative while moving a bit to the right on economics as well. In early to mid-2019, I discovered third positionism and while reading up on ideologies such as Classical Fascism or Strasserism, I never quite stuck with one specific ideology, though still remaining opposed to racial nationalism. Opposing the large amount of feds, "wignats", and generally vile people infesting the third positionist circles, I have now moved back to the economic left, becoming more socialist and less culturally right-wing (still not culturally left, just prioritizing economics over social issues).

And, as I read more theory, I am becoming somewhat more left on economics, but we'll see how that plays out...

8Values
Economic Axis: Socialist

Equality 82.1% - Markets 17.9%

Diplomatic Axis: Patriotic

Nation 68.3% - Globe 31.7%

Civil Axis: Moderate

Liberty 49.2% - Authority 50.8%

Societal Axis: Neutral

Tradition 54.1% - Progress 45.9%

Closest Match: Revolutionary Socialism

NewValues
Economic Axis: Socialist

Equality 88.6% - Markets 11.4%

Diplomatic Axis: Nationalist

Nation 83.1% - Globe 16.9%

Civil Axis: Moderate

Liberty 51.3% - Authority 48.7%

Societal Axis: Traditional

Tradition 66.6% - Progress 33.4%

Closest Match: Revolutionary Socialism

LeftValues
Revolution 92.6% - Reform 7.4%

Scientific 60.9% - Utopian 39.1%

Central 36.7% - Decentral 63.3%

International 26.8% - National 73.2%

Party 28.8% - Union 71.2%

Production 38.9% - Nature 61.1%

Conservative 70.6% - Progressive 29.4%

Closest Match: Left-Wing Nationalism 100%

Icons I Made

 * [[File:Fashkemal.png]] Fascist Kemalism Fashkemal.png
 * [[File:DemNazbol.png]] Democratic National Bolshevism DemNazbol.png
 * [[File:LibertarianNazbol.png]] Libertarian National Bolshevism LibertarianNazbol.png
 * [[File:SocFem.png]] Socialist Feminism SocFem.png
 * [[File:FemSoc.png]] Feminist Socialism FemSoc.png
 * [[File:PlannedCap.png]] Centrally-Planned Capitalism PlannedCap.png
 * [[File:Siegetard.png]] Siegetard Siegetard.png
 * [[File:SocMon.png]] Socialist Monarchism SocMon.png
 * [[File:ANS.png]] Popular Resistance Association/ANSism ANS.png

User Relationships
For users, I mainly take into account their ideologies and not their personalities, pretty much everyone I encounter on the wiki and in Discord is a good person imo.

Based

 * - Based old leftist and good buddy, I also know you from Reddit and Discord.
 * - Another cool user and based old leftist with similar views to Ganyu and myself.
 * - Based national communist and cool person, views are like a more authoritarian version of myself
 * [[File:BmanCrown.png]] Bman - Still pretty good, as a conservative socialist, even if we've sort of switched spots in terms of our levels of conservativeness since I've last seen your page.
 * [[File:KaiserKlaus.png]] KaiserKlausMaus - Pretty good for a monarchist.
 * - Arab socialism and left-wing nationalism are based!
 * [[File:FabiusEagle.png]] PaleoFabius - Cool guy, and a fascist who respects my ideology.
 * - Pretty based ideology, even though I'm slightly left of you on economics.
 * - Seems like a pretty cool guy. Supports old left ideals even to an extent, so that part is based.
 * [[File:Baconsalad123_Icon.png]] Baconsalad123 - Has great economic views, though I'm not a fan of classical conservatism.
 * - Appears to be a nice user who also has some good economic views while being more progressive than myself.
 * [[File:PATS.png]] Nekoqing - Sounds like a based user and is a fellow old leftist.
 * - I moved you up to based because despite your cringe ideology (and even then you're at least embracing nationalism now vs. a few months ago) you seem like a pretty good person to interact with.
 * [[File:DragonRed.png]] DragonRed - Seems like a good user who has some good ideas regarding the most things. Your ideology kind of seems like a big-tent kind of thing which can be good in some situations (particularly once you obtain power).
 * [[File:Vizantion-Storm.png]] TheHellenicStorm - Good person, I've known you from Reddit for a while. Your current ideology is similar to my former beliefs but now you're more fascistic than myself for sure.

Bringe

 * - Seems nice enough though I'm not really into egoism.
 * - Bit too individualist, but your economic views are still based.
 * - Nice nationalist, but you should move away from economic liberalism (capitalism).
 * - Way too progressivist. But go back to guild socialism and you would be ultra based.
 * [[File:Typicalfan2.png]] Typicalfan4 - Nationalist yes, but also cringe capitalist.
 * [[File:OrthReactPaleominarchist.png]] BasedRussianMikuru - Seems like a typical reactionary, being strongly traditionalist and while not necessarily being capitalist is still an economic rightist. Not a big fan of that but otherwise I have no strong opinions on you.
 * - Ancap who is unironically sympathetic to feudalism though putting your cringe ideology aside you do seem like a based guy.

Cringe

 * - Loves to act annoying on anything remotely conservative or nationalistic and isn't even a leftist, just a progressive liberal who likes succdem-style capitalism (which is just the status quo in most of Western Europe).
 * - Don't know much about you as a person or your ideology but radical nihilism is pretty cringe.
 * - A step up from your old ideology but that isn't saying much tbh.
 * [[File:HydraismBall.png]] Hydra - Least-schizophrenic siegeposter.

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