What it means to be COPG
COPG stands for Collective, Order, Progressive, Global. You lean towards public ownership and economic planning. You are willing to give the state real power to cut inequality and build a fairer system.
You see the problems of work and wealth as worldwide. You probably favour social change and look to international cooperation. Class, not nation, is often how you read the world.
Views you probably hold
- Key industries and resources should be owned or run for the public.
- A strong, organised state is needed to deliver economic fairness.
- Workers in different countries share common interests.
- Old social hierarchies and privileges should be dismantled.
- Rich countries should not dominate poorer ones.
What admirers see
- Admirers say it treats inequality as a problem that can be fixed by design.
- It looks past borders to shared human interests.
- It offers a clear, organised plan instead of leaving outcomes to chance.
What critics say
- Critics say central planning can be slow and short of information.
- Opponents argue that giving the state strong powers puts freedom at risk.
- Critics say global solidarity is hard to build and keep.
In history
This shape includes Marxism, Fabian socialism, Trotskyism, Titoism and anti-imperialism, along with Marx and Engels themselves. Some of these were movements of thinkers and parties that worked within democracies. Others ran one-party states, and the shape also covers some authoritarian regimes. It grew out of the labour movement and the fight against empire.