Death Worship

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Fictional Ideology
"The party would like to remind you this ideology has never existed" - Ingsoc
This article is about a fictional ideology and has no foundation in real life political movements.

"Thank you for making my life so happy. Goodbye to you all on the count of 3. Please make sure that the sacrifice of my life is not in vain."

Death Worship, also translated to Obliteration of the Self, is an off-compass authoritarian ideology which is the doctrine of the super-state of Eastasia from 1984.

Not much is actually known about their beliefs besides from that like Ingsoc is the corruption of European Socialism for the benefit of state dominance and Neo-Bolshevism is the corruption of Marxism for the benefit of state dominance, Death Worship is the corruption of Asian Spirituality for the benefit of the state. Specifically the principle of Self-Sacrifice in the name of greater goals, which DW transforms into self-abuse in the name of serving the state.

History

Within the narrative of 1984, Death Worship is the state ideology of the super-state Eastasia. Little is known in the novel besides that it is "barely distinguishable" from the other two state ideologies in the world of 1984.

Beliefs

Like Ingsoc and Neo-Bolshevism, Death Worship is defined by a pyramidal structure, worship of a semi-divine leader, and an economy geared towards continuous warfare.

Due to its name, some readers have theorized that Obliteration of the Self may be related to nirodha, one of the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism, which states that dukkha (suffering) can be stopped or suppressed by letting go of taṇhā (desires) and trimming down/suppressing the the ego. Obliteration of the Self corrupts this idea by obliterating the ego completely, i.e. ego death, to force the people to comply with the state as one collective unit. Likewise, death is commemorated in Buddhism as relief from suffering of the current life and rebirth into the next, which may have inspired the name "Death Worship".

It is also theorized that Death Worship involves a perversion of būshido, a Japanese moral code that values honour above life.

Personality and Behaviour

Like IngSoc, Death Worship is a malevolent and power-hungry individual seeking to exert his will across everything in existence. Death Worship generally acts without showing much emotion and has a cold and clinical manner of speaking. The only exceptions are when he is talking about dying in war for the interests of the state.

DW is usually portrayed to be suicidal, but this does not have to be the case, especially since military death would be more useful for a totalitarian state.

Like Ingsoc, Death Worship is also the essence of totalitarianism, though Ingsoc has better brand recognition.

Death Worship's character is often portrayed as an Asian with slanted eyes and a rice hat.

How to Draw

Flag of Death Worship

The design for Death Worship is based on the CJK character for "death": "死"， an ideogrammic compound formed from combining 歺 (human remains) and 人 (a mourning person).

  1. Draw a ball,
  2. Fill in with light spring bud,
  3. Draw the death symbol in black,
  4. Draw in the eyes. You can make them slanted if you want.
  5. (Optional) Add an Asian conical hat.

You're done!

Color Name HEX RGB
Light Spring Bud #B4D081 180, 208, 129
Black #141414 20, 20, 20


Relationships

Dead heroes

  • Ingsoc - We have always been at war with Eurasia, Oceania was always our ally.
  • Neo-Bolshevism - We have always been at war with Oceania, Eurasia has always been our ally.
  • Necrocracy - Based and deadpilled.
  • Jihadism - Suicide bombings, eh? Count me in.
  • Tridemism - Now just imagine for the sake of argument that your GPA is not perfect.
  • Showa Statism - I have heard that you are using Kamikaze suicide bombing and 4-shiki Anti-panzer grenade? Based! Complete self-sacrifice for the state? Awesome!
  • Dengism - Despite being atheist, you recognise that appealing to your country's traditions is useful which is based. You're also a lover of state oppression? Gigachad move.
  • Christian Communism - Ahhhh yes! My Most Successful example IRL! Drink that Kool-aid please, Kids. Children and Parents, live in our great dictatorshi- I mean... Communal living space with everything provided, like mandatory worshipping of Jim Jones.... OR ELSE!
  • Juche - Okay, now this is just scary but you're basically the Asian INGSOC so... based?
  • Populareism - Gets killed a lot which is based.
  • Posadism - The world will burn and people will die. Based!

In coma

  • Climate Skepticism - I like your style, but you're focusing on the wrong kind of death.
  • Nazi Transhumanism - Based techno-totalitarian, cringe anti-deathist.
  • Pol Potism - Ultra-authoritarianism, killing tons of people in the name of the state, a little based, but CHANGING YOUR NATION'S ENTIRE TRADITIONS?!?! AND PRIMITIVISM?!?!?!?! Cringe. Doublepluscringe, exactly.
  • Anarcho-Nihilism - Disgusting anarchy and individualism, but we both think about death often.

Alive egoists

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