Sweden Democratsism is the ideology of the second largest party in the Swedish parliament, Sweden Democrats. It's a Statist,
Economically Center-Left,
Culturally Right and
Nationalist ideology. The party is "the nationalist party" of
Sweden and got really big during the refugee crisis. Its main goal is to oppose immigration, promote Swedish culture and be over-all conservative.
Unlike American right-wing parties it is not as Economically Liberal. It wants to protect the swedish economy from
globalization and promotes
trade unions. It also strongly supports the swedish
"folkhemmet" and has gained massive support among blue-collar workers. As of 2022 it is the most popular party in Sweden among that demographic.
The party is well known for its Populist rhetoric. It mostly subsribes to
Right-Wing Populism with a heavy critique of
immigration and
Progressivism, but is not affraid to include some
Left-Wing opinions on economics. It sees itself as a "party for the people", different from the
Progressive Left and
Spineless Right.
Cultural and
Social Conservatism is important to the party. It wants to protect swedish culture and traditions and believes that
Immigration is a big problem. The party as a whole is generally apathetic towards
the LGBT movement, however, some factions actively oppose it and sees it as a degenerate lifestyle while other factions want to protect LGBT individuals from homophobic immigrants.
History
The party was founded in the late 80s and was a lot more radical than it is today. Although the party wasn't fully fascist it had many members with connections to other fascist parties. The party got more moderate later on, especially when Jimmie Åkesson became the party-leader. After the party had gone mainstream it removed many of its members from the Youth Wing as they were considered too radical. These members went on to found Alternative for Sweden.
Relationships
Friends
Welfare Chauvinism - Basically me!
Populism - Good way to gain support.
Moderate Party and
Christian Democrats - I know you didn't like me at first, but thank you for collaborating with me.
Paternalistic Conservatism - Left-leaning economics and conservatism? Count me in.
Trumpism - I've praised you a lot.
National Syndicalism - We need to embrace class collaboration to protect jobs and welfare from immigrants.
Economic Nationalism - The Swedish economy must be protected from greedy globalists.
Cultural Conservatism &
Social Conservatism - The Swedish way of life is worth protecting.
Social Corporatism - Class collaboration, workers' rights and welfare? Based!
Frenemies
Nordic Model - My father who is a bit too liberal.
Homonationalism - Some of my followers love you, others despise you.
Left-Wing Populism - Fellow populist with some very based takes, but you're still waaay too progressive.
Neoconservatism - We'll never join you, neocuckservative. *Russia invades Ukraine* Uhm, maybe NATO isn't such a bad idea.
Enemies
National Socialism - I'm tired of getting called a nazi.
Green Party - Shut up! You don't know what you are talking about.
Immigrants - You are destroying Sweden!
Jihadism - Islamic extremism, worst extremism.
Nuance Party - Look! This is the result of unrestricted immigration.
Centre Party - I'm done with your complaints.
The lengths you go to to avoid me are actually kind of funny.
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