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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]]
He 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 more and more people 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. 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.

[[File:Anti-Corrupt.png]] Whistle Blowers [[File:Anti-Corrupt.png]]
He 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 function 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, he 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, he 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:Secular.png]] Secular Governance [[File:Secular.png]]
He 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 seek the complete separation of church and state. Seeing as religious organizations have historically used their influence to further their own corrupt needs over the people, I am vehemently opposed to them having any sort of political sway. Cults will not count as freedom of religion. 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, he 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:Regulationism.png]] Overview [[File:Regulationism.png]]
On economics, he 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, 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, he 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.

[[File:Social_corpratism.png]] Mode of Production [[File:Social_corpratism.png]]
His 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. 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, like the union not having 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.

[[File:Bankocracy.png]] Banking [[File:Bankocracy.png]]
He 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 will run will be dependent on the size of said bank.

[[File:Georgist.png]] Housing [[File:Georgist.png]]
On housing, he views housing as a basic human right. And believes that this is were the market fails the most. He proposes a land value tax to replace  property taxes. He is supportive of. However, land value tax cannot be the only tax. as it on its own wouldn't be enough to fund welfare programs. But, the reveune generated from this 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.