Birlikism
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Birlikism බිරලික Birlik | |
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| Ideology | Chandan nationalism Cultural nationalism Anti-nationalism Guided democracy Republicanism Anti-Xiaodong sentiment |
| Political position | Right-wing (social) |
Birlikism, (Chandan: බිරලික, Birlik, lit. "oneness" or "unity") is a Chandan nationalist political ideology based on the theories and actions of the Five Leaders of Chanda and is the founding ideology of the Republic of Chanda. It promotes the development of a Chandan national identity by a centralized guided ethnocratic state instead of a pluralistic liberal democracy. Since the declaration of the Republic in 1948, Birlikism continues to be the dominant political ideology of the country, although its recent proponents have favored some democratic reforms.
Birlikism promotes a single Chandan national identity and culture based upon the mixed cosmopolitan society of the Akdoğan Khanate, that saw the formation of the Akdoğan culture from the mixing of local cultures and ethicities. Thus it rejects all other cultural identities, including an explicitly Togoti identity, and opposes minority nationalist and seperatist movements. In addition it seeks to modernize Chandan culture by targeting perceived social ills and Xiaodongese cultural influence. In order to implement these ideals, the ideology supports the creation of a one-party state and rejects political pluralism as long as there is a perceived threat to Chandan unity. Unlike other political ideologies, Birlikism does not specify a particular economic system, although the Five Leaders largely supported autarky and planned economics.