National Communism
Current that combines a planned socialist economy with a strong national identity, prioritizing the sovereignty and interests of its own country over internationalism, often under personalist and centralized leadership.
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In one sentence
I want a socialist society devoted to the sovereignty and interests of its own nation, under strong leadership, not internationalism.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Very strong · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Very strong · Security
Power
- Strong · Assimilation
Immigration
- Leaning · Nationalist
Nationalism
- Very strong · Public
Economy
- Very strong · Planning
Free market
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward autocracy than 90% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 60This ideology 15
Of all the topics, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Religion
On Religion, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 61This ideology 75
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Kim Il-sung
Founder of North Korea, Kim Il-sung created the Juche doctrine of national self-reliance and established a single-party regime with a cult of the leader that fuses communism, nationalism, and hereditary dynastic power.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyWalter UlbrichtCommunist leader98%
SociallyKim Jong UnDictator97%
EconomicallyMao ZedongRevolutionary100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsXi JinpingStatesman96%
PoliticsJoseph StalinDictator95%
PoliticsFidel CastroRevolutionary95%
Political theoryRamiro Ledesma RamosTheorist of Spanish national syndicalism94%
PoliticsHafez al-AssadPresident of Syria94%
PoliticsGamal Abdel NasserPresident of Egypt93%
PoliticsSaddam HusseinDictator93%
PoliticsJoseph GoebbelsPropaganda Minister93%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
North Korea
Dynastic-autarkic totalitarianismA totalitarian single-party state, North Korea maintains a planned economy, international isolation, and a cult of the Kim dynasty, uniting communism, nationalism, and the self-reliance doctrine known as Juche.
Other close countries
North Korea
Dynastic-autarkic totalitarianismA totalitarian single-party state, North Korea maintains a planned economy, international isolation, and a cult of the Kim dynasty, uniting communism, nationalism, and the self-reliance doctrine known as Juche.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyChongqing (China)Industrial dirigiste municipality94%
SociallyChinaOne-party industrial socialism93%
EconomicallyCubaOne-party egalitarian socialism99%
The most distant
Nasser's Egypt
1954–1970Under Nasser, Egypt was a nationalist, developmentalist republic that nationalized strategic sectors, led pan-Arabism, and united Arab socialism, agrarian reform, and strong leadership in the Middle East.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyEast Germany1949–199096%
SociallyKádár's Hungary1956–198995%
EconomicallyMaoist China1949–1976100%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Radical Left
- Radical Left
Juche Socialism
North Korean doctrine formulated by Kim Il-sung that combines state socialism, national self-reliance, single-party rule, supreme leadership, militarization and rejection of external dependence, subordinating economy and society to the sovereignty of the regime.
- Radical Left
Stalinist Socialism
Soviet model consolidated by Stalin, marked by accelerated industrialization, agricultural collectivization, rigid central planning, personalized leadership and mass political repression.
- Radical Left
Chinese Socialism
21st-century doctrine of the CPC associated with Xi Jinping. It combines centralized Party leadership and socialist modernization, advocating national rejuvenation, predominant public ownership, and a socialist market with private enterprise and technological innovation.
Closest in other spectrums
- Third Position
Red Fascism
Regime that fuses fascism's authoritarian aesthetics and hierarchy, with a strong leader, order and national discipline, to a socialist economy of collectivization, nationalized enterprise and central planning of the means of production.
- Third Position
National Bolshevism (NazBol)
Syncretic ideology, also called NazBol, that fuses revolutionary socialism and radical nationalism, combining a collectivist economy, state authoritarianism, and rejection of liberalism, the West, and bourgeois individualism.
- Third Position
Ba'athist Socialism
An Arab current of state socialism combining pan-Arab nationalism, a vanguard party, planning, land reform and control of strategic sectors, advocating Arab unity, secularism and independence from imperialism.
The most distant ideology
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