A form of government that theoretically permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of the individual’s life to the authority of the government.

Dominant in the Western world since the breakup of feudalism, in which most of the means of production are privately owned and production is guided and income distributed largely through the operation of markets.

Communisim

Nationalism

Nationalism

Communisim

national-fascism

national-socialisim

A way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies

An even more extreme form of socialism that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production (e.g., mines, mills, and factories) and the natural resources of a society.

A way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies

ideology based on the premise that the individual’s loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass other individual or group interests.