My Political Views

A page about my views on politics, and social issues.
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General views

I, politically-speaking, identify as left-wing and as a democratic socialist.
My favorite political system has never been established in mankind's history, but it would combine:

An economic system based on the collectivization of means of production, as established in Marxist, socialist countries, such as Cuba or the Soviet Union.
Some elements of workers' self-management and workplace democracy, inspired by workers' cooperatives or Tito's Yugoslavia.
A mix of representative democracy, direct democracy and technocracy, inspired by the political system of Switzerland or ideas such as liquid democracy, as advocated by pirate parties.
A mix of technological advancement and environmental sustainability, inspired by the ideas of bright green environmentalism.

I do not label myself a communist, as I do not see any stateless society as possible or desirable in the foreseeable future, I think it is unfortunately too utopic an idea.

On social issues, I would label myself as center-left, as a moderate progressive or as a progressive conservative. I believe in social progress and justice, but I believe not all progress is good in nature. My approach is progressive, rather than libertarian: I believe the State should guide progress and help mitigate its potentially harmful consequences, rather than to have people simply be free to do as they wish.
I consider myself a patriotic person and believe in civic nationalism. I have pride in my country's accomplishments, and believe patriotism and pride in one's country should not suppress criticism and dissent, but should instead inspire to strive to make their land a better place for all.
Despite being distrustful of decentralization and the possible inequalities it may cause, I do support the preservation of local cultures and languages. Within my own country of France, I support efforts to revivalize and preserve vulnerable minority languages, such as Occitan and its dialects, Breton, Basque, Corsican and others.
I am distrustful of organized religion, which is too often a force supporting the oppression of minorities and the established hierarchies. I believe in a radical form of secularism, emphasizing the exclusion of all religion from the Republic (res publica) and its relegation to the private sphere, and I believe the fight against religious extremism and indoctrination to be of paramount importance.
I support a hypothetical socialist union of European (or even global) states. Free trade and trade unions cannot be supported under capitalism (as they lead to destruction of labor laws, widespread offshoring and unemployment, and benefit only the rich at the detriment of the working class). The European Union is furthermore corrupted by neoliberalism and free market policies, and should be disbanded or left as soon as possible. I do not believe reform can save it, though I would support progressive reforms.

Support for local political groups and personalities

There are pretty much no politicians in France I have a clearly positive opinion of. All of them have serious faults which, in my opinion, cannot be overlooked.
I supported Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the 2022 presidential election, as well as the NUPES coalition for the legislative elections. Had France used an electoral system eliminating the need for coalitions and tactical voting, I would have supported Fabien Roussel and the PCF, but I still have issues with them (not focusing enough on environmental issues, Roussel's campaign being a bit reactionary). Other parties and politicians I have issues with include:

GRS: I like them but they're a bit too centrist perhaps. Also completely irrelevant.
Mélenchon / LFI: anti-nuclear energy, too socially/culturally radical, not secular enough (dubious ties with Islamist organizations, personalities and movements)
Poutou / NPA: basically everything wrong with LFI but worse.
Arthaud / LO: too sectarian/purist/cultish, too class reductionist (though they're basically ultra-orthodox Trotskyists, so I can't exactly blame them).
Hamon / G-s: a bit too centrist, too Europhile
EELV: party leadership is too liberal/centrist, anti-nuclear energy, can lean towards seriously anti-science, way too Europhile
Kuzmanovic / RS: claims to be "neither left nor right" and gets too close to the far-right, are they even still left-wing anymore
Montebourg: too centrist, same issues as Kuzmanovic
PS: large parts of the party are pretty much center-right, betrayed the left, full of establishment career politicians without any backbone, untrustworthy, too Europhile. (I like Olivier Faure, but I don't exactly trust him)
And of course every right-wing party (including "centrists").

Support for politicians abroad

I am horrified by the rise of the religious and national-populistic right embodied by the Republican Party in the United States. I overall support working-class progressive Democrats such as Bernie Sanders, which are the closest thing there is to a tangible left-wing in the US. Ultimately, I think the dismantlement of the US would perhaps be the best issue for the world.
In the UK, I support left-wing and center-left nationalist movements in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In England, I support Labour, more specifically the Corbynite wing of the party.
I oppose the current governments in Hungary and Poland. In the latter I would support the Lewica alliance, while in the former I would probably vote for the United Opposition out of necessity (with some disgust). I do have more sympathy for the (unfortunately marginal) ISZOMM party
I support left-wing and center-left progressive movements in Latin America, as exemplified by the campaigns of Lula, Gabriel Boric or Gustavo Petro. I support the current Cuban political system.

Political tests

TBD

Written by Alice. Last update: 2022-08-11.