§ The hall of

Right-Wing Nationalist

Ferdinand Marcos's Philippines (post-1972 martial law) maintained a pro-business environment while using nationalist rhetoric to justify repression of opposition. Marcos tolerated foreign investment but limited land reform and allowed corruption. Chiang Kai-shek's Taiwan (1950s–1970s) followed a similar path, prioritizing economic development and national unity under martial law, suppressing political dissent while fostering capitalist growth.

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Social variants

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Right-Wing Nationalist · cell 2·6

§ The territory

What it believes

The nation comes before everything: borders enforced, trade bargained hard, culture defended against dilution, and international institutions treated as conveniences to exit the moment they bind. Sovereignty is the supreme good.

The appeal

Globalization produced real losers and real resentments, and this cell is their megaphone: it wins elections by saying what managerial politics would not — that somewhere, someone should put these people first.

Where it breaks

Nation-first is beggar-thy-neighbor at scale: trade wars, minority scapegoating, and the steady conversion of 'the people' into 'my people'. Its record in power is grievance sustained rather than resolved — the enemy is the fuel.

Among its neighbours

The Constitutional Monarchist above embodies the nation in a crown rather than a grievance. The Civic Conservative beside it loves the same nation through its institutions rather than against its enemies. Below, the Conservative keeps the flag and returns the temperature to simmer.

§ Featured · the definitive faces

Figures — real and imagined — who share the Right-Wing Nationalist base ideology. They differ only on the third axis: from radical to restorationist, each is a different face of a Right-Wing Nationalist.