State Socialism

State Socialism
Socialism IS when the government does stuff!
Basic Information
Aliases	Authoritarian Socialism State Capitalism (pejoratively, mostly by LeftUnity and LibLeft ideologies) "Socialism" is when the government does stuff(according to right-libertarians)
Alignments	AuthLeft Socialists
Ideological Influences
Influenced by	Socialism Authoritarianism
Influenced	Strasserism Arab Socialism Leninism Stalinism Fabian Socialism Khomeinism Burmese Socialism Gaddafism Blanquism State Capitalism
Ideological Information
Notable Theorists	Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) Stalinism (1878-1953)

State Socialism (StateSoc) is an economically left-wing, and authoritarian ideology who believes that the presence of centralized authority, state ownership of the means of production by a worker's party and/or a state-planned economy is a necessity in transitioning from Capitalism to Socialism. While state socialism is often utilized as a means to an end in achieving communism (a stateless, classless, moneyless society), by ideologies like Marxism–Leninism, some advocates believe in state socialism as an end goal by itself.

History

State Socialism arguably first came around in 1871 when the Paris Commune came around as a 'state'. But this is up for debate as the Paris Commune acted more like Libertarian Socialism and sometimes even Anarcho-Communism, and didn't really function as a state nor was recognized as such.

The real start to State Socialism was in 1917 when the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Republic and established the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). In 1922, this became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The USSR changed to become even more State Socialist after Stalin took over in 1925 and combined it with Police Statism and Authoritarianism. A lot of this was ruled back during the Khrushchevism and, especially, Gorbachevism eras of the USSR.

China, officially the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC), was ruled under a State Socialist regime called Maoism from 1954-1976.

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has been ruled by a State Socialist regime called Juche since it's creation in 1948.

Personality

This, but unironically.

How to Draw

Flag of State Socialism

To draw StateSoc, simply draw the 8values Security symbol with communist colors.

1. Draw a red ball with a black outline.
2. Draw a yellow hammer.
3. Add eyes and you're done.

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Red	#CC0000	204, 0, 0
	Yellow	#FFDD00	255, 221, 0

Relationships

Friends

• Marxism–Leninism - Me, but with a new name, backstory, lore, etc.
• Arab Socialism - Based Arab counterpart who isn't afraid to use state power.
• Socialism - Needs more state.

• Blanquism - Based! You really get me!

Frenemies

• Libertarian Socialism - Socialism is good and all, but what's that nonsense about a small state.
• Anarcho-Communism - Good economic position, but anarchy is extremely dumb.
• Monarcho-Socialism - Almost great, but what's that about monarchism?
• Democratic Socialism - What's that about democracy?
• State Capitalism - WE ARE NOT THE SAME!!
• Fabian Socialism - I love you son, but you scare me.

Enemies

• Bismarckism - Why must you use my name like this?
• Anarcho-Capitalism - NO!
• Libertarianism - Opposite.

Further Information

Wikipedia

• State socialism
• Authoritarian socialism
• Planned economy

Gallery

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  Credit: u/duy_physics, Source

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  Staswalle's drawing