Najiluvism



Najiluvism is a Council Communist political theory and revolutionary praxis centered around the ideas of vanguardism, council democracy, worker self-management and the formation of a Dictatorship of the Proletariat as a transitional phase into socialism and eventually communism. Najiluvism sees its roots in the writings and teachings of communist thinker Gabril Najiluvo and many future Najiluvist thinkers after him since the 1940s. Najiluvo's theory was eventually adopted by the People's Red Front and became the dominant communist current in the Kingdom of Veikaia, eventually leading to the Veikan Civil War and the formation of the Council Republic of Veikaia.

The major pillars of Najiluvist theory are the formation of a strong revolutionary vanguard composed of ideologically educated members of the Commmunist Party to spread class consciousness and lead a revolution of the proletariat, decentralization of the state into a council based, one-party, semi-democratic state, and worker self-management. Market Socialism deeply influenced Najiluvo and his writings, being one of the few Communist theorists not to denounce the existence of markets and even praising their use as a mean to fairly allocate capital and services before eventually transitioning into a Communist society.

Vanguardism
One of the primary pillars of Najiluvist Praxis is the idea of the Communist Vanguard, a group of class conscious party members tasked with leading and managing both the revolution and the subsequent socialist state before transitioning into Communism. Vanguardism had been a common part of Communist thought since the success of the revolution in Goetia, with the Communist Party of Goetia also espousing as a major component of its ideology.

Vanguardism has been widely criticized by more moderate leftists inside and outside of Veikaia noting it might lead to the creation of a new social ruling class within the Communist Party that will refuse to relinquish power and ultimately transition into a Communist society.

Council Democracy
Another major part of Najiluvist thought is the decentralization of the state into councils going from the local to the provincial and national level, with local councils being elected directly by the population. Councils past the local level are to be elected by the members of the council under them until all positions are filled. The state is to be ruled by a supreme council or 'congress of councils' with a large amount of power over the rest of the state tasked with appointing and regulating commissars for both the electoral and judicial branches of government, a head of state and a head of government.

Workers' Self-Management and Markets
A major and controversial difference between Najiluvism and other forms of Communism and Socialism is the usage of a heavily controlled and regulated market for the allocation of capital goods and the means of production. Najiluvo believed that limited free markets could be "tamed" by the workers and state and utilized as a way to maintain socialism open to the world, facilitating the spreading of class consciousness to capitalist states through competition in international markets. Najiluvo's analysis of Goetia and its economic policy remarked on the economic and political isolation of the country and how it limited its ability to spread soft power across the world.

Another major part of Najiluvist economic policy is workers' self-management under the market socialist framework. Workers are to own and manage their workplaces through councils and assemblies, electing their own managers and deciding their own salaries while maintaining both their own and the enterprise's good in mind. Large labor-managed firms are heavily regulated but ultimately allowed.

In practice, a number of private companies are allowed to exist within Veikaia, mostly managed or heavily influenced by the state.