Xeroism

Xeroism, sometimes derivably organized into Xeroism-Solokovism (XS) and further categorized alongside Chelovek Thought (XSCT, CT), or alternatively simply known as Xeroist Socialism, is a political ideology and the main movement surrounding communism throughout much of Eldham and particularly known to be adopted within the United Socialist States of Eldham. It is based upon the teachings, philosophy, political legacy, and beliefs of Xeroise Ronango'O, and often further influenced by Quintus Solokov and Chelovek Serebra.

While broad, the ideology and corresponding movement advocate for the abolition of feudal, capitalist, and bandit states with them being replaced by socialist ones oriented around democracy and egalitarian welfare intended to exist and permit a safe transition into communism upon the availability of the material conditions to do so. The Xeroist socialist state in question typically promotes collectivism, unity on the basis of common need for survival, destruction of anti-revolutionary forces, formation of a vanguard entity, creative adaptation of the communist movement to best fit the needs of the worker, and anti-imperialism.

Presidency & Political Career of Xeroise Ronango'O
Xeroise Ronango'O, the namesake of the ideology and movement, sought out her political career with the establishment of the United Socialist States of Eldham where she had served in various government roles from the beginning of the fledgling nation. While government leaders of the nation at the time such as Aboniert Ormnidus and later Leo Belgicus advocated for a much more liberalistic and decentralized approach to a socialist state, Xeroise differed in her much more hardline support of communism and her belief that the state exists solely to represent the people and to establish both their will and the protection that their will cannot be compromised. She harshly disagreed with any premise that the state should be decentralized and powerless and was harshly against the sometimes outright expansionist efforts of President Ormnidus.

After the ending of the Kunir War, Xeroise would serve as the nation's third President whereby she began a series of many reforms to bring back the nation to a status as a world superpower and the cornerstone of Eldham's communist movement. She rapidly began industrialization of the nation, started heavy development efforts worked on by volunteer work forces, mass farming initiatives, cultural documentation, a declaration of the Communist Party as the vanguard party of the nation and its people, and more. At this time she also began working on several theoretical passages to describe her beliefs and their usage. Her Presidency is often regarded to begin the so-called "Golden Era" of the USSE.

Adaptation into the Solokovian Presidency & Xeroism-Solokovism
With the nation back in full swing after the leadership of Xeroise Ronango'O, President Solokov intended to carry the torch and ideological foundations set by Ronango'O. He implemented sweeping reforms to the government to further centralize the state and ensure more productivity. While this was sometimes criticized as anti-democratic, this ended up being a more or less temporary measure to continue efficiency within the economy and development and prevent delays. Solokov heavily leaned into the ideas of creative adaptations of the socialist state in order to ensure both its survival and the growth of the communist movement. Under his Presidency, the population of the nation had doubled and the USSE undersaw unprecedented domestic development and economic growth, all with popular support of the people. His adaptation of Xeroise's beliefs towards creating a unified solid state controlled by and for the workers and the political agenda of his Presidency is often regarded within the establishment of unified Xeroism-Solokovism.

Chelovek Thought & Further Ideological Spread
Another focal point of Xeroism would be the ideological influences of Chelovek Serebra. Though he had immense respect for Quintus Solokov during his own Presidency and enjoyed working in his cabinet, Chelovek immediately planned to run for President after the end of Solokov's term to pick up the slack left by his Presidency. Chelovek believed that the time had come for the government to represent the people, aligning more so with the beliefs and political agenda originally set by Xeroise Ronango'O. There was massive growth already, and the only thing missing in the eyes of Chelovek was a more public and transparent government.

Chelovek was elected President with a mere 62.7% of the popular vote. Touting the success of Xeroism in bringing the USSE to the world stage once more, Chelovek re-established the then-abolished National Assembly, an act which increased the representation of the people within the government, published a constitution based upon the ideological beliefs of Xeroism, and offered people the ability to recall their government at any time and impeach sitting leaders who disappoint the people they are intended to represent. Chelovek touted the reformed government as a true "dictatorship of the proletariat", using the ideology of Xeroism and the contributions of Solokov to it in order to establish this.

The beliefs and ideology of Chelovek are often characterized by economic centralization, planning quick initiatives in support of mass-development in order to ensure integrity of public welfare, the foundations of democratic centralism, and vanguardism through the Communist Party.

Xeroist Theory of Hierarchy & Private Ownership
Xeroists recognize the dominance of several means of state hierarchy. This includes things such as kingdoms, dictatorships, oligarchies, and military states. Xeroise believed that hierarchy is characterized by a singular trait and that is some people having a higher inherent value in comparison to others who are otherwise same in their faculties and capabilities.

She states that hierarchies such as these have no reason to fundamentally exist and are rooted in sheer exploitation, whether by intention or not. She recognized that while statesmen or businessmen at the heads of state or economic hierarchies often act in ways they think are beneficial to everyone, the final product of their actions is outright exploitation.

She believed at length that corporations and private ownership, that is the ability to produce capital profit through ownership of the means of production, root their exploitation in the "theft" of surplus wealth created by workers underneath their belt and just as a dictator is obviously exploitative of his peasants, a capitalist is also exploitative of his workers and that this carries into every other mode of production outside of the communist one."The kingdom, military state, or dictatorship is the predominant form of governance across all worlds. This is characterized by a firm hierarchy; one in which some people have a more massive inherent value in comparison to their fellow countrymen. Also present is the liberal or social democracy which claims to fix the ailments of unjust hierarchy with public representation and minor welfare policies. All of these systems remain flawed however, their foundations lie in the inequalities of private ownership and capitalist, feudalist, or bandit-oriented production.""With the prevalence of private accumulation of capital, kings or statesmen collect an unproportionable amount of wealth not earned by merit or work but instead ripped directly from their citizenry. The truth is that these systems are not natural but are instead the result of exploitation, whether by intention of the reigning ruling class or not. Do people not deserve the fruits of their own labor and do they not deserve the ability to be earnestly represented in the actions of the state by themselves or in some other meaningful manner?"-Xeroise Ronango'O, The Red Epiphany

Collectivism
Xeroists, being generally opposed to organized class hierarchy, endorse the principles of collectivism. In Xeroise's own words "No human is worth any more than their fellow peers", understanding that no one has more inherent importance to their life than others and for that reason people must cooperate and act for the good of the collective.

As a part of her belief in collectivism, she was strongly against the presence of so-called bandit or pirate states such as Barbossa or Vanakunir. She believed they distorted the need for human survival by exploitering their fellow people in mankind by stealing from their own work and merit to bring themselves personal profit, seeing it as simply a bastardized form of the more intricate exploitation carried out by kings or businessmen.

Vanguardism
Xeroise Ronango'O endorsed the principles of vanguardism, that is the formation of an entity, typically a "political party", to represent the needs of the workers in mass and that this should be at the cornerstone of the government.

Revolutionism
It is often fundamental to Xeroism that revolutionism is used. Xeroise and her ideological peers recognized that those at the top of a hierarchy will often refuse to step away from power through greed and that a socialist state or communist society cannot be established without revolutionary action. While Xeroise argued that war is undesirable and causes needless pain, it is a necessity in most situations in order to bring a change in ideology to the general public and state apparatus.