Socialismball is an ideology ball used to represent the broad range of ideologies that fall under the umbrella of "Socialism". In the classical sense, socialism describes worker-owned means of production. But much of the conservative western world says that socialism is an authoritarian leftist ideology, in which the state controls the means of production, in a bureaucratic way. But the modern definition of the word socialism, popularised by European Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationsocial democrats, and the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationdemocratic 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 Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationConservative Socialism, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationPaternalistic Conservatism, and more extreme ones like Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationStrasserism and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationNational Bolshevism, that combine Socialist economics, with conservative cultural preservation, due to their shared Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationpopulist standpoint.
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In the post-French revolution stage of his life, Soc found himself fathering a set of children with the most influential ones being Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationSocial Democracy (a.k.a. the centrist of the group), Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationMarxism (who is considered the "true" successor of Soc and who himself fathered Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationMarxism-Leninism) and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationUtopian Socialism (being something of a leader for the Left-wing balls who don't like Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationMarxism).
Personality
Soc is usually portrayed as a stereotypical industrial-era unionized worker who really loves striking against Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination his boss and usually will follow the personality traits of the various types of socialism portrayed.
How to Draw
Socialism ball is very easy to draw
- Draw a ball
- Make it a this (#ff0000) shade of Red
- Add the eyes and you're done, congratulations
Relationships
Friends
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Marxismball - Congratulations on Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination your child taking over a solid chunk of the world, although I'm kinda skeptical on this "Dictatorship of the Proletariat" thing.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarcho-Syndicalismball/ Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Syndicalismball - Taught you how to strike good.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Classical Liberalismball - I remember our good 'ol rivalries, good times.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarchismball - Wow, I see you had a lot of kids..
Frenemies
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Globalismball - I don't like the unregulated international trade thing, but I like when you help the third world and I also like Socialist Internationalism(Mostly).
Enemies
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Capitalismball - GIVE ME A GODDAMN RAISE YOU STUPID C*NT!