My ideology is an economically independent and culturally centre-right ideology that advocates a welfare state that, however, also provides progressive business subsidies to fuel competition and pro-consumer growth. I think high public spendings shall be repaid from GDP, growth, a reformed taxation system and international trade. Unlike the socialist model of interventionism, my ideology relies on tax cuts, subsidies and negative taxes, rather than regular taxation, so as not to drive away investment. My ideology is culturally conservative, but with progressive views on abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and contraception, although its movements should take everything more carefully
"The truth does not exist. There is only common thought, [...] which is an artificial construct"
- SweatingCup2632
Opinion concerning current conflicts and disputes
Israel-Palestinian Conflict: Palestine has been jewish since the late bronze age
Russian-Ukrainian Conflict: Keep those pesky russian out of Crimea!
PRC vs ROC (Taiwan): Oh, you mean the Communist Rebels vs Real China
Northern Cyprus: It is no more than a turkish puppet
Greenland dispute: Look at the babies fighting over an ice rock...
Belarus : Putin's puppet regime shall not survive through the next century. Better than the liblefts though
Brexit: YES! Without the EU, we'll reach the sta- oh wait, we ran out of petrol
Kosovo : It is basically Albania
Afghanistan File:Taliban ball.png : Long live Old Afghanistan!
Economic Policies
My economic policy revolves around interventionism based on negative income taxes, progressive subsidies and targeted tax cuts, rather than taxation, in order not to crowd out investment and discourage growth. Another jewel in the crown of my philosophy is labour. A high welfare state will be reserved only for those who work, extensively based on productivity, and the government shall allocate a large part of public spending on incentives to find work. I don't give handouts. Taxation will be organised in such a way that mega-corporations will receive the same amount, or even more, than a small or medium-sized enterprise, so as to encourage competition in the interests of the consumer and, finally, of the state. Wages will be set through semi-governmental organisations that will act as intermediaries between employers and workers (they'll be called Enterprise Trade Unions, or ETU), so as to guarantee workers a high wage without significant losses to the enterprise, through percentage-based minimum wages and conditional partial coverage of wages by the state for the latter's interests (e.g. the state pays x% of workers' wages in exchange for stock sales or tax increases). ETU decisions will have legislative and judicial weight over state decisions on a particular debate. Lastly, the government will adopt a conservative fiscal system, keeping inflation control as a fiscal and monetary priority, so that the purchasing power of the currency does not fall, which often happens in periods of economic growth.
TL;DR: Low company taxes, cooperative capitalism, high welfare state for workers only, reformed unions based on (actual) collaboration
Monetary Policies
I believe that banks should play a fundamental role in the monetary stability of the country. Since my economic programme envisages fast economic growth, it is important to keep inflation at acceptable levels (3% at the most). Therefore, banks will have to constantly adapt their programmes to the current economic scenario in order to maintain a perpetual inflationary equilibrium.
Government
I would like to see a federal presidential republic, therefore with autonomous regions but loyal to the legitimacy of the central government. This republic would crack down on corruption, money laundering and various other behaviours that could damage the functioning and/or image of the state, through heavy penalties and infiltration of parliamentary circles
My personal ideology
I have called the sum of all my political, economic and social doctrines into a new ideology called "Tricolourism", the name of which derives from the tricolour of the post-Napoleonic republics.
Relationships
Friends
- Capitalism - Vital system, but if I give you more money, will you do as I say?
- Regulated Capitalism - The best parts of capitalism with the best parts of social democracy
- Paternalistic Conservatism - Me!
- EU - You increased my country's economy with a stable currency and free trade agreements, but we need to renegotiate the terms on how I should handle immigration. If I want to repatriate, I will do it
- Eco-Capitalism - A better version of him, but I can't expect capitalists to spend that much money on ecologic stuff
- Monetarism - Creating a stable economic system to keep inflation low and currency value high? I love it!
- Mediacracy - The only way to make sure those sheeps will follow you
- Federalism - Helps to manage better country's problems, but you have to be loyal to me, and I'll make you be...
- Social Democracy - I like your welfare system and regulated markets, but you should also give more subsidies to enterprises
- Classical Conservatism - A bit too much reactionary, but I love his way to preserve culture and reason
- Progressive Conservatism - You're fake, but you work, so who cares?
- Black-Hundredism - He's too similar to him, but better than him
- Ceremonial Monarchism - You keep the cultural flavour of the country without actually ruining it with monarchist power, good job!
- Nationalism - It depends on the type of nationalism, actually
- Civic Nationalism - Ok ok ok, forget him, you're 10x better
- Ultranationalism - This type of nationalism has always brought the world into conflict
- Cultural Nationalism - Better than regular nationalism, but not much
- Ethnic Nationalism - There's literally no reason for an ethnicity to be better than the others
- Racial Nationalism - Same as above, if not worse
- Regulationism - Remove all that "raising taxes" part and I'm in
- Bismarckism - My monarchist counterpart
- Authoritarianism - A strong country needs a strong government
- Authoritarian Capitalism - Authoritarianism AND Capitalism?
- Bankocracy - Banks are the beating heart of fiscal regulationism
- Machiavellianism - This is basically my lifestyle!
- Zionism - Palestine is Jewish!
- Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism - Decent social policies, I wish you were more like him tho
- Neoconservatism - You have good fiscal and diplomatic policies, just be more interventionist. Also, we both dislike him.
- Georgism - Anti-monopolist ideology with only one main tax based on equality among tributaries? I'm writing that down!
- Reactionary Liberalism - Meh, slightly better than the most radicals of
those idiots - Diarchy - How do you two always get along?
- Neoliberalism - You're the worse version of him, but I don't feel like I hate you
- Ordo-Liberalism - I'm not much of a liberal, but you achieved the impossible
- Chinese Theocracy - The only theocracy I can tolerate, and I don't even believe in this religion
- Kemalism - How did Turkey pass from this to this?
- Pink Capitalism - A bit degenerate, but it makes me earn a lot of money so I love it
Users
- Ninjack-Aus - Interventionist ✔, federalist ✔, nordic-model based ideology ✔. I agree on making taxes more equal, but don't raise them too much for rich people either, it's not for not making them starve, but it's in order to attract investments. In general, his policies are on the right track, but a bit too aggressive to capitalism and contradictory (he's also too liberal)
- BeryAb - He could be a little less globalist (economically), but the rest is really good!
- Magicpeartree - Good start, but he should be way less socialist
- ChiroPro - We both like capitalism and welfare, but he's too friendly with the socialists
- Kirbly - His policies are way too progressive, but his economic policies, even in taxation (regulationist but pro-investments), make him deserve a sit here
- Pirate Tails - He's a progcon and Social Liberal, I wish he was less eurosceptic tho
- ArGyro -
I wish the Byzantine Empire was backExcellent idea to discourage foreign monopolies, but you don't want to discourage foreign investments completely, do you? - Matteel - We have so many policies in common, but I'm not sure about your view of capitalism
- Me - Seriously, my policies are kinda unique
Frenemies
- Socialism - Tax the rich? Universal Basic Income?? DISCOURAGING INVESTMENTS??? What drugs are you on?! Well, at least we agree on the social part...
- Conservative Socialism - Same as above, also how can socialism be conservative at all?
- Peronism - Ugh, you got sooo close, but I can't forgive you for all those taxes and tariffs
- Anarcho-Capitalism - How about monopolies and wages?
- Alt-Lite - We both love capitalism, but you're way too nationalist for me
- Trumpism - You helped corporacies without increasing citizen's purchasing power. Fatal error
- LGBT Community - I support the equality between heterosexuals and everyone else, but you sometimes cross the line
- Progressivism - I agree with you in many things, but you are hypocrite sometimes
- Minarchism - Market needs regulation to fulfill consumer's interests and stimulate competition. We both want low company taxes though
- Anarcho-Capitalism - Same as above, but that's too far, you know?
- Avaritionism - That's way too far
- Libertarian Leftists - Some of your ideals are good, but please, grow the hell up
- Apoliticism - Either you want it or not, politics will be an important factor in your life
- Christian Theocracy - I don't believe, but I respect who does. I'd just like if you stop manipulating poor people's mind tho, Christianity is the message of Jesus Christ, not whether or not abortion is legal!
- Imperialism - You're a disgusting being who enslaves poor countries!
Now, what was your idea about that new low-price pipeline? - Absolute Monarchism - I understand the cultural heritage, but absolute monarchism has never done anything good
- Liberalism - I KNOW YOU HAVE RIGHTS, BUT NOW GET THIS VACCINE FOR GOODNESS SAKE!
- Laissez-Faire - We agree on the fact the market can survive on its own, but how about monopolies and eguality?
- Stratocracy - I too like law and order, but the army mustn't take over
- Futurism - You had potential, yet you're just the son of him and him
Users
- KaiserKlausMouse - He's a monarcho-socialist, but hey, at least we agree on authoritarianism, enviornmentalism and disliking apoliticism (also he has a really cool profile page)
- SomeCrusader1224 - Economic Policies? Good! Immigration Policies? Not bad. Social and Religious Policies? Meh...
- Typicalfan4 - More nationalist than me, but he has good economic policies
- ThatDudeRightHere - The good side is that he has good views on conservatism, the bad part is that his economic policies on how to achieve welfare are imprecise and oxymoronic
- Mebrouk - We're both welfarists, although in a different way, but please remove all that Islamic Democracy and Progressivism stuff
- Enaysikey - You have good welfare ideas, but please...
- Davilanda13 - I can understand everything, but why do you hate interventionism so much? It helped Europe a lot during and after WW2 and can be useful if well-managed!
Enemies
- Fascism - You hate everything: capitalism, socialism, libertarianism, neoliberalism...
- National Socialism - The only good things you bought in Germany were the tobacco policies and the full employment, oh wait, even there the salaries were terrible
- Corporatocracy - Market needs regulation and competitivity
- Alt-Right - What is even keeping all of you together?
- Anti-Environmentalism - I understand debating on whether or not it's worth it to spend a lot of money on an eco-friendly economy, but deliberately killing the enviroment? WHY?
- Accelerationism - You need therapy
- INGSOC - I get the feeling, but Jesus Christ!
- Neo-Ottomanism - 1529 Intensifies
- Islamic Theocracy - How is this still allowed in the 21st century?
- Islamic Democracy - Choose either islamic or democratic, both is not possible
- Kakistocracy - Do I even have to explain this one?
- Anarchism - I used to be an anarchist, then I started elementary school
- State Liberalism - Where the hell did you come from?
- Antifa - You crossed the line several times
- Marxism - If this ideology was an equation, it would be 0x ≠ 0
- Marxism-Leninism - You stripped him of the very few good things he had and created a monster
- Trotskyism - If I had a virus, I wouldn't cough in face of people
- Communalism - I won't share my toothbrush with a commie on steroids, you weirdo
- Hive-Mind Collectivism - I won't share my body with a commie on double steroids either
- Longism - My favorite fairy tale
- Gaddafism - An islamic socialist anti-western marxist-based ideology? No thanks
- FALGSC - What the hell is this?
- Orbanism - This is what your grandpa used to buy you as a kid when you asked for Putinism
- Anarcho-Primitivism - So you're telling us to go back thousand of years in time just because you miss launching stones at each other, undoing what people have died for? Really?
- Fordism - Pablo Escobar would have been proud, but I'm not
- Jihadism - You have a place in hell all for you
- Populism - Please stop infecting our politics
- Populariesm - You caused several revolts in Rome
- Islamic Populism - Look how you massacred him
- Ochlocracy - The jacobin version of him
- Radical Apoliticism - I can't say whether you're joking or not
- Men's Liberation - I support people's choices, but DAMN...
Users
- Bannned - He's insane, this is probably not what Jesus would have wanted
- Neoairisu - I put you under the liturgy-obsessed, ironic, isn't it? Seriously, you hate capitalism, authoritarianism, communists, ancaps, Kemalists and Erdoğanists?
- Councilguy - Read what I wrote about trade unions
- Ukraiana - Meh, you also had potential, but you're on the wrong track
- BlartyBoy - Why do you hate capitalism so much? Also, way too progressive for my tastes
- Vonali - You took everything he was good at and you bought it to the unbearable
Opinion towards head of states
- Joe Biden - You're too friendly with the unions, as you've been cosponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act, and you also like taxes a lot!
- Vladimir Putin - Your authoritarianism has gone too far and his economic policies are "meh"
- Boris Johnson - You really messed up dude, couldn't you at least conclude those contracts with the EU before leaving?
- Xi Jinping - The only ones that believe you're somewhat socialist are them
- Angela Merkel - These fifteen have been the german golden age
- Emmanuel Macron - A bit too populist, but he likes EU as well, so...
- Mario Draghi - Not bad at all, hopeful he'll bring economic stability in Italy
- Pedro Sánchez - Socialism is NOT the way
- Viktor Orbán - Read what I said for Putin, you staunch oligarch
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - The Ottoman Empire is dead now, when will you understand?
Opinion concerning current issues
LGBTQ+ Community's rights
In my opinion, making a distinction between the rights of heterosexuals and all others is like making a distinction between light and dark hair. I see absolutely no reason why a homosexual couple should not enjoy the same rights as a heterosexual one. On the other hand, if you exhibit something obscene during a demonstration, LGBTQ+ or not, it is obscene.
Gay adoptions
I will only say that homosexual couples cannot adopt a child if someone presents me with the results of a trustworthy study stating the 'abnormality' of children raised by homosexual couples.
Abortion
Preventing abortion means denying a woman the human and fundamental right to be the master of her own body. I would only prevent abortion if too long after conception
Military Spendings
Personally, I don't live in the US, and my country doesn't spend that much on the military, but as far as the yanks are concerned, you can only afford to spend that much money on the military if you have first solved all the internal deficiencies, and as things stand, you are far from that goal.
Education Price
Everyone who has attended college knows what it means to have to save a lifetime to pay for tuition, books and accommodation. I am referring to you, O student who has fallen into the hands of socialism after these bad experiences, try to look at everything more objectively. Imposing a price cut would cause serious problems for the economy and in the long run would only make you poorer.
Trade Unions
I am against the unions, all they do is complain all day and get nowhere. And if they ever did get anything done, their decision would most likely bankrupt the company in question, and all the workers would lose their jobs, or it would lead to the company itself going into a negative balance sheet, forcing layoffs and wage cuts. For my alternative to trade unions, read the economic section
Weapon Dealing
Weapons should be distinguished between tolerable, such as shotguns or drum guns, and intolerable, such as machine guns. Making guns accessible to everyone means increasing crime exponentially, and I am for a clean state.
Drug Dealing and Prostitution
Unlike weapons, which are potential public dangers, drugs and prostitution should be legalised, regularised and taxed. What is best for a prostitute? To be exploited by criminal corporations without protection or rights, or to work legally, earning the state money and enjoying health and human rights? On drugs, however, we should only legalise soft drugs. Some might argue that drugs can be dangerous, especially when driving. And I reply, so is alcohol. All we need to do is tighten up the controls so that the crime rate does not increase.
Immigration
Oof, hot topic. Immigration must be regularised first. For immigrants, I would have in mind a special plan to enable them in the country in the short term, helping them to find work. The immigrant, once he has found employment, would have to repay the debt he has accrued to the state, but in a rather unimpressive way. However, if the immigrant refuses or does not show enough commitment, we will be forced to find him/her temporary accommodation before re-impatriating him/her. We are good, yes, but we are not fools
State Religion, Secularism or State Atheism?
The right to profess one's faith is constitutional, so both state atheism and imposed state religion are anti-constitutional. I can put up with states that have an official religion, but tolerate other faiths as well, in order to preserve their historical identity, which, like it or not, is part of the history of almost every country. I believe that religion should be protected as a cultural asset, in the case of my country, therefore, the Catholic religion, which, objectively, has been and still is a large part of our culture.
Enviroment
I would simply apply the aforementioned principles to gradually push companies to invest in renewable (or nuclear) resources without them having economic losses
External Policy
If economically the more countries are united, the better, militarily, I think it is important to preserve a safe environment for our nation, even through arms sales or direct military involvement.
Crucifix in schools?
In my country, Italy, the debate on whether we should have crucifixes in classrooms is still raging, albeit less than a few years ago. To date, the law only requires it to be displayed in primary and secondary schools. According to critics, the crucifix would be a violation of parents' rights in free religious instruction, while according to the conservative and reactionary wing, the crucifix is part of our culture and should not be discouraged. In my opinion, we should adopt a similar approach to Austria: if a certain percentage or more of students are Catholic, the crucifix can be displayed at the discretion of the school leadership. Finally, if at least half of the classes state, through their class representatives, that they want the crucifix removed, the school is obliged to accede to the requests.
Woke Culture
Woke Culture is, without a shadow of a doubt, the worst element of the culture of the new millennium so far.
United Nations
To recap, the Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan, China is committing countless genocides among Tibetans and Uighurs, Russia still holds Crimea, there is a freaking cartel war in Mexico, Turkey is deporting Syrian and Kurdish refugees, and dozens of nations are fighting jihadist insurgencies. Now, WHERE ARE YOU, UNITED NATIONS?
Globalization
At this point we are all sure that globalisation is inevitable, but not unmanageable. Economic globalisation must be shaped according to the needs of the nation and its citizens. This means making sure the national market does have the upper hand, but with foreign markets also having the power, through competition, to shape prices in favour of the consumers and growth.
What does Rome have to do with this?
We all know Rome, the cultural cradle of Europe for years and years. And it is this feeling, this desire to return to being the cultural beacon of Europe, that separates me from pure progressivism. Of course, I don't have the territorial holdings of the Roman Empire, but some territories surely belong to the state of Italy: Istria, Savoy, Nice and the Ticino area. For the rest, in my opinion, the new meaning of restoring the Roman Empire is to become the jewel of Europe, culturally, economically and socially.
Test Results
The Political Compass
Social Liberal/Authoritarian : 1.0
12values
Federal 67% / 33% Unitary (Federal)
Democracy 20% / 80% Autocratic (Oligarchy)
Autocratic 50% / 50% Freedom (Centrist)
Internationalism 80% / 20% Nationalism (Internationalism)
Militarist 85% / 15% Pacifist (Militarist)
Assimilationist 60% / 40% Multiculturalist (Centrist)
Collectivize 30% / 70% Privatize (Mixed Economic)
Planned 50% / 50% Markets (Centrist)
Isolationist 50% / 50% Globalist (Globalist)
Secular 30% / 70% Religious (Moderate)
Progress 70% / 30% Tradition (Progressive)
Accelerate 85% / 15% Decelerate (Accelerationist)
Ideology Assignment: Classical Liberalism (ain't too sure about this assignment)
Infvalues (you may need to zoom for this one)
I didn't like how the original look of the table was, so I remade it highlighting my ideas
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