“If Chile was the cradle of neoliberalism, it will also be its grave.”
Socialism of the 21st Century is an economically left-wing and culturally variable ideology. It is opposed to both
capitalism and
Marxism–Leninism, as it believes both failed to address issues such as poverty, hunger, racism, sexism, exploitation, the destruction of resources and the absence of a truly democratic system. It seeks to achieve its goals through parliamentary democracy, rather than violent revolution. It wants to establish an economy democratically controlled by the workers and based on the Marxian labor theory of value. It also wants strong democracy, with the utilization of referendums and protection of minority rights.
Beliefs
Socialism of the 21st century is a
economically left Wing and
culturally variable ideology that was developed by German theorist
Heinz Dieterich in the 1990s.
Indigenism
Dietrich and many other 21st century socialists believe in the protection and preservation of
indigenous rights. Dietrich believes that the struggle of indigenous peoples against
imperialism and colonialism is inherently connected to the struggle of the working class against
capitalism.
Economics
21st century socialism advocates for
economic progressivism, and is famous for its fierce opposition to
neoliberal economics. 21st century socialists believe in the enaction of
socialist economic reforms, such as the
nationalization of industries and national resources,
protectionism,
economic planning, and wealth redistribution.
Democracy
21st century socialism is a form of
Democratic socialism. 21st century socialists reject
revolutionary socialism, instead favoring
reformist methods. 21st century socialists commonly criticize
Marxism-Leninism for its rejection of democracy.
Variants
Moderate Socialism of the 21st Century 
Moderate Socialism of the 21st Century It is a
Center-Left variant of Socialism of the 21st Century, which advocates the expansion of
Social Welfare but without abolishing
Capitalism and can be considered a version of
Social Democracy in Latin America. Although some claim to seek an
alternative model to Washington Consensus, many have adopted and continued economic policies considered
Neoliberal in their countries and have embraced the
Third Way. Moderate Socialism of the 21st Century have points in common with others Socialists of the 21st Century, such as
Latin American integration and the relationship between regimes and left-wing parties in Latin America, but the main difference is their approach to capitalism. The great example we can see of Moderate Socialism of the 21st Century was the
Workers' Party governments in
Brazil under
Lula and
Dilma.
History
Brazil 

Lulism is an ideology based off of the
Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. it is economically and culturally
center-left,
internationalist,
environmentalist and mildly authoritarian. Despite holding mostly culturally progressive views, Lula does not endorse
abortion rights nor
drug liberalization. He has also been the de facto leader of his political party, the
Worker's Party, since its foundation and is usually associated with other left wing populists around the world.
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Relationships
Camaradas (Comrades)
Chavismo - My son with inflation problems.
Marxism - Many say I'm a form of you, and your labor theory of value is important!
Mariateguism - Our ideological predecessor in the Andean countries.
Democratic Socialism - The best way to achieve socialism.
Left-Wing Populism - You're the way my ideas have usually been applied irl.
Socialismo Moreno and
AMLO are based.
Left-Wing Nationalism - We must serve our country interests first, not of the USA.
Alter-Globalism - Similar emphasis on national sovereignty and indigenous rights but applied to a world-wide scale. Ultra based!
Indigenism - Our tradition of growing coca shall not be criminalized.
Christian Socialism - My leftist beliefs don't mean I am an enemy of religion. If anything, Jesus was among the world's earliest social justice advocates.
Liberation Theology - He gets me.
Progressive Conservatism - How I promote progressive values without destroying our culture.
Agrarian Socialism - Stand up for our indigenous farmers!
Variado (Varied)
Moderate Socialism of the 21st Century - My moderate son, but why did you abandon Socialism and adopt
Capitalism and become just a Latin American version of
Social Democracy? But even so, thank you for being a great companion.
Marxism–Leninism - We go to the elections together but we always end up arguing about socialist theory. Thanks for supporting me, though!
Castroism - Evo and Chavez were good friends with you, but you've grown too close to
him and later turned too far to
the opposite.
Guevarism and
Neozapatismo - Too radical but at the end of the day we share most of our ideals and values.
Velasquismo and
Getulism - Not socialist enough, but compared to 
what came after them
, they were practically a blessing.
Peronism - Menem was a cringe neolibtard, but Kirchners are based, and Peron himself was a mixed bag.
Kleptocracy - Stop stealing from the poor for your own benefit, dammit!! Don't tell anyone about Odebrecht though.
Paleoconservatism - It's good that you oppose NATO imperialism, but you are anti-communist.
New Deal Liberalism - The least bad among actual US presidents. But why did
your successor have to return to the old ways?
Ethnocacerism - I understand your grievances towards the whites, but amigo, you gotta learn to forgive.
Liberal Socialism - We have similar ideas in practice, but at times you're pro-interventionist on the side of the west.
Social Democracy - Most of the time you are moderate for me. Also tell your American supporters to stop trying to water down the word socialism. Even so, many of you are
great companions
. Thanks to
Betancourt for replacing Perez Jimenez. Also,
Bernie Sanders is pretty cool.
Putinism - Good trade and political partner, though I had to condemn your invasion of Ukraine in the UN (or at least abstain from the vote) to keep my other partners pleased.
Dengism - Another important trade partner, but your economics are socialist in name only. Also, please don't be like those gringos.
Fourth Theory - Appreciate your praise for us as well as a general sympathy towards socialism and our plights. But sometimes you sound scarily similar to
someone I know too well, as your interpretation of 'Eurasianism' reminds me of the
Monroe Doctrine more than anything.
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism - Disown Shining Path and we can be friends.
Trotskyism - You are fairly cool, as an Anti-Soviet socialist, but I concerned that your permanent revolution is similar to
that Gringo.
Gringos e imperialistas (Gringos and imperialists)
Capitalism - You have failed to address the world's problems.
Neoconservatism/Imperialism
- GRINGO GO HOME!
Corporatocracy - Literally Elon M*sk. Hands off my lithium, gringo cabrón!
Neoliberalism - Another gringo that wants to steal my lithium!
Kissingerism - I won't forgive or forget the Operation Condor. Rest in piss, pendejo.
National Capitalism/Authoritarian Capitalism/Authoritarian Conservatism - 
- NEVER AGAIN!
Pinochetism - Boric will avenge Allende.
Fujimorism - You lost the election! Cope and Seethe.
Trumpism - You backed the Áñez coup. How does it feel to have your capitol couped by your own supporters?
Hernandezism/Uribism
- The actual Narco-terroristas. And
he wont admit it because your a western lapdog. Anyways at least you guys got the sentencing you deserved. Oh wait you guys got overturned and pardoned?
Mileism - Lo acabo de ver como tres veces. No puedo creerlo. Es de las cosas mas ridículas que ví en mi vida. Es un insulto para nuestro país que este tipo siga siendo el Jefe de Estado. Realmente no puede seguir gobernando mas.
Bolsonaroism - Traitor of Latin America and a stupid attempt to restore the ARENA military dictatorship, took a big fat L from Lula lol.
Alt-Right - I cannot find a more fitting opponent than the
Fascism of the 21st Century. Está bonito (está bien culero).
Social Capitalism - Or
Capitalism of the 21st Century, I guess. But Castillo implemented you.
State Liberalism - Globalist but only for neo-liberal interests, capitalist, imperialist and pseudo-progressive. You're everything that I oppose.
Liberal Feminism - Aren't you that
scumbag again?
Mediacracy - No little boy, no dumb little boy.
Third Way - Curse you Moreno and Guaido, you traitors. Some of you AREN'T THAT BAD...
Boluarteism - TRAITOR! Pedro Castillo didn't try a self-coup, you and the corrupt congress illegally couped democratically elected Pedro Castillo to install a dictatorial regime which has dissapeared and repressed people! Vladimir Cerrón was right when calling you a traitor even though he's a hardliner! We will protest against you and the reactionary fujirat parliamentary coup!
Gonzalo Thought - Why did you kill peasants?!
Further Reading
Literature
- 21st Century Socialism by Heinz Dieterich
- Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty
- Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty
Wikipedia
Political Parties
United Socialist Party of Venezuela 
Movement for Socialism party 
Citizen Revolution Movement 
Workers' Party 
Socialism and Liberty Party 
Frente de Todos 
Patria Grande Front 
Guasú Front
MAS Region (extint)
Commons
Liberty and Refoundation 
New Peru
Free Peru 
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity 
Media
References
- ↑ "Judge says request that intended to force Catholic hospital to apply contraceptive method to women is ‘inadmissible’"
- ↑ "With votes concentrated among the São Paulo elite, Boulos repeats the PSOL profile"
- ↑ "Rio: rich people vote for Freixo and young people for Crivella"
- ↑ "Boulos wins among younger and richer people, and Nunes wins among older and poorer people, says Datafolha
- ↑ The Socialist Youth greeting to Lenin on his birthday: "He remains an inspiration"
- ↑ One faction of the party, led by Bernardo Ibáñez, Óscar Schnake, Juan Bautista Rossetti and Julio Barrenechea supported the Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, which persecuted communists. Another faction opposed it and founded the Popular Socialist Party.
- ↑ "13 PT scandals in power"
- ↑ https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/noticia/2024/03/20/pt-publica-nota-de-saudacao-apos-reeleicao-de-vladimir-putin-na-russia.ghtml
- ↑ https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/republica/lula-e-pt-se-aproximam-de-putin-em-meio-a-ofensiva-diplomatica-da-russia-contra-o-ocidente/
- ↑ https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/radar/deputados-do-pt-participam-de-conferencia-na-russia/
- ↑ https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/02/4988155-bancada-do-pt-no-senado-apaga-post-em-que-culpa-eua-por-ataque-da-russia.html
- ↑ "Lula says fiscal responsibility has been a commitment of his government since 2003"
- ↑ Neoliberalism Explained: Its Theory, Practice, and Consequences
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 The War in Ukraine: The Only Correct Opinion
- ↑ The Holodomor Genocide Question: How Wikipedia Lies to You
- ↑ I've Been Debunked - My Response on the Holodomor Genocide Question
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Peruvian_self-coup_attempt
- ↑ https://elmontonero.pe/columnas/evo-morales-el-amigo-del-capitalismo
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-49834174
- ↑ While personally against abortion, he views it as a "public health issue" and that women have "supremacy over their bodies."
- ↑ "Lula says he blocks the Budget 'whenever he needs to' and that he brings fiscal responsibility 'at the entrance'"
- ↑ "'I will not give up fiscal responsibility', says Lula in a speech on national television this Sunday'"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projeto_de_Lei_2630/2020
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- ↑ [https://noticias.uol.com.br/confere/ultimas-noticias/2019/08/16/lula-nao-expulsou-jornalista-mas-pedido-chegou-a-ser-feito.htm
- ↑ https://www12.senado.leg.br/noticias/materias/2004/08/26/alvaro-dias-aponta-escalada-autoritaria-do-governo-lula?utm_source=chatgpt.com
- ↑ https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programa_de_Acelera%C3%A7%C3%A3o_do_Crescimento
- ↑ https://veja.abril.com.br/economia/bancos-lucraram-8-vezes-mais-no-governo-de-lula-do-que-no-de-fhc/
- ↑ https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/economia/negocios/lucro-dos-tres-maiores-bancos-privados-do-brasil-sobe-22-e-atinge-r-748-bi-em-2024/
- ↑ https://valor.globo.com/financas/noticia/2025/01/30/quem-imaginava-o-governo-lula-fazer-acordo-com-os-bancos-esta-feito-diz-presidente.ghtml
- ↑ Although Lula uses environmentalist rhetoric in his speeches and propaganda, his government has a track of siding with Landowners over Environmentalists and having a general poor environmental record.
- ↑ https://maisretorno.com/portal/termos/c/campeas-nacionais
- ↑ https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/maquiavel/sob-lula-globo-recebe-mais-da-secom-do-que-em-4-anos-de-bolsonaro/
- ↑ https://revistaoeste.com/politica/governo-lula-escolheu-choquei-para-campanhas-contra-desinformacao/
- ↑ https://www.google.com/amp/s/g1.globo.com/google/amp/politica/blog/octavio-guedes/post/2023/07/19/boric-x-lula-representa-a-nova-esquerda-versus-a-velha-esquerda.ghtml
- ↑ https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/economia/macroeconomia/imposto-do-pecado-sobretaxa-cigarro-e-bebidas-alcoolicas-veja-lista/
- ↑ https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/politica-brasil/tenho-77-anos-com-energia-de-30-e-tesao-de-20-diz-lula-sobre-mandato
- ↑ https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_Maria_da_Penha
- ↑ https://www.outlookindia.com/international/explained-who-is-brazil-new-president-lula-da-silva-what-is-the-road-ahead-for-brazil-news-250294
- ↑ https://youtu.be/MfAvgRIQ1QM?si=rpuUORRmUkemiUSa
- ↑ https://www.cartacapital.com.br/cartaexpressa/o-brasil-e-dos-brasileiros-lula-grava-video-vestindo-o-bone-azul-criado-por-ministros/
- ↑ https://www.jota.info/opiniao-e-analise/colunas/democracia-em-transe/nacionalismo-e-a-ultima-cartada-de-lula-para-buscar-quarto-mandato
- ↑ Operation Catrimani II
- ↑ "The economic orthodoxy of the Lula government"
- ↑ https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/lula-e-acusado-de-capacitismo-ao-dizer-que-nao-vao-ve-lo-de-andador-apos-cirurgia/
- ↑ https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/lula-diz-que-pessoas-com-transtornos-mentais-tem-desequilibrio-de-parafuso/
- ↑ https://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/sonar-a-escuta-das-redes/post/2023/09/influenciador-que-subiu-a-rampa-com-lula-critica-fala-capacitista-em-live-desnecessaria.ghtml
- ↑ https://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/post/2024/05/o-jornalista-do-new-york-times-quase-expulso-do-brasil-por-governo-lula.ghtml
- ↑ https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/academia-de-ciencias-critica-cortes-nas-verbas-das-universidades-federais/
- ↑ https://guiadoinvestidor.com.br/noticias/lula-esta-desmontando-universidades-brasileiras-acusa-academia-brasileira-de-ciencias/
- ↑ https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/conib-parece-que-lula-quer-criar-problemas-com-falas-antissemitas/
- ↑ https://oglobo.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2024/03/08/declaracao-de-lula-sobre-holocausto-em-gaza-e-antissemita-diz-embaixadora-dos-eua-estamos-desapontados.ghtml
- ↑ https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/federacao-israelita-registra-aumento-de-263-de-denuncias-de-antissemitismo-em-escolas-apos-fala-de-lula/
- ↑ https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-governo/governo-lula-deixa-alianca-em-memoria-do-holocausto/
- ↑ https://g1.globo.com/meio-ambiente/noticia/2024/07/26/governo-suspende-boletim-sobre-mortes-e-doencas-na-terra-yanomami.ghtml
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Brazil_wildfires
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgxv8n7wd0o
- ↑ https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/noticia/2025-02/lula-ibama-precisa-autorizar-exploracao-de-petroleo-na-foz-do-amazonas
- ↑ https://youtu.be/fVgtZY5oLGY?si=qMU0EYp4uqk9KFHm
- ↑ https://youtu.be/wntLidwqdMw?si=9ZpgMmr7OxFNQCJ6
- ↑ https://youtu.be/0TeaxjzREHc?si=I_vFv741SbIOZiGy
- ↑ https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2024/08/ministra-das-mulheres-afirma-que-conversara-com-lula-sobre-falas-machistas.shtml
- ↑ https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2024/07/16/se-o-cara-e-corinthiano-tudo-bem-diz-lula-sobre-pesquisa-que-aponta-aumento-da-violencia-contra-a-mulher-depois-de-jogos.ghtml
- ↑ https://www.poder360.com.br/governo/maquina-de-lavar-roupa-e-importante-para-as-mulheres-diz-lula/
- ↑ https://noticias.r7.com/jr-na-tv/video/lula-da-declaracao-considerada-machista-sobre-gleisi-e-causa-constrangimento-em-cerimonia-13032025/
- ↑ https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-justica/oposicao-defende-inocencia-de-bolsonaro-e-fala-em-perseguicao/
- ↑ https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2024/11/bolsonaro-e-aliados-se-apegam-a-tese-de-perseguicao-para-rebater-acusacoes-de-golpismo.shtml
- ↑ https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/e-uma-completa-inversao-de-valores-diz-deputado-apos-ser-indiciado-pela-pf/
- ↑ https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/liderancas-do-pl-dizem-que-partido-e-alvo-de-perseguicao-politica-apos-operacoes-da-pf/
- ↑ https://www.faroldabahia.com.br/noticia/lula-e-chamado-de-transfobico-na-web-ao-achar-absurdo-nascer-mulher-e-depois-virar-homem-veja-video
- ↑ “Lula claims America under Trump would be 'nazism with another face'”
- ↑ https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/paywall/login.shtml?https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2017/12/1941791-gaddafi-enviou-us-1-milhao-para-campanha-de-lula-em-2002-diz-revista.shtml
- ↑ https://oglobo.globo.com/mundo/lula-se-reuniu-4-vezes-com-amigo-irmao-kadafi-2820150
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