Political Forms of Government Definitions short version

 

1.      ANARCHISM-  No Government

 

2.     CAPITALISM-  private ownership, for profit, free market 

 

3.     COMMUNISM-  Abolition of private property  

 

4.     CONSERVATISM-  Traditional Western Christian Values, Culture, Customs

 

5.     CRITICAL RACE THEORY CRT- Marxist Racism to divide and conquer a nation.

 

6.     DEMOCRACY- Mob Rule

 

7.     EGALITARIANISM-  more Marxism to divide.

 

8.     FASCISM-  Merger of corporate & govt powers to take away your rights.    

 

9.     FEMINISM- more Marxism to get women to destroy the traditional family by getting them in the workforce to give more taxes to the state.  

 

10.   LEFTISM, LEFT WING-  More intense Marxism that hates traditional values, regard social welfare as the most important goal of government. 

 

11.   LIBERALISM-  considers individual liberty to be the most important political goal, and emphasize individual rights and equality of opportunity.  

 

12.   LIBERTARIANISM-  upholds liberty as its primary focus and principal objective.  Property rights, non-aggression principle. 

 

13.   MARXISM-  Marxism is a social, political, and economic theory developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that views history as a struggle between the working class (proletariat) and the owning class (bourgeoisie). It argues that capitalism is exploitative and that workers should seize the means of production to create a classless, equal society. 

 

14.   NATIONALISM- is the strong belief, loyalty, and devotion that one’s nation is superior to others and that its interests should be placed above all others. It emphasizes placing national identity, culture, and goals ahead of international cooperation.

 

15.   NAZI, NAZISM- a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War 2.  DEROGATORY extreme racist or authoritarian views or behavior.

 

16.   REPUBLIC-  A republic is a form of government where citizens elect representatives to make laws and decisions on their behalf, rather than voting on them directly.  Derived from the Latin res publica ("public thing"), it is a state without a monarch but a chief of state, President; often guided by a constitution that protects rights according to Law.

 

17.   RIGHT WING- see Conservatism

 

18.   SOCIALISM-   Socialism is an economic and political system where the community or government owns and manages the means of production (factories, farms, businesses) instead of private individuals. It aims to reduce inequality by sharing wealth, resources, and profits equally among people, often providing essential services like healthcare and education.

 

19.   SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS (SJW) refers to a left leaning person who is seen as overly enthusiastic about issues of fairness in the treatment of matters of race, gender, or identity.

 

 

20.   TOTALITARIANISM-  Absolute Govt Control, Totalitarianism refers to an Authoritarian political system or state that regulates and controls nearly every aspect of the public and private sectors; a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

 

21.   VOLUTARISM-  a political philosophy which holds that all forms of human association should be voluntary. 

 

22.   WOKE, WOKEISM- being aware of or alert to social injustices, especially racism. Originally, it meant staying "awake" or attentive to systemic issues. Today, it is used in two ways: positively to describe being socially conscious, or negatively (often by conservatives) to describe someone as "too" politically liberal or progressive, focused on social justice, political correctness, or diversity.