anti-socialism
Against communal ownership
Anti-socialism is opposition to socialism as an economic or political system.
The stance ranges from philosophical disagreement with collective ownership to active campaigns against socialist policies or parties: McCarthyism was driven by anti-socialism and anti-communism.
The term can describe movements, rhetoric, or individual positions: Her anti-socialism hardened after the factory was nationalized.
Preference for existing institutions
- republicanAdvocate against hereditary rule
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- thatcherStraw roof specialist
- randSouth African monetary unit
Private profit-based economy
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
objectivism · neoliberalism · individualism · right-wing · pro-business · deregulation · privatization · supply-side
Doctrine of personal independence
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
meritocracy · competition · innovation · self-determination · independence · freedom · choice · opportunity
Suboptimal use of resources
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
corruption · propaganda · censorship · collectivism · rationing · indoctrination · dependency · uniformity
conservatism
Preference for existing institutions
- republicanAdvocate against hereditary rule
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- thatcherStraw roof specialist
rand · capitalist · dissidents · defectors
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
laissez-faire · objectivism · neoliberalism · individualism · right-wing · pro-business · deregulation · privatization · supply-side
individualism
Doctrine of personal independence
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
entrepreneurship · meritocracy · competition · innovation · self-determination · independence · freedom · choice · opportunity · self-interest
inefficiency
Suboptimal use of resources
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
stagnation · corruption · propaganda · censorship · collectivism · rationing · indoctrination · dependency · uniformity · nationalization
- Thatcher EraMargaret Thatcher, Thatcher, Iron Lady, monetarism, poll tax
anti-socialismsocialism
Communal economic control
Marxism · communism · democratic socialism · collectivism · social democracy
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