User:VioletStarfall

Hello everyone, I'm Violet or VioletMinds and welcome to my  Polcompball Anarchy Wiki userpage!

I'm just your friendly neighbourhood social futurist who likes coming here to write about my political ideals and beliefs from time to time. Don't expect me to be too active here, but I'll still come over sometimes to update my page and elaborate upon any fun ideas I've been theorising about. Outside of speculative politics and discussing theory, my main interests include electronic music, space and astronomy and everything sweet and wholesome. Generally, I am quite a reserved person, though I have a penchant for being very idealistic every now and again.

' Social Futurism is my fusion of ' and other  culturally left-wing  Third Position ideas with more traditional  center-left politics, creating a new form of anti-capitalism and anti-conservatism that espouses nationalism, meritocracy, social corporatism and radical modernism, ultimately seeking to unite the people around a collective vision of the future that emphasises merit, knowledge and fervent rejection of tradition.

Wishing you, dear reader, a happy and fulfilling day filled with speed, adventure and creativity!

= My political history = Below here is the complete development of my political ideals and beliefs, from the beginning in 2015 until now. The three icons and links at each time are my relevant economic, civic and social positions respectively. My political beliefs formed mostly from my own thoughts and discoveries over the years as my family are, for the most part, apolitical and would encourage me to explore and develop my own independent ideas.

[[File:Apolit.png]] Childhood
As expected, I had zero interest in or understanding of politics as a young child. I grew up in a liberal democracy with a capitalist sytem, born into a non-religious and mostly apolitical family who had their own views on society but often encouraged me to explore ideas on my own terms and develop a worldview independent of theirs. It is worth noting I was mostly exposed to liberal, secular and a mix of progressive and conservative values at a young age, both from my family and the environment I grew up in, forming the basis for my first political beliefs.

[[File:Socdem.png]][[File:Liberal_Democracy.png]][[File:Progconf.png]] Discovering politics (2015-2017)
Further reading:  •  • 

My first exploration of politics coincided with me becoming a teenager and Donald Trump's first presidential campaign drawing much media attention. During this time, I considered myself to be center to center-left and sympathised heavily with social democracy and the Nordic model, believing a mixed economy and a large welfare state in combination with liberal values to be the ideal for my nation, seeing both socialism and laissez-faire capitalism as destructive extremes. Additionally, I was a strong supporter of Western liberal democracy as the most desirable political model. While I was quite open to progressive ideas (secularism, pro-science policies, LGBT rights etc.), I saw traditional morals and values as an essential moral backbone for society and agreed with a few conservative "anti-SJW" positions that were gaining popularity on the internet at the time.

[[File:Liberalsoc.png]][[File:TechDem.png]][[File:Rfrm.png]] Scientific dreams and turning left (2017-2019)
Further reading:  •  • Classical Progressivism

Throughout 2017, I became more critical of capitalism and traditional democracy, being influenced by both reformist socialism and the Technocracy movement, and became more left-wing both socially and economically. I considered myself part of the "moderate left" as I was supportive of worker-owned enterprise and nationalisation of major industries while still supporting free markets (to an extent) and seeing liberalism as something that needed to be reformed and not abolished. A state primarily focused on scientific policies and ruled by technical experts became more appealing to me as a solution to society's problems, as I saw a scientific focus as necessary to prevent the emergence of reactionary politics, though I favoured technocracy-influenced democracy over a pure technocracy as I was still often opposed to authoritarianism. I additionally abandoned my last few conservative positions and became more progressive, though I favoured "science, secularism and rationalism" over any sort of identity politics, identifying as a "classical progressive". This was perhaps my most explicitly utopian phase of political thinking.

[[File:Corptism.png]][[File:Technocracy.png]][[File:Natprog.png]] Towards a third position (2021-2023)
Further reading:  •  • 

[[File:SocFut.png]] Into the future (2023-)
= My political beliefs =

[[File:SocFut.png]] Basic principles
''These are subject to change at any given moment. For now, I'd like to summarise my positions and principles briefly before I take the time to write about my beliefs in detail.''
 * [[File:Soccorp.png]] Harmony and cooperation in the economic sphere is to be nurtured by state intervention.
 * [[File:Nation.png]] National sovereignty must be asserted.
 * [[File:Merit.png]] Merit, knowledge and work should be valued.
 * [[File:Transh.png]] Technological development is a life-affirming force.
 * [[File:Statism.png]] The state is a necessary institution in driving society forward.
 * [[File:Fut2.png]] Radical modernism should be fearlessly embraced, without the suffocating grasp of tradition.
 * [[File:Prgess.png]] Unity around a collective forward-thinking vision is desirable.

Economics
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Further reading: Tripartism •  • 

My favoured economic model can be described as a form of social corporatism with a dirigiste approach to economic management and a large welfare state. I support a system of tripartite class collaboration inspired by neocorporatist ideas, with the state taking a proactive role in mediating between and cooperating with trade unions and employer groups, creating a social partnership that promotes harmony within the economy and allows all parties to work together more efficiently towards achieving the nation's economic goals. This allows for an avoidance of class conflict and economic self-interest at the expense of others, while still providing a means for workers, owners and the state to further their mutual interests. Furthermore, trade unions and other worker's groups will receive increased national representation. I additionally support a high level of state intervention and directive policy within the economy and oppose a laissez-faire system, which would lead to consumerism and profit being prioritised above national interests. While I am not opposed to private industry if it does not directly conflict with the goals of the united nation and vehemently reject a fully state-owned economy, some degree of state planning, nationalisation of major industries and strict regulations are needed to curb the excesses of free-market capitalism and align the production of essential goods with national interests. I am also in favour of creating a large social safety net, as well as implementing a wide range of social policies (free healthcare, free education etc.) that will provide benefits to the people. These welfarist measures are intended to ensure the health and prosperity of the nation's citizens, remedy disparities and increase equality of opportunity across the social sphere, and to provide financial and social security for workers affected by automation. Such welfare policies will be essential to ensure our transition towards an automated economy as development advances and we embrace futuristic technology will not have significantly negative consequences for the labor force.

While I support class collaboration and am sceptical about most socialist ideas, I support a number of strict anti-capitalist policies for two reasons. While supporters of capitalism often argue that capitalism creates a meritocracy, capitalism often operates contrary to meritocratic principles by prioritising wealth above talent and knowledge and not providing the equality of opportunity needed for such a meritocracy to flourish. Furthermore, such a system allows individuals with significant financial power to pursue personal profit motives over national interest without consequence and resort to worker exploitation instead of cooperation. These policies include nationalisation of major businesses in essential industries, wealth redistribution, abolition of landlording and creation of very strict regulations surrounding automation within private industry.

Under construction, will elaborate upon the "social meritocracy" system here.

[[File:ProgNat.png]] Nation
Under construction.

[[File:Statism.png]] Civics
Under construction.

[[File:DvNovelty.png]] Society
Under construction.

= My political inspirations =

[[File:Ataturk.png]] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and [[File:Kemal.png]] Kemalism
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Policies I don't like:

[[File:Marinetti.png]] Filippo Tomasso Marinetti and [[File:Fut2.png]] Italian Futurism
Policies I like:

Policies I don't like:

= My contributions =

= Relationships =

[[File:No.png]] Agents of decay
= Comments = I will be periodically clearing the comment section to reduce any clutter.
 * - Australia gang. Also, howdy.
 * - Hello there! Always nice to see a fellow Australian around.
 * - Could you add me please :pleading_face:
 * - I'm not adding any user relations yet, but I might once I've gotten around to finishing the "Beliefs" section.
 * Wonderfully done page so far excited to see more -Buni (talk) 12:29, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
 * - Thank you so much! I'll be sure to add more as time goes on!
 * - What Buni said. At the moment, this has got to be the most aesthetically pleasing user wiki on the site.
 * - Thank you kindly! 😊