Yellow Socialism is an 
economically centre-left, 
authoritarian-leaning and 
culturally right-leaning (later 
Reactionary) ideology created by French politician Pierre Biétry as a reaction to 
"red socialism" which was growing prominent in Europe during the late 19th century. This form of socialism is characterized by unions working with groups of businesses, with workers having a greater profit through negotiations between unions and business groups, all of which would operate under a strong authoritarian government.
"It's simple: Every minute you are angry about race is minute you aren't thinking about class, which, of course, is the real divide in this country. Working class people of all colors have a lot more in common, infinitely more in common, with each than they do with some over-paid MSNBC anchor. If you were allowed to think about that for long enough, you would start to get unauthorized ideas about economics, and that would be disruptive to a very lucrative status quo."
History
Pierre Biétry left the French Workers' Party in 1900, believing that socialism had failed in improving workers' conditions. He created yellow socialism and founded the National Federation of Yellows of France (FNJF), advocating for cooperation between unions and businesses. Over time, Biétry adopted racism and anti-semitic tendencies into the party, affiliating it with French 
reactionaries. The party slowly dismantled after its last meeting in 1909, and Biétry died in 1918.
Followers of Marx adopted the "yellow socialist" label to describe socialists who they thought were supporting the ruling class. This included ideologies known in the modern day as 
Social Democracy or 
Democratic Socialism. Because of its misuse, the term has been confused with very different ideologies and was ultimately abandoned after World War I.
It would go on to structure the economic beliefs of Nazism.
Beliefs
The main belief of Yellow Socialism is that the working class (the proletariat) should co-operate and negotiate with the owning class (the bourgeoisie) instead of overthrow them, like 
Marxism advocates. This would be done through the Union system.
Yellow Socialism as advocated by Bietry advocated for a strong state to reside over Worker-Owner relationships and help to make the situation as best as possible for both sides.
Bietry also later incorporated elements of 
Nationalism and Reactionaryism into his philosophy because competition from immigrants reduced wages or took jobs from native-born workers, and sometimes even racism including antisemitism.
How to Draw
YellowSoc's design is based of this flag by Comrade Maxwell.
- Draw a ball,
- Fill it yellow,
- In black, draw two olive branches crossed together,
- Within the olive branches, draw a black factory,
- Above the factory, draw a black star,
- Draw the eyes, and you're done!
| Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | #FFD800 | rgb(255, 216, 0) | |
| Black | #141414 | rgb(20, 20, 20) | |
Relationships
Friends
National Syndicalism - Syndicalism and Nationalism, what can I say except based?
Neosocialism - My best friend, even if he is not as culturally right as me.
National Conservatism - I like your style.
Nationalism - A little bit of Nationalism is always good.
Syndicalism - Syndicates should be the backbone of the workers.
Reactionary Modernism - Basically my cultural views.
Corporatism - So close to perfection!
Dengism - You are corporatist, you are a reactionary modernist, and you want to establish socialism by 2050. What’s not to like??
Social Authoritarian Reactionaryism - We often work together, especially in Iran.
Esoteric Socialism - I hate your conspiracy and masonic version. However, seeing as that is simply a facade, you are a good ally in the fight against people wishing to undermine the Iranian government’s good work.
Gaullism - I'm glad that we're compatriots.
Welfare Chauvinism - You're also doing a pretty decent job!
Frenemies
Capitalism - Please accept the right to unionize.
Red Socialism - Workers can work with businesses to advance socialism.
Capitalist Communism - He's a good friend of mine, but his communist half is mostly cringe.
Khomeinism - You are good and we are very close, but some of your reformers are very decadent and these people 
were pushing you towards capitalism, but it's good that you came back with the help of this 
. Crap, he’s dead now
Hooverism - An follower of mine, but please stop mismanaging the economy.
Castroism - Yeah, end the embargo now and let businessmen do their job!
Guild Socialism - He's pretty cool but his business model is very old fashioned.
Nordic Model - You seem to have economics similar to mine but refuse to call yourself Socialist.
Reactionaryism - Maybe...?
Right-Wing Populism - I like your rhetoric, but in America, you don’t actually care to implement my economics and are content to favor the billionaire agenda.
Nazism - Calm down, buddy.
Strasserism - Better than the other guy, but still, calm down a bit.
National Democracy - Polish NatCon, but remove the liberalism.
Venizelism - Greek patriot, but too liberal.
Reactionary Liberalism & 
Reactionary Socialism - A bit extreme, but you have very good ideas.
National Liberalism - I like your trade union in Czechoslovakia, also, good immigration policy. Just be less liberal.
Shas - Me but jewish.
Enemies
Marxism - You have failed to improve the conditions of the working class. Not to mention that you're also a Jew
Social Democracy - Your slowness has failed to improve upon the worker's conditions.
Neoliberalism - Mass immigration steals our workers jobs!
Libertarianism - You're one of the only people who also believes that I'm Socialist, but you say it like it's a bad thing!
Marxism–Leninism - Godless and degenerate despot who calls me anti-worker while he kills millions.
Pink Capitalism - GROSS!
Further Information
Wikipedia
Literature
- Le Socialisme Et les Jaunes (In French) by Pierre Bietry
- Yellow Socialism by Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
- Socialism of the right by Martin Goldberg
Gallery
Portraits
Artwork and Comics
-
Wacky Socialist Meeting by Borisyukishvili
