Reactionary Socialism

“Revolutions begin in the best heads, and run steadily down to the populace.”

Klemens von Metternich

Reactionary Socialism is a socialist, reactionary ideology that resides in the upper left half of the political compass. It is very close to Christian Socialism, Guild Socialism, and Monarcho-Distributism in policy, but is radically more traditionalist. Generally very decentralist.

History

In the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Reactionary Socialism was referred to as basically a form of socialism that sought to revert to feudalism, or a Clerical version of socialism. It generally sought to de-proletarianize the working class, redistribute land to the peasants, and generally return to a Medieval type economy instead of seeking total collectivism. Since then, it has been used pejoratively towards "bourgeoie" socialist systems, such as Social Democracy. Additionally, many monarchists who were opposed to capitalism called themselves socialist, even though they were feudalists. Previous spokespersons include some members of the sao paulo forum and latin american nationalists for example Albizu campos saw american imperialism as being tied to protestantism and the "yankee" mentality he advocated for socialism and a return to a conservative agrarian way of life. The modern spokespersons for it are Alexander Dugin, who sees socialism as the best way to enforce a traditional society, and Arthur Penty, who glorified the guild economy. Some have even referred to Strasserism as reactionary socialism, since Strasser wanted federalization, a guild economy, and agrarianism.

Personality

Reactionary Socialism is very religious (generally Catholic, can be Orthodox) and traditional, like his father. However, he gets an explosive temper from his mother, and can usually be seen telling the proletariat to revolt against the unnatural plight of capitalism. Can be depicted speaking in Middle English, holding a sword and sickle or a musket, or holding some sweet Victorian-era flags.

Beliefs

The beliefs of reactionary socialists can vary greatly. Generally, they want small-scale worker democracy (like distributism), an artisan economy, a return to ruralism and the agrarian lifestyle, a planned economy, a return to some traditional religion, and a Monarchist or autocratic government system. However, they generally hate centralism, instead preferring federalism and localism. Some see socialism as an end to itself (once it gets rid of materialism and egalitarianism), while some see it as a step towards reinstating feudalism. Can be very hostile toward technology.

Variants

Fitzhughism

George Fitzhugh (1806–1881) was an American social theorist best known for his pro-slavery and reactionary views. He was a staunch defender of *Southern agrarian society and an early critic of classical liberalism, free-market capitalism, and individualism. Fitzhugh argued that slavery was not only beneficial but necessary for a stable and just society. His writings positioned him as one of the most radical defenders of slavery in the antebellum United States, advocating for a form of paternalistic, hierarchical society that rejected liberal democracy.

Beliefs and Ideology

Fitzhugh's political and economic philosophy can be described as a blend of reactionary traditionalism, authoritarian paternalism, and economic collectivism—ironically resembling elements of socialism but with a profoundly hierarchical and racially stratified foundation. He believed that free-market capitalism led to exploitation and suffering among the working class, arguing that slavery provided a more humane alternative by ensuring care and stability for the laboring population. His works, such as Sociology for the South (1854) and Cannibals All! (1857), criticized wage labor in the industrial North and compared it unfavorably to the slave-based South's supposed security and social cohesion.

Fitzhugh admired aspects of European socialism, particularly its critique of laissez-faire economics and its calls for state intervention to protect workers. However, rather than advocating for worker-owned industries or state welfare, Fitzhugh argued that the Southern slave system already fulfilled socialism's promise by providing care and stability for its laborers. He saw slavery as a natural form of governance where the strong ruled over the weak for the latter’s supposed benefit. His vision extended beyond race as he believed poor whites in the North would be better off under a system of benevolent servitude as well.

Louis de Bonald

Like De Maistre, Louis de Bonald was also a reactionary philosopher. He criticized French Revolution's centralism and Individualism.

He supported restoration of guild system, workers' right to associate and class collaboration. In De Bonald's opinion absolute monarchy and Catholic Church as key to secure domestic tranquillity, although he also desired more political decentralization and a strenghening of the nobility.

He had an ambivalent stance on Censorship, supporting bans on some books, but advocating for a more lax treatment of newspapers and promoting a "marketplace of ideas".

He also was an early critic of Adam Smith and Laissez-faire economics as he saw virtue, not material prosperity as the highest good as a nation.

Metternichism

A traditional conservative, Metternich was keen to maintain the balance of power, particularly by resisting Russian territorial ambitions in Central Europe and the Ottoman Empire. He disliked liberalism and strove to prevent the breakup of the Austrian Empire, for example, by crushing nationalist revolts in Austrian northern Italy. He pursued a similar policy at home, using censorship and a wide-ranging spy network to suppress unrest.

Metternich refered to himself as a conservative socialist (socialiste conservateur) in his letters. His socialism stemmed from his wish to preserve the guild economy and his support for paternalism. He also opposed economic liberalism.

He saw nationalism as a threat to the cosmopolitan nature of the empire and a threat to its stability. This would lead him to suppress nationalist sentiments in the empire and other empires like the Ottoman Empire.

Social Feudalism

Social Feudalism is what occurs to the landed aristocracy after capitalism takes root in a country and gradually usurps power away from the gentry and gives it to the bourgeoise. The aristocrats notice this happening of course so they attempt to stop capitalism from growing through protective trade laws, beneficial tax laws and opposing democratic reforms. However when these fail to stop capitalism from supplanting aristocrats many turn to a new solution of masking as the workers' champions who stand up to the exploitative capitalists, many claim that under feudalism serfs were well-off due to their Lords' honour and noble hearts. While forgetting all the oppression that they made workers endure for millennia. The two most succesful forms of social feudalism are Metternich as he ruled over Europe from the end of the Napoleonic wars to the European Spring. The second is Young England in the UK who managed to get their president, at a time, Benjamin Disraeli elected Prime Minister who then created one-nation conservatism which has remained a force in British politics to the modern day.

Young England

Young England was a Victorian era political group with a political message based on an idealised feudalism: an absolute monarch and a strong Established Church, with the philanthropy of noblesse oblige as the basis for its paternalistic form of social organisation.

How To Draw

Flag of Reactionary Socialism

Reactionary Socialism's design is based on the combination of the Jerusalem cross (a symbol used for reactionaryism within Polcompball) on the red background (to symbolize socialism).

1. Draw a ball.
2. Color it in with red
3. Draw a yellow/buff Jerusalem Cross (without the tiny crosses) inside a yellow/buff circle.
4. Draw the eyes.
5. (Optional) Draw a knight's helmet on top of the ball, similar to the one Feudalism wears.
6. (Optional) Draw a sword and sickle as props, preferably in a similar position to the hammer and sickle logo.
7. You're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Red	#DA141E	rgb(218, 20, 30)
	Yellow	#FFE74C	rgb(255, 231, 76)

Relationships

Blessed and charitable

• Monarcho-Distributism - The best system for ruling the realm.
• Socialist Corporatism - Combining this with the above is basically perfection.
• Traditionalism - "Traditionalism is the most revolutionary ideal of our times", fully agree!
• Agrarian Socialism - Farmland distribution? Count me in!
• Imperialism - Unlike most other socialists, I see nothing wrong with you.
• Cosmopolitanism - Nationalism would pose a threat to the cosmopolitan nature of the empire.
• Populareism - An early version of me.
• Crusadism - Deus vult!
• Mladorossism - Tsarism and socialism? I love thou, although thou might have been a creation of Bolsheviks...
• Monarcho-Socialism - Same as above but more straightforward.
• State Socialism - A crucial tool to eliminate dissenters.
• Gerontocracy - The wisdom of the elders shall be passed down from generation to generation.
• Christian Theocracy - It goes without saying, BLESSED!
• Caste System - A blessed system that guarded the poor masses and ensured generosity from the top.
• Ethnocacerism - Also a very blessed non-Christian socialist ideology. The Incan Empire was a great example of Bronze Age feudal socialism put into practice.
• Christian Socialism - Religion and socialism? Blessed!
• Conservative Socialism - Blessed! Many of my variants are literally you!
• Paleosocialism - Even more blessed then the above.
• Lys Noir - You are me, if I was an anarchist..
• Utopian Socialism - I am basically a form of you.
• Counter-Enlightenment - Thy ideas are very good, and romanticism is even better.
• Guild Socialism - Thou also appreciates romanticism like the above, and many of my followers were admirers of the guild system.
• Disraelism - I have taught thou well, Disraeli.

Weary

• Socialism - Socialism is my ideological end goal. However, Metternich suppressing the 1848 revolutions is an obvious exception.
• Fabian Socialism - Kinda blessed, but why get rid of the poor when they can be used to work to enrich the realm?
• Pol Potism - This man gets me. Well, sort of. We can never agree about monarchial rule. He's too insane even for me
• Strasserism - Socialist and traditionalist just like me. However, many of my variants aren’t ok with your anti-semitism so maybe tone it down??
• National Bolshevism - Thou hath some good ideas but thou want central control rather than feudal delegation. Nationalism is a product of the enlightenment
• Marxism - Thou art very strange. On one hand, thou appreciates me, calling me the “asiatic mode of production,” and Engels called Florian Geyer a communist revolutionary. Also, I appreciate ultrasocialism. But thou hast gone out of thine way to needlessly lambast Metternich.
• Marxism–Leninism - Most of thy adherents are queerly progressives who think that traditionalism is bad! However, Stalin’s industrialization and autarky were good and transformed Russia to its very core.
• Juche - Thou art pretty cool but why are thou so afraid to embrace thy monarchist nature?
• Esoteric Socialism - The Freemasons are a vile Satanic group, thou shall pay for defiling the good name of the honorable Knights Templar. A pox upon thou! (Your economics are great, as is your style of rule. If thou hath used my example as a model, thou would be my best friend! Oh, wait, we have synthesis.)
• Distributism - My much more moderate counterpart. Get more reactionary.
  • No.
• Manosphere - Sexual Marxism sounds interesting... but none of my followers are quite prepared to adopt your views all at once.
• Neoluddism - If we are talking about social feudalism, then I agree with thou. However, Katasonov is definitely pro-industrialism.
• Paternalistic Conservatism - Just become a bit more radical, and join me!
• Longism - Same as above but an American. HAIL THE KINGFISH!!!
• Gaullism - Thou art pretty blessed for a Anti-Socialist Liberal Cuckservative pretty much a French version of the above.
• Welfare Chauvinism - Thou art too soft economically and thou art is a nationalist.
• Social Credit - Also hates usurers and advocates for a more Christian society, but he does not go far enough in the redistribution of the means of production.
• Korwinism - Get rid of the cursed capitalism and thou shall be blessed!
• Feudalism - Social feudalism sounds blessed, and Young England had some interesting ideas, but nowadays I am more focused on maintaining sacred traditionalist values than returning to feudalism.
• Hydrarchy - Wanna go plunder the Spanish Armada? What? They hired thou to attack us?
• Mercantilism - Conquering weaker nations and subjugating them is blessed, but monopoly corporations are not.
• Kraterocracy - Does not seem to understand the value of helping the poor. We can be stronger and subjugate others more efficiently if we're unified. "Rule of the strong" should be large-scale.
• Reactionary Liberalism - Blessed but champions the very economic system responsible for bringing the things into the world that we oppose. Maybe he'll see that socialism is the key to what he wants.
• Hindu Theocracy - The caste system rocked! It's a shame it eventually failed though. Wish we could implement something like that in modern-day Europe.
• State Oriental Orthodoxy - Christian theocracy, but too capitalist. Maybe if we conquered thou, civilized thou, introduced socialism, and made thou part of the Realm... (oh wait, socialism was introduced to thee, shame they were godless Marxists and not my variant)
• Authoritarian Conservatism - We used to cooperate in Austria for a while and made a promising collaboration in Russia. If only he understood that socialist economics is the key to preserving tradition, he would be perfect.
• Integralism - Same as him, please acknowledge that some forms of socialism are actually compatible with the Bible.
• Neoreactionaryism - Some of you like Giovanni Dannato is blessed, but others... Must stay in hell or in void.
• Hive-Mind Collectivism - We are people, not ants! But your existance proves, how we need to serve the God.
• Cosmicism - Anglo-Saxon aristocratic quasi-socialism sounds good, but why ist thou an atheist nihilist?
• Esoteric Fascism - Yemelyanov was based, but heathen Paganism combined with nationalism is still disgusting.

Decadent swine

• Italian Left Communism - Lazy fool, thou art. We both share a hatred for bourgeoisie democracy, nationalism, and liberalism, though.
• Trotskyism - A secular progressive republican hostile to aristocracy, monarchy, peasantry and Christianity? My opposite on the left spectre. At least we both oppose bourgeoisie and nationalism.
• Leninism - Same as above, minus the hostility to peasants.
• Maoism - Egads, there's more of them? Why do the right-wing tridemists accuse thou of being me?
• Dengism - WTF?! At least these two are actual socialists. Jiang supported aristocracy but persecuted Confucian, Xi support Confucianism but persecut aristocratic, why not support both? But Katasonov likes you.
  • Because Confucian supported meritocracy which contradictory with aristocracy.

• Libertarian Socialism - An order without monarchs, estates or civil service is no order, but chaos.
• Radicalism - Thou promotes too much change all at once. I think it better if I stay in charge. Stay back you filthy peasants!
• Anarchism - Thou make me want to blaspheme, thou absolute heathen scum!
• Odalism - Interesting guy, basically me if I were an anprim. Hath got a lot of good ideas but doesn't understand that the feudal age was our high point and the Age of Discovery proves that. Wait, thou art a disgusting pagan? Also Katasonov hates nearly every part of your ideology.
• Capitalism - Ew. Do I hath to say more?
• Pinochetism - Thou art dropping the wrong people out of helicopters. And thou art a capitalist.
• Alt-Right - Thou art like a neutered Nazi, fearful and timid. Cowardly scoundrels, the lot of thou!
• Alt-Lite - Thou art an even bigger coward than thy friend. Thou art fearful of thy own shadow.
• Jacobinism - I absolutely abhor thee!
• Progressivism - Progression is the absolute opposite of what socialism should bring about.
• Reactionary Libertarianism - And usury is the absolute opposite of what reactionaryism should bring about.
• Revolutionary Progressivism - Thou shalt share the fate of the Jacobins if I hath anything to say about it!
• Liberalism - Thou bringest mischief whersoever thou goest.
• Civic Nationalism & National Liberalism - Liberal AND nationalist?? Looks like I will hath to spy on and suppress thou.
• Enlightenment Thought - Wretched Enlightenment, the brain of the bourgeoise.
• Classical Liberalism - Literally him in the sphere of economics. When shall thou die?!
• Neoliberalism - Capitalists trying to push a failed ideology! Feudalism is human nature, thou fools!
• Pink Capitalism - Progression? Capitalism? Absolutely REVOLTING!
• State Liberalism - MY POLAR OPPOSITE! I WILL HAVE YOU HUNG, DRAWN AND QUARTERED!
• Neo-Enlightenment - Damn degenerate, I am glad, that you are dead. Were you ever alive though, or you were a corpse, fueled by avarice and unholy liquids?
• Corporatocracy - Capitalist, degenerate, run by the godless, thy wicked ways make me want to blaspheme! Begone, a foul plague on western civilization!
• Kleptocracy - Art thou not just him again? But Jacob Zuma is quite blessed despite not being perfect.
• Fordism - The epitome of degeneracy and capitalism! Perish in Gehennah!
• Satanic Theocracy - BURN THE WITCH AT THE STAKE!!!
• Pagan Theocracy - BURN THE WITCH AT THE STAKE!!!
• Pacifist Feminism - BURN THE WITCH AT THE STAKE!!!
• Liberal Feminism - BURN THE WITCH AT THE STAKE!!! Noticing a pattern here?
• State Atheism - No, I am not going to burn thee at the stake. I hath special plans for heretics like thou.
• Islamic Theocracy - I'm sorry, but anyone who ever learned how to fix a bathroom from a Muslim should call himself a barbarian. At least we both hate usury and Katasonov seems to admire islamic capitalism.
  • I'm sorry, but someone who even learned to bathe from Muslims should call himself a barbarian.
  • No, I washed!
• Jihadism - Art thou not just that heathen again?
• Islamic Democracy - Barbarians, democracy, thou art almost as bad as that thing.
• Islamic Anarchism - Anarchism? Barbarianism? Just pure wretched filth.
• Neoconservatism - Cuckservatives who hate socialism and tradition. Thee war on terror had the chance to be blessed, but thou corrupted the West's best opportunity at a crusade in centuries.
• Liberal Hawkism - At least thou admit your no conservative unlike thee above.
• Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism - Satanic hedonistic robot sodomite. One of the worst ideologies imaginable. And we have him to thank for it. The very existence of this is blasphemy against all that is good and Godly.
• Fully Automated Gay Space Liberalism - Thee above but somehow worse. Thou make this thing look good somehow.
• Homoconservatism, Libertarian Conservatism, Conservative Liberalism and Liberal Conservatism - Yes, thou crapitalist cuckservative, I am the regressive left that wants to hang thou.
• Financialism - DOWN WITH USURY!

Further Information

Wikipedia

• Preussentum and Sozialismus
• Young England

People

• Klemens von Metternich
• Louis de Bonald
• George Fitzhugh
• Pedro Albizu Campos

Articles

• Radlibs not leftists:Why Right-Socialism is the Only Viable Socialism
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Literature

• Prussian Socialism
• German Socialism
• Unto This Last

Videos

• German Socialism as an alternative to Marxism - Werner Sombart and Oswald Spengler

Gallery

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