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An economic posisistion favouring more collectivity/cooperation in making resource using decisions. This can either be done by state planning or using communes.
Leftism includes philosophies whose goals are absolute state control/planning, such as in Communism or Democratic Socialism, or the moderate political philosophers, who want only some collective cooperation, such as Social democrats.
leftism by Secular leftist October 15, 2005
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Leftism is a contagious political mental disorder that puts you and your people at risk.
Spencer: *Writes song lyric* "Math is gay"
Teacher: That's very offensive! You should be ashamed of yourself.
Jake: *Laughs* You have leftism loser. Stay away from me!
leftism by Jake16261 June 28, 2019
/noun/ 1. Radical liberalism; often associated with socialism, though few of them seek a fully socialist economy.

2. Involving a belief that if our country is *so great* then everyone (especially children) should have basic food, shelter, healthcare, and education.
3. An ideology risen in response to the liberal party's persistent slide towards conservative values, particularly the acceptance of obvious bribes from donors.
Those who follow leftism are typically referred to as "leftists;" erroneously used by Nazi trolls to as a derogatory term, as leftists proudly apply this term to themselves.

Leftism sees the struggle of the working class to keep their heads above water while corporations sit on their shoulders and tell them to swim faster.
Leftism by cashmeousidee April 19, 2018
Condition caused by an accident that results in the loss of one testicle, usually the right one. Results in the nickname of "Lefty".
Someday, the ballad of Lefty shall be heard round the world.

He flew forward and hit his balls, thus he became Lefty.
leftism by Andrew "Lefticle" Lanford September 7, 2005
Leftism concerns itself with progressive ideologies whose cultural and political backing is so strong that they are said to attain power equivalent to those of a state religion, with which they often exhibit significant similarities in both theory and practice.
Mike is a Leftist, so he worships, like a religion, in ideologies of progressivism, group identity, equality of outcome, all without basis of merit or fact.

The act of; leftism
Leftism by The Right side May 2, 2019

CEO Of Leftism

Gary asks nigga baby that always sucks the mods off
That CEO Of Leftism is at it again,sucking the mods
CEO Of Leftism by anonymous November 1, 2020

Thoreauvian Leftism

A broad term for left‑wing politics (socialist, communist, anarchist, etc.) that incorporate Thoreauvian values: simplicity, ecological awareness, civil disobedience, and suspicion of large institutions, including leftist parties. Thoreauvian leftists prioritise local, prefigurative action—building alternative communities, resisting pipelines, living simply—over electoral politics or central planning. They are often critical of industrial civilisation and technological solutionism, seeking a degrowth transition to a society where people can be truly free because they need so little.
Example: “The collective ran a free library, a community garden, and a tool‑sharing shed—Thoreauvian leftism: building the new world in the shell of the old, one hand‑built shelf at a time.”
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