What is my ideology?

[TheRedHand]

Hello,

I am quite new to this forum, and discovered it while researching communism. For some time now, I have had troubles associating myself with a specific ideology, so I was hoping that someone on this forum with a far superior understanding of the principles of various ideologies could help me out.

I believe in the abolition of money, one political party, extensive civil liberties, complete provision of social programs by the government, assigned jobs by the government based on skill and intelligence, political leaders are selected by existing party members based on capability to lead and how dedicated they are to the party, freedom of religion, freedom of speech...etc

This is a very brief touch on what I believe in but I appreciate anyone that could try and assist me. I would be happy to elaborate if anyone has any questions.

I also understand that some members of this forum might disagree with my beliefs but remember I am not looking to debate right now :)

Thanks!

[Brutus]

There's no need to pigeon hole yourself into a tendency.

[The Feral Underclass]

Hoxhaism? Ismail will be happy to help.

[CatsAttack]

You don't have an ideology, you're not ready for one yet. Your views will change and firm with time.

[Philosophos]

I'm not quite sure what kind of tendencie you might want follow, but as people said above you don't have to choose one in particular just now. I'm a communist for quite some time and been in the forum for almost a year and I still haven't decided yet.

Also you might think of getting active (I heard about it lots of times). If you get active you will see how the people of the organization act and you'll decide yourself if you agree/like their way.

I've been in anarchist and marxist-leninist organizations and they both appealed to me, but I believe that I have to study and think some things on my own if I want to decide wisely.

[Luís Henrique]

I am quite new to this forum, and discovered it while researching communism. For some time now, I have had troubles associating myself with a specific ideology, so I was hoping that someone on this forum with a far superior understanding of the principles of various ideologies could help me out.

I believe in the abolition of money, one political party, extensive civil liberties, complete provision of social programs by the government, assigned jobs by the government based on skill and intelligence, political leaders are selected by existing party members based on capability to lead and how dedicated they are to the party, freedom of religion, freedom of speech...etc

This is a very brief touch on what I believe in but I appreciate anyone that could try and assist me. I would be happy to elaborate if anyone has any questions.

I also understand that some members of this forum might disagree with my beliefs but remember I am not looking to debate right now :)

Thanks!

You seem to adhere to mutually exclusive beliefs - how is it possible to have freedom of speech, or extensive civil liberties, under a one-party regime, moreso one where the State decides who works on what?

Luís Henrique

[jookyle]

Just keep reading. You won't know anything until you've read it. It'll strike you. It always does.

[Leftsolidarity]

Communist? Why bother with a tendency? Just read more literature and participate in the movement and you'll find what you do and do not agree with specifically which will let you better assess your tendency if you're interested in that.

[G4b3n]

A one party state would more than likely not be fond of civil liberties as its very existence is a restriction of liberty in itself, not just one party states for that matter but all states.

You views are too broad to give a tendency, though it would certainly be of the authoritarian variety. I wouldn't suggest holding yourself to a tendency though.

[ckaihatsu]

What you're describing, TRH, basically sounds like an expansion of the existing public sector.

The political characteristics you listed would all cut against the institution of private property, and privatization -- definitely positive and progressive.

Unfortunately many revolutionaries get skittish upon any mention of single-party administration, forgetting that the dynamics of prevailing economics and politics overshadow any formalities like political parties, anyway.

I would only express concern about any kind of concentrated representation by personage, since it would tend to *specialize* the function of governance / administration, inviting the re-emergence of elitism. Your mention of the 'skill and intelligence' formal criteria for work roles -- while seemingly reasonable -- is problematic in this way since such a system would tend to require administrative functions for deciding and assigning such professional designations, thus *politicizing* those administrative roles out of what *should* be strictly neutral, *administrative* functions. It's down this path that we would wind up with the manifestation of technocratic and/or bureaucratic elitism.

I'll counterpose a model, excerpted below, that I developed to directly address this issue of implementation, one that posits a strictly civil-/civic-type of shared-participatory administration over fixed, routine, computerized administrative functions.





Ownership / control

communist administration -- All assets and resources will be collectivized as communist property in common -- their use must be determined through a regular political process of prioritized demands from a locality or larger population -- any unused assets or resources may be used by individuals in a personal capacity only




Determination of material values

labor [supply] -- Labor credits are paid per hour of work at a multiplier rate based on difficulty or hazard -- multipliers are survey-derived




Material function

communist administration -- Assets and resources are collectively administered by a locality, or over numerous localities by combined consent [supply]

labor [supply] -- Work positions are created according to requirements of production runs and projects, by mass political prioritization




Infrastructure / overhead

communist administration -- Distinct from the general political culture each project or production run will include a provision for an associated administrative component as an integral part of its total policy package -- a selected policy's proponents will be politically responsible for overseeing its implementation according to the policy's provisions

labor [supply] -- All workers will be entirely liberated from all coercion and threats related to basic human living needs, regardless of work status -- any labor roles will be entirely self-selected and open to collective labor organizing efforts on the basis of accumulated labor credits




Propagation

communist administration -- A political culture, including channels of journalism, history, and academia, will generally track all known assets and resources -- unmaintained assets and resources may fall into disuse or be reclaimed by individuals for personal use only

labor [supply] -- Workers with past accumulated labor credits are the funders of new work positions and incoming laborers -- labor credits are handed over at the completion of work hours -- underfunded projects and production runs are debt-based and will be noted as such against the issuing locality


[3] Ideologies & Operations -- Fundamentals

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[2] G.U.T.S.U.C., Simplified

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communist supply & demand -- Model of Material Factors

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[Fourth Internationalist]

Hello,

I am quite new to this forum, and discovered it while researching communism. For some time now, I have had troubles associating myself with a specific ideology, so I was hoping that someone on this forum with a far superior understanding of the principles of various ideologies could help me out.

I believe in the abolition of money, one political party, extensive civil liberties, complete provision of social programs by the government, assigned jobs by the government based on skill and intelligence, political leaders are selected by existing party members based on capability to lead and how dedicated they are to the party, freedom of religion, freedom of speech...etc

This is a very brief touch on what I believe in but I appreciate anyone that could try and assist me. I would be happy to elaborate if anyone has any questions.

I also understand that some members of this forum might disagree with my beliefs but remember I am not looking to debate right now :)

Thanks!

From what I can see, you seem be in favour of a single-party state with a state-run economy without a wage-system. I don't know any names of ideologies that advocate that. Also, such a system could not be considered socialist or capitalist.