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==Relations==
==Relations==
===Friends===
===Comrades===
*[[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism]] - Liberty, equality, and solidarity must be the eternal creed of mankind.
*[[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism]] - Liberty, equality, and solidarity must be the eternal creed of mankind.
*[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]] - What is governmental democracy without economic democracy?
*[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]] - What is governmental democracy without economic democracy?
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*[[File:Left Reformism.png]] [[Reformism]] - Revolution is not radical, today it is really the idealistic mirage of future revolution which keeps the people from realizing the power they hold in the present. Real radical action is changing the world.
*[[File:Left Reformism.png]] [[Reformism]] - Revolution is not radical, today it is really the idealistic mirage of future revolution which keeps the people from realizing the power they hold in the present. Real radical action is changing the world.
*[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]] - Many of your policy positions are sound, but you have no philosophical basis for your beliefs.
*[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]] - Many of your policy positions are sound, but you have no philosophical basis for your beliefs.
*[[File:Demsocstar.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]] - We are very similar but you often focus too much on defining yourself in opposition to the status quo.
*[[File:Soclib.png]] [[Social Liberalism]] - We are very similar but you often focus too much on defining yourself in support of the status quo.
*[[File:Mandela.png]] [[African Socialism|Mandelaism]] - South Africa owes you a debt it could never repay.
*[[File:Mandela.png]] [[African Socialism|Mandelaism]] - South Africa owes you a debt it could never repay.
*[[File:Sun Yat-Sen.png]] [[Tridemism]] - What China could have been…
*[[File:Sun Yat-Sen.png]] [[Tridemism]] - What China could have been…
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*[[File:esers.png]] [[Agrarian Socialism|Kerenskyism]] - Never before has a man so noble had his legacy so defamed.
*[[File:esers.png]] [[Agrarian Socialism|Kerenskyism]] - Never before has a man so noble had his legacy so defamed.
*[[File:Ricardosoc.png]] [[Ricardian Socialism]] - Weird friend, but I love you anyway.
*[[File:Ricardosoc.png]] [[Ricardian Socialism]] - Weird friend, but I love you anyway.
*[[File:Centmarxf.png]] {{PCBA|Centrist Marxism}} - You gave birth to the giants Clement Attlee, Willy Brandt, Bruno Kreisky, and George Orwell.
*<s>[[File:Mach.png]] [[Machiavellianism]] - ''"You call it selling out your principles, I call it fucking winning - and that's my principle."''</s>
*<s>[[File:Mach.png]] [[Machiavellianism]] - ''"You call it selling out your principles, I call it fucking winning - and that's my principle."''</s>


===Frenemies===
===Allies===
*[[File:Clib.png]] [[Classical Liberalism]] - You founded our movement in liberty, but answer me this, is a man thirsty in a desert truly free?
*[[File:Demsocstar.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]] - We are very similar but you often focus too much on defining yourself in opposition to the status quo.
*[[File:Utsoc.png]] [[Utopian Socialism]] - We are your descendants and fellow utopians, but Marx was right to criticize you, because real political change is far more messy and unplanned than your technocratic blueprints could ever account for.
*[[File:Soclib.png]] [[Social Liberalism]] - We are very similar but you often focus too much on defining yourself in support of the status quo.
*[[File:Utsoc.png]] [[Utopian Socialism]] - We are your descendants and fellow utopians, but Marx was right to criticize you, for real political change is far more messy than your blueprints could ever account for.
*[[File:Centmarxf.png]] {{PCBA|Centrist Marxism}} - You gave birth to the giants Clement Attlee, Willy Brandt, Bruno Kreisky, and George Orwell.
*[[File:Fem.png]] [[Feminism]] - The fight for the liberation of women is not yet won.
*[[File:Menslibnoears.png]] [[Men's Liberation]] - In some ways, male liberation is even more urgent than it’s counterpart, as in modern men we see to an unprecedented extent the perpetuation of oppressive ideology by the oppressed themselves.

=== Frenemies ===
*[[File:Clib.png]] [[Classical Liberalism]] - You founded our movement in liberty, but answer me this, is a man thirsty in a desert truly free?
*[[File:Awaj.png]] [[Anarchism]] - You act like we do what we do out of weakness, but you have no understanding of the existing system or what you wish to replace it with. While you get to explore the fantasies of tomorrow, we must do the menial work which consists of today.
*[[File:Awaj.png]] [[Anarchism]] - You act like we do what we do out of weakness, but you have no understanding of the existing system or what you wish to replace it with. While you get to explore the fantasies of tomorrow, we must do the menial work which consists of today.
*[[File:Econlib.png]] [[Capitalism|Economic Liberalism]] - Markets are cool, but liberalism is not inherently capitalist, hope you can understand that.
*[[File:Econlib.png]] [[Capitalism|Economic Liberalism]] - Markets are cool, but liberalism is not inherently capitalist, hope you can understand that.
*[[File:Twitter.png]] [[Ochlocracy|Twitterism]] - A lot of your users are literally me! But why do you guys hate civility so much?
*[[File:Twitter.png]] [[Ochlocracy|Twitterism]] - A lot of your users are literally me! But why do you guys hate civility so much?
*[[File:Lpop.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]] - You're too naïve, but we can agree on other things and work together.
*[[File:Lpop.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]] - You're too naïve, but we can agree on other things and work together.
**[[File:Lpop.png]] - [[File:LBubble.png]]I'm too naïve?! You literally think voting for a moderate centrist is the epitome of politics, when it is clearly just a starting point.[[File:RBubble.png]]
**[[File:Lpop.png]] - [[File:LBubble.png]]I'm too naïve?! You literally think voting for a moderate centrist is the epitome of politics, when it is clearly just a starting point.[[File:RBubble.png]]
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*[[File:Fabian.png]] [[Fabian Socialism]] - I'm glad you like my ideas, but what's with the Eugenics?
*[[File:Fabian.png]] [[Fabian Socialism]] - I'm glad you like my ideas, but what's with the Eugenics?
*[[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] - You are often the arm of imperialism, but I would not deny in theory that international law and an arsenal of democracy would be beneficial.
*[[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] - You are often the arm of imperialism, but I would not deny in theory that international law and an arsenal of democracy would be beneficial.
*[[Civnat.png]] [[Civic Nationalism]] - I am a staunch opponent of nationalism, however loving one’s republic does not necessarily mean disregarding those outside the republic.
*[[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]] - Many of your ideas are compelling, but you are far too esoteric, determinist, and dogmatic to be a useful guide in the modern day.
*[[Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]] - I suppose nationalism is acceptable if used for the purpose of social reform and principled anti-colonial struggle.
*[[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]] - Many of your ideas are compelling, but you are far too esoteric, determinist, and dogmatic to be a useful guide in the modern day.


===Enemies===
===Enemies===
*[[File:Orthlen.png]] [[Leninism]] - ''Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away.''
*[[File:Orthlen.png]] [[Leninism]] - ''Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away.''
*[[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]] - You have destroyed everything we built and sold the dignity of the liberal movement to corporations who now discard you.
*[[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]] - You have sold the dignity of the liberal movement to corporations who now discard you.
*[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] - An authoritarian perversion of socialism which exists only to justify totalitarian states.
*[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] - An authoritarian perversion of socialism which exists only to justify totalitarian states.
*[[File:Fash.png]] [[Fascism]] - Never before has an idea in such contradiction with the interests of humanity found such purchase in the minds of the people.
*[[File:Fash.png]] [[Fascism]] - Never before has an idea in such contradiction with the interests of humanity found such purchase in the minds of the people.