Agrarianism
Not to be confused with Agorism.
Agrarianism is a political ideology distinguished by a support of a farming-based society.
Economically agrarianism is generally ambiguous although most agrarians favor subsidization and land rights, culturally agrarianism is also ambiguous but tends to be right-wing as a rural lifestyle is more dependent on inheritance as compared to an urban one, and civically agrarians tend to oppose centralization, but otherwise is ambiguous.
There was no large-scale political movement in the history of Agrarianism. But with the gradual urbanization of people's lives, there are many people with more primitive ideas who want to return to the farmland. Of course, they do not really believe in Agrarianism. Unfortunately, there is not much land for free cultivation, especially in socialist countries like China. If you farm freely in China, you may be punished.
History
Foundations
Agrarianism believes that urban living is inferior to living in the countryside and thus wishes for more or even all people to live on rural estates.
Agrarian Liberalism
Liberal agrarianism is a variant of agrarianism that adheres to the principles of agrarianism, such as: subsidies to agriculture, and liberalism: public freedom, free press
Nordic Agrarianism
Nordic Agrarianism is a variant of Agrarianism specific to Nordic countries and is usually positionined in the center of the political spectrum.
The parties that follow this ideology are non-Socialist and typically combine a commitment to small businesses, rural issues and political decentralization, and, at times, Euroscepticism. The parties have divergent views on the free market and environmentalism.
Eastern Agrarianism
In East Asia, independent origin of agriculture was about ten thousand years ago in central China. The most specific character of Eastern agriculture is original rice planting in water. Rice was highest yield crop at that time, which can feed more people than other part of world.
Therefore, there are many agricultural ethnicities in Eastern Asia, whose traditional cultrue is mostly centered around agriculture. So the first ideology like Agrarianism is proposed in China. It is called School of Agricultre, Agricultrism or NongJia, which is proposed by Xu Xing (about 372-289 BCE) in the State of Chu during the Warring States period. And agriculture-first ideologies almost dominated throughout history.
Personality
Agrarian will usually be presented as a stereotypical rural farmer, meaning hating city-slickers, knowing everyone within its village and being rather defensive of its farming estate. He may or may not be portrayed as a stereotypical hick.
How to Draw
The symbol of Agrarianism is a golden stalk of wheat on a vertical bicolor background of green and brown.
- Draw a ball
- Color the left half of the ball in green, and the right with brown, making it a bicolor
- Draw a golden stalk of wheat in the middle
- Add the eyes
- Optional props:
- Simple headwear, like a straw hat or cap
- Local produce, like a milk gallon or a buck of wheat
- Farming equipment, like a sickle or a shovel
You're finished!
Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
---|---|---|---|
Brown | #674119 | 103, 65, 25 | |
Green | #046700 | 4, 103, 0 | |
Gold | #ECBD00 | 236, 189, 0 |
Relationships
Fellow Farmers
- Classical Liberalism - Thanks for freeing me from serfdom.
- Distributism - Good community member.
- Agrarian Capitalism - My capitalist son. I suppose the free market can help me develop my crops faster.
- Agrarian Socialism - My socialist son. Redistributing lands to the farmers? Sounds good to me.
But you go WAYYY too far sometimes - National Agrarianism - My nationalist son. We must defend our country's agriculture from foreign influence!
You can also be crazy at times - Protestant Theocracy - The Amish are based.
- Social Liberalism - Thanks for those subsidies and not telling me what to do with my land.
- Conservatism - I know that the guy above gave me subsidies, but I'm still voting for you.
Mixed
- Libertarianism - He doesn't tell me what to do with my estate, but he doesn't give me those deserved farm subsidies!
- Georgism - Taxing land will make us all serfs again! Don't you know how many acres I have now!?
- Reactionary Socialism - I like that you're pro-agrarianism and pro-peasant but some of you are pro-industrial revolution.
- Feudalism - We had some ups and downs here and there... just keep your promises and don't go too far on the tithe, or else I'll go get me pitchforks.
- Environmentalism - Who doesn't like clean air and water? But, uh, can you step aside? I kinda need to clear that forest to expand my farmland...
- Patchwork - City dweller, although the idea of “every village is a state” sounds good.
- Veganarchism - Good customer, but I don't get why he thinks I'm evil for "exploiting the animals".
- Neoluddism - He likes me, but, as much as I dislike him, I don't think wooden bombs will help. Also, I need modern farming equipment, synthetic fertilizers, etc.
- Pol Potism - Woah-woah-woah, hold it right there! I certainly didn't mean THAT when I said I hate urbanites!
- Left-Wing Populism - Gives me subsides, land reforms and credit protection, but says I have to grow organic.
- Right-Wing Populism - Protects rural culture and gives me subsidies, but tariffs my products.
Varmints
- Transhumanism - Scram, you city slicker! I won't join your dumb hive-mind thingy.
- Post-Humanism - What in tarnation?
- Industrialism - Well well, look at the city-slicker pulling up in his fancy German car.
- Marxism–Leninism - Your collective farms were horrible!
- Anarcho-Primitivism - Seriously, no farming? What, you think you can sustain our community with only hunting & gathering?
- Primalism - Ahh, what a beautiful beast! I'm gonna selectively breed you until you become too dependent to escape and become part of our cuisine and/or farming forces!
Further Information
Wikipedia
- Agrarianism
- History of Agrarianism
- Agrarian Society
- Agrarian Reform
- Nordic Agrarian Parties
- List of Agrarian Parties
- International Agrarian Bureau
- Whiteboys
- Wat Tyler