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Fictional Ideology "This was made in the context of fiction, and it would make no sense in the real world." - Daniel Günther Thought This page represents a fictional ideology created as part of an alternate scenario by Someone. |
Capitalist Communism (CapCom), also called Communo-Capitalism (ComCap) and (Mut-Com) is an ideology representing the unity between the far sides of economic left and far sides of the economic right. It wants the state to use the capitalist zones to the advantage of the communist state. The state is more powerful than the capitalist corporations and is seen to control them. This usually manifests in CapCom representing 
Dengism (Socialism with Chinese Characteristics), which is basically a communist state that allows capitalism and free-market and free-enterprise in certain zones of its territory.
It can also manifest into being a vague system in which ownership of Communes is sold on the free market. Capcom can also represent some form of syncretism between Communist and Capitalist systems like 
Distributism or 
Left-Rothbardianism, however unlike these ideologies, it does not combine the more, centrist 'sensible', parts of capitalism and communism, rather combining the most extreme parts of it.
Variants
Market Communism
Several communist countries, for the economy not to crash, ended up adopting some minor economic reforms that allowed a small market with strong government participation and some cases (China, Vietnam and the NEP) allowed foreign investment, but still, without private property, many times using State Capitalism. Some examples could be Tito's Yugoslavia with its market socialism and certain cooperation with private enterprise, the NEP in Lenin's Soviet Union, the black indigenous entrepreneurship program of the current government in Zimbabwe, China, and Vietnam, especially on Võ Văn Kiệt, contemporary Cuba after some reforms by Raul Castro after the protests, Libya by Muammar Gaddafi among many others.
Crony Socialism
Crony Socialism is the utilization of at least a nominally socialist system to give privileges to cronies. It usually manifests itself in a socialist system in decay. For example, the Brezhnev-era USSR gave to party members privileges comparable to the upper class in a modern capitalist system, such as luxury cars and fancy housing.
Đổi Mới
Đổi Mới which means "renovation" or "innovation" in Vietnamese is the name given to the economic reforms initiated by the Communist Party of Vietnam during the 1980s with the supposed goal of creating a "socialist-oriented market economy".
The father of Đổi Mới is said to be 
Nguyễn Văn Linh who was the general secretary of the CPV from 1986 to 1991. Nguyễn Văn Linh could be seen as the Vietnamese equivalent to 
Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang as he liberalized the Vietnamese economy and politics. While Đổi Mới was officially introduced at the 6th National Congress of the CPV in 1986, the Vietnamese government had allowed decentralization of economic decision-making since 1979.
One of the most important advocates for Đổi Mới was 
Võ Văn Kiệt who served as Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1991 to 1997. Võ Văn Kiệt can be seen as Vietnam's equivalent of Deng Xiaoping as he oversaw his nation's return to the world arena after decades of war and isolation and normalized relations with 
the US, ending 20 years of formal mutual enmity and American embargo after the fall of Saigon. Võ Văn Kiệt's advocacy for privatization and deregulation of the economy was met with much criticism from more conservative Party members and the CPV just like its 
Chinese counterpart became plagued by power struggles and factionalism between reformists and conservative members.
In the early 1990s, under Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnam accepted World Bank reform advice for market liberalization and the number of private enterprises increased, and investment from foreign corporations was encouraged thus moving Vietnam further and further away from Ho Chi Minh's vision of a communist society.
As a result of vast privatization and economic reforms, Vietnam underwent a miraculous economic transformation in the 1990s. However, massive inequality, negative environmental effects, lack of social welfare, exploitation by both domestic and foreign corporations, and high levels of 
corruption and nepotism still plague Vietnam to this day.
During the 2000s the CPV, just like its Chinese counterpart under 
Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji, came to be largely dominated by "right-leaning" politicians such as 
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Nguyễn Minh Triết, and Trương Tấn Sang, who advocated for an 
authoritarian capitalist form of government with economic growth being prioritized over equality and welfare. During the Premiership of Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (2006-2016), human rights deteriorated significantly and Vietnam became one of the most dangerous countries for journalists.
In 2011 
Nguyễn Phú Trọng became the General Secretary of the CPV and the most powerful man in the country. Nguyễn Phú Trọng bares many similarities with China's 
Xi Jinping due to his outspoken disdain for his fellow party members' loss of "Marxist-Leninist virtue, " increase in censorship, persecution of human rights activists and political dissidents. Nguyễn Phú Trọng in a similar manner to Xi managed to consolidate power through a large-scale anti-corruption campaign against political opponents without enacting any judicial reform. The CPV under the regime of Nguyễn Phú Trọng's government has in recent times faced a lot of controversy over its handling of the Covid19 pandemic. Although Vietnam's response to the pandemic has received international acclaim for its effectiveness to stop the spread of the virus it has been met with much criticism at home for imposing strict and inhumane lockdowns which many Vietnamese citizens perceive as another move by the CPV to maintain its dictatorship.
Personality
CapCom is usually presented as rather eccentric, with them being CCP's (lol no) number one apologist and really loving Pepsi as his drink of choice.
How to Draw
CapCom's flag is a diagonal bi-colour of OrangeGold (representing 
capitalism) and Red (Representing communism)
- Draw a ball with eyes
- Draw a Red diagonal line through the ball
- Under the red line fill with Red colour, above the line fill with GoldOrange which represents Mutualism
You're finished!
Relationships
Friends
Anarcho-Capitalism - Good business partner.
Left-Rothbardianism - Even better business partner.
Market Socialism - Now we are talking!
Dengism - STATE CAPITALIST although we are still friends.- Đổi Mới - Same as above but in Vietnam.
Yellow Socialism - Using capitalism to achieve socialism? Based!
Distributism - A pleasant acquaintance.
Mutualism - My favorite of the trade theories but please knock off the antisemitism...
Progressive Conservatism, 
Archeofuturism and 
Anarcho-Totalitarianism - Opposites gang!
Titoism - Kinda...?
Honeckerism - Consumer Socialism sounds interesting
Gorbachevism - Pretty good reforms, buddy. Soviet Pizza Hut time!
Yan Xishan Thought - "a comprehensive system of belief that embodied the best features of militarism, nationalism, anarchism, democracy, capitalism, communism, individualism, imperialism, universalism, paternalism and utopianism."? BASED!
Guevarism - I love selling t-shirts with your face on them!
Caleb Maupin Thought - "Abolish Billionares" is an anti-Marxist statement
Frenemies
State Capitalism - I'm not you!
Social Democracy - Communism isn't bad, neither is Laissez-faire.
Social Libertarianism - Libertarian SocDem? BASED. Welfarism? Not so based.
Social Capitalism - You're so close! Just dump the stupid Welfare.
Leninism - The NEP was epic, but for the rest I'm not fully sure.
Afunism - Fellow fan of both Kagame and Sankara. but what do You mean that the Nationhood is more important than Capitalism and Communism? He, like statecap, wants the state to input on the market.
Enemies
Left Communism - Calls me a Succdem lol. Read moar theory buddy.
Further Information
Literature
- For a New Community: The Communo-Capitalist Manifesto by the Gold and Red Think Tank
- Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution: The Remarkable Story of the American Capitalists who Financed the Russian Communists by Anthony C. Sutton
- People's Republic of Walmart: How the World's Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism (Google Preview) (Buy) by Jacobin Leigh Philips and Michał Rozworski
Videos
- Communo-Capitalism: Capitalism but we regularly eat the rich || ComCap / CapCom by Jreg
- Fast Food in the USSR: The History by NFKRZ
- How Pepsi Won the USSR ... And The Almost Lost Everything by Business Casual
- Anarcho-Capitalists and Communists are the same thing by TheBurgerkrieg
Online Communities
Gallery
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Credit: u/Monkeysszz, Source
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Credit: u/marty_mcclarkey_1791
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Old design, Chinese eyes
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by Hydro (asian eyes)
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by Hydro
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Fictional Ideology "This was made in the context of fiction, and it would make no sense in the real world." - Daniel Günther Thought This page represents a fictional ideology created as part of an alternate scenario by Someone. |
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