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{{Quote|quote="Remember: those in paradise no longer know desires, no longer know pity or love."
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'''Benefactorism''' is a far-AuthLeft ideology, based on Yevgeny Zamyatin's dystopian novel [[File:LiterallyWE.png]] "WE". It is the belief that rationality and equality are superior to imagination and individuality. It vies for a total surveillance of society, as well as completely planned and synchronized lives, possessions, workspaces, movements, schedules, etc.

'''Benefactorism''''s name comes from The Benefactor, a giant robotic entity that is the head leader of the One State.

==History==
'''Benefactorism''' is based on the novel [[File:LiterallyWE.png]] "WE", written in 1920 and published in 1924 by Soviet author Yevgeny Zamyatin (RU: Евгений Замятин). He did so outside of the USSR due to strict censorship laws that forbade any works that criticized the state even though the novel did not contain direct references to the [[File:ML.png]] Soviet state.

[[File:AnTory.png]] George Orwell read the novel in a French translation and wrote a review about it 8 months before creating the novel [[File:Literally1984.png]] "Nineteen Eighty-four." [[File:AnTory.png]] Orwell is reported as saying that he was "taking it as the model for his next novel." Robert Russell, in an overview of the criticism of [[File:LiterallyWE.png]] "WE," concludes that "[[File:Literally1984.png]] 1984 shares so many features with [[File:LiterallyWE.png]] "WE" that there can be no doubt about its general debt to it."

[[File:AnTory.png]] Orwell also claimed that [[File:Huxley.png]] Aldous Huxley's [[File:LiterallyBraveNewWorld.png]] "Brave New World" (1932) must be partly derived from [[File:LiterallyWE.png]] "WE." However, in a letter to Christopher Collins in 1962, [[File:Huxley.png]] Huxley said that he wrote [[File:LiterallyBraveNewWorld.png]] "Brave New World" as a reaction to [[File:HGW.png]] H. G. Wells' utopias long before he had heard of "WE."

==Beliefs==
'''Benefactorism''' believes that logic and reason shall and ought to be superior than creative thought or any other form of abstraction, and even treats "souls" as illnesses. He advocates for a supreme state, called "One State", that applies surveillance to all citizens through police force and transparency (literally, with all buildings and structures made out of glass), and forces equality, automation and synchronization in every citizen's lives, also believing that names should be replaced by numbers and sequences of letters, such as D-503 and I-330. '''Benefactorism''' also thinks industrial processes and jobs should be the main source of interest of all citizens.

As a final goal, '''Benefactorism''' believes that, in order to extinguish individuality, imagination and unpredictableness, everyone's lives should be completely automated, even goin as far as to transform everyone into [[File:POSTHUMANISMICON.png]] [[Post-Humanism|robots]], and the concept of private property should be abolished, as everything would be property of the One State.

To represent the One State, '''Benefactorism''' advocates for the creation of the [[File:TheBenefactor.png]] Benefactor, a giant robotic entity used as a symbol of leadership and religious figure, being venerated by all. It may resemble [[File:Literally1984.png]] "1984"'s Big Brother.

== How to Draw ==

{{Flag|BenefactorismFlag.png}}

''The '''Benefactorism''' flag is inspired by [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/68/77/c9/6877c9c86fc9ccbe338b3e71073b90f1.jpg one of "WE"'s covers].''

#Draw the outline of a circle.
#Fill the circle in with red.
#Draw a grey line in the middle from the center-bottom to almost the center-top of the inside of the ball.
#Draw a grey, thin and tall parallelogram from the center line to a shorter line to the left of the center line.
#Repeat the previous step, but with a white parallelogram to the right of the line, completing the center structure.
#Add two shorter structures, with the same steps as the previous one, touching each side of the central structure.
#Draw the outline of the eyes, accordingly to '''Benefactorism''''s current expression (almost always smiling), fill them in with white and you're done!

== Personality and Behavior ==

'''Benefactorism''' is very methodical, every of his moves and actions are planed and timed. He is always smiling and hates art (except for the One State anthem). He's also workaholic, carries a Russian accent and is usually seen wearing his characteristic blue attire. He refers to himself as we/us.

== Relationships ==

=== The Benefactor ===
*[[File:TheBenefactor.png]] [[Cybercommunism|The Benefactor]] - Long live the One State, long live the numbers, long live the Benefactor!

=== Numbers ===

*[[File:Hmind.png]] [[Hive-Mind Collectivism]] - Ah, yes, perfect synchronization and equality! The Benefactor would be proud.
*[[File:Stalin.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Stalinism]] [[File:JosephStalin.png]] - Nearly our real counterpart.
*[[File:Ingsocf.png]] [[Ingsoc]] - Great way of abolishing privacy and self-identity. Also, that Big Brother looks like the Benefactor.
*[[File:Technocracy.png]] [[Technocracy]] - People really should let the experts rule over, they know best.
*[[File:POSTHUMANISMICON.png]] [[Post-Humanism]] and [[File:Soctrans.png]] [[Socialist Transhumanism]] - The ultimate number! Now no one will get sick from imagination and dreams, stability will become eternal!

=== Semi-Numbers ===

*[[File:Ford.png]] [[Fordism]] - It's nice how you already plan everyone's lives even before they're born and how you crush individuality, but your citizens are all sick! None of them knows what reality is! It is the exact opposite of our principles!
*[[File:Techsoc.png]] [[Socialist Transhumanism|D-503]] - Don't worry D-503, the "process" will get rid of your disease.
*[[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]] - I don't believe the power of the proletariat should be our goal and seriously? Stateless society? But still, if weren't for you, our revolution (and also the last one) would never have happened.
*[[File:Dengf.png]] [[Dengism]] [[File:DengXiaoping.png]] - Nice industries and surveillance but what are those m*rkets we hear about and why do you like them?!
*[[File:Totalitarian.png]] [[Totalitarianism]] - Although we do agree the State is important, you falsely claim to promote the community thought.
*[[File:Soul.png]] [[Soulism]] - Anti-State is bad but your okay otherwise.

=== Sick ===

*[[File:EcoHumanism.png]] [[Environmentalism|I-330]] - BUSTED, YOU SICK! There's no process for you, you shall become pure water and steam, freak!
*[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]] - The common good can't be achieved if people have the freedom to be individualistic and infected with imag*nation...<s>how's Denmark so developed?</s>
*[[File:Christy.png]] [[Christian Theocracy]] - The reign of Christians is over. We've built the garden of Eden and now no one shall eat the forbidden fruit, for the [[File:TheBenefactor.png]] Benefactor is now god!
*[[File:Krater.png]] [[Kraterocracy]] - EVERYONE should work with the community and rule of the strong is barbarous!
*[[File:Libertarian.png]] [[Libertarianism]] - Freedom only leads to competition, unhappiness and imag*nation.
*[[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism]] [[File:Econlib.png]] - You really think m*rkets can regulate themselves?! Also, F*CK PRIVATE PROPERTY!
*[[File:Kak.png]] [[Kakistocracy]] [[File:Kak-Dunce.png]] - ...This has no salvation.
*[[File:Anprim.png]] [[Anarcho-Primitivism]] - You better stay outside the green wall, you beast!
*[[File:Avar.png]] [[Avaritionism]] - OH BENEFACTOR! YOU ARE EVIL ITSELF!

== Further Information ==
=== Literature ===
* [[File:LiterallyWE.png]] [https://monoskop.org/images/2/28/Zamyatin_Yevgeny_We_1972.pdf We]
=== [[File:Wikipedia.png]] Wikipedia ===
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel) We (novel)]

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