A crash course on political idealogies.

[Grid]

Please describe the following political ideologies in your own words:

Conservatism
Liberalism
Libertarianism
Socialism
Communism
Authoritarianism
Anarchism
Demarchism
Fascism
Totalitarianism
Teenagism
Theocracy
Oligarchy
Military Government
Bolivarianism
Feminism
Utilitarianism
Objectivism
Centrism
Anti-Masonry
Egalitarianism
Nativism
Pacifism
Free Silver
Environmentalism
States' Rights
Freemasonry

[Sasha]

why? me would think wikipedia and the dictionary where invented for an reason...

[The Idler]

Ideology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ideology-Very-Short-Introduction-Introductions/dp/019280281X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293573169&sr=8-1)
There's one on political philosophies and politics too. Oxford university press have some other ones which aren't very short introductions.

[ZeroNowhere]

TeenagismTeenagers should rule the world.


ObjectivismObjects should rule the world (hence, it favours capitalism and the subjection of people to the 'violence of things'.)


CentrismThe centre should do nothing, more or less.

[Chris]

Conservatism: Keep it the way it is, goddammit!
Liberalism: Freedom for who can afford it.
Libertarianism: Pussy anarchism for capitalists
Socialism: Worker control of the means of production, to create communism.
Communism: The statesless and classless society.
Authoritarianism: Pragmatism.
Anarchism: Idealistic.
Demarchism: Never heard of.
Fascism: Socialdemocrats who use the stick rather than the carrot.
Totalitarianism: Any economical system, since any economical system is endemic in society in general.
Teenagism: A horrible idea.
Theocracy: Priest rule.
Oligarchy: Rule by a few.
Military Government: Feudalism for the 20th and 21st century.
Bolivarianism: Viva latina america!
Feminism: Rights for women. Sometimes more than equal rights.
Utilitarianism: For the greater good. Therefore you must die.
Objectivism: Extreme capitalism, who creates no illusions.
Centrism: Compromise EVERYTHING.
Anti-Masonry: Carpenters.
Egalitarianism: We are all the same.
Nativism: We were here first damnit! Get the fuck back to *insert country here*
Pacifism: Pussies.
Free Silver: Dunno.
Environmentalism: Protecting us from nature.
States' Rights: An american custom, who makes no goddamn sense.
Freemasonry: A booming construction industry.

[Nial Fossjet]

Krytocracy!

[Rêve Rouge]

Teenagism....really? This can't be a real political ideology.

[ed miliband]

Teenagism....really? This can't be a real political ideology.

It's like Situationism but for teenagers rather than students.

[Iraultzaile Ezkerreko]

Conservatism: reactionary
Liberalism: too scared to do anything worthwhile
Libertarianism: poorly meshed together philosophy which disregards the fact that capitalism itself is oppressive
Socialism: transitional period towards...
Communism: the stateless classless society
Authoritarianism: depends on who you ask
Anarchism: same ends as socialism, different means
Demarchism: rule via randomly selected groups
Fascism: ultra-reactionary
Totalitarianism: similar to absolutist monarchies
Teenagism: ???
Theocracy: rule by religious leaders
Oligarchy: rule by a few, usually based on family lineage
Military Government: reactionary
Bolivarianism: latin-american left populism
Feminism: equal rights
Utilitarianism: anything can be justified by "the greater good"
Objectivism: bullshit extremist libertarianism
Centrism: wishy-washy bullshit
Anti-Masonry: anti-freemasons
Egalitarianism: make nicey-nice so the rabble-rousers shut up
Nativism: racism
Pacifism: useful...sometimes
Free Silver: Old US policy position, silver should be added as a method of backing currency, increasing the currency in circulation and help farmers pay off debts
Environmentalism: the environment is good, protect it
States' Rights: front for a means of enacting racist, sexist, an homophobic policy position locally in the US
Freemasonry: not really a political position, the freemasons are a secret society

[el_chavista]

Conservatism: reactionary
...
Bolivarianism: latin-american left populism
...

Bolivarianism is the original anti-USA-imperialistic stance in Our América,based onthe thoughts of Simón Bolívar, hero of my motherland's independence war.

[mikelepore]

Utilitarianism is an ethical philosophy that asserts that the word "good" is defined as that which brings about the greatest amount of long-term happiness to the greatest number of people. It was developed by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. If people are utilitarians, they can still disagree about what things are good, but instead of disagreeing based on interpretations of God's commandments or some other traditional reasons, they would be disagreeing because they make different estimates about which alternatives maximize the long-term happiness for people.

[Impulse97]

Demarchism:http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/92kio/index.html :hammersickle::che::hammersickle: