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) Syncretic (economic) |
Birlikism (Chandan: බිරලික, Birlik, lit. "oneness") 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 revival and modernization of the multiethnic cosmopolitan society and culture of the Akdoğan Khanate to form a Chandan national identity, rejecting all other minority nationalist and separatist movements ethnic identities. At the same it seeks to "cleanse" Chandan culture by rooting out perceived social ills, "outdated" thinking and Xiaodongese cultural influence.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 similar political ideologies, Birlikism does not specify a particular economic system; while the Five Leaders largely supported autarky and planned economics, recent proponents have supported an free trade state capitalist model.