User:C mon

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"(...) free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny."

— Pravin Lal

Welcome! I'm C mon, a WikiHalfling. I study Political Science and Philosophy. Politically I'm on somewhere on the extreme left, I enjoy music and I'm queer.

World

Userboxes

nlDeze gebruiker heeft het Nederlands als moedertaal.

en-4This user can contribute with a near-native level of English.

de-2Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.

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I'm from the Netherlands. I'm not really deeply committed to that country, the only thing I really like about the Netherlands is that it's very open to the rest of the world: any Dutch pupil learns several language and the Dutch tend to travel around the world. I also indentify strongly with the European Union.

International Travels

Country region	Times	Total stay	Country region	Times	Total stay
	>5	Months		±5	Months
	±5	Months		2	One month
	2	One month		1	One month
	2	Couple of weeks		2	Couple of weeks
	1	Couple of weeks		1	Couple of weeks
	1	Couple of weeks		1	A week
	1	Less then a week		1	Less then a week
	1	Two days		Often	Drove through
	Often	Drove through		1	12 hours

Education

BAThis user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy.

BAThis user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.

This user's favourite subject is
Politics

Education

I study political science and philosophy. I'm specializing in institutionalism, political science methodology, philosophy of science and political philosophy. Furthermore I also work as an assistant for one of my political science professors. I think that theory of Arend Lijphart on consociational democracy is among the best of political science as is his Patterns of Democracy.

Politics

"Freedom without Socialism is Injustice, Privilege, Socialism without Freedom is Slavery, Brutality"

— Bakunin

"The lasting liberation of people from suppression, discrimination and poverty is the core of leftwing politics"

— Femke Halsema

Politics

This user is a green.

This user is a libertarian socialist.

According to the Political Compass this user is: Economic Left (-6.13) and Social Libertarian (-8.31)

This user stands at personal freedom 90%, economic freedom 40% on the Nolan chart.

This user is committed to peace.

This user is committed to diversity.

This user is committed to democracy.

This user is committed to solidarity.

This user is committed to sustainability.

In the realm of grand theories and ideologies, I prefer to remain non-dogmatical and open:

• I like the philosophical foundations of anarchism (each human should be free from domination, to be master of his own life), but I dislike its implementation (violent revolution, unchecked power structures).
• Socialism for me is an outdated ideology. I will defend Marxism and try to explain its nuances to people, but the revolution is not coming and I do not expect that the bureaucracies ruling state-planned economies will ever be truely democratic. I am attracted to Analytical Marxism.
• Left-libertarianism sounds good in principle: free individuals in a political and economic system oriented at keeping them free, but I think free market economics, if left unchecked will lead to more unfreedom and unequality.
• Green politics is too underdevelopped to be a real alternative, although it adresses new themes and a new way.
• I like the ideas of cosmopolitanism, multiculturalism, environmentalism, egalitarianism, feminism, but realize that they can never be fully developed ideologies.

All in all my position is somewhere between libertarian-socialism or libertarian egalitarianism trying to non-dogmatically combine the best of each of these for maximum individual freedom

There are some issues I'm really keen on:

• I am an Euro-federalist. I believe that the EU can be a beacon of democracy, diversity and peace and show that states are an outdated way of organizing the world
• I am a pacifist, principally I'm against the use of any violence in solving conflicts between states. I attended demonstrations against the war Iraq and Afghanistan. The only war which might have been good is the NATO actions to stop the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. I support a peaceful two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Because of the terrors of the Shoah, I tend towards the Israelis and suppor the Israeli peace movement.
• I think the European states should focus more on international development, through micro-credits, opening their border for products from third world nations and debt relief.
• Seen the dangers of nuclear power, the instability of oil producing countries and global warming, alternative energy, especially wind and solar energy are the way to go.
• Industrial farming treats animals terribly, vegetarianism and organic farming are viable alternatives.
• I dislike cars and I think public transport offers an environmentally friendly and safe alternative.
• I think that any modern country should legalize same-sex marriage: the love between two people of the same sex is worth as much as two people from a different sex.
• The way European countries currently treat their muslem minorities is terrible: these groups which need our support because they form the lowest group in social and economic terms, are instead repressed and stigmatized because of their religion.
• A good education system is a motor for succesful emancipation of minority groups.
• I believe that every citizen (and in the end every world citizen) should receive a basic income so that all kinds of pensions, charities and benefits can be abolished. If this is implement a radical green tax shift can be implemented.
• I think it is everybody's fundamental right to decide over her own body, including to end it. Euthanasia and even the Drion's Pil should be legal.
• I fear European countries, even more than the United States, are turning into police states where individual freedom will be subjected for collective security. And as Benjamin Franklin said: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
• The Netherlands should become a republic instead of a monarchy.

Hypothetical Voting (Countries)

Country Region	Party	Orientation	Issue
Netherlands	GroenLinks	green	Diversity (Islam)
Flanders	Groen!	green	Diversity (Islam)
Wallonia	Ecolo	green
Germany	Die Grünen	green
Austria	Die Grünen	green	Diversity (Islam)
Switzerland	Grüne Party	green	Openness (admission to the EU)
France	Les Verts	green
France	Ségolène Royal	Socialist	Anti-Sarkozy, Le Pen and Bayrou Diversity (feminism)
Luxembourg	Dei Greng	green
United Kingdom	Liberal Democrats	left-liberal	Democracy (proportional representation)
Ireland	Comhaontas Glas	green
Spain	ICV	green	Democracy (federalism)
Portugal	Os Verdes	green
Denmark	SF	nordic greenleft
Norway	Sosialistisk Venstreparti	nordic greenleft	Openness (admission to the EU)
Sweden	Vänsterpartiet	nordic greenleft
Iceland	Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð	nordic greenleft	Openness (admission to the EU)
Finland	Vihreä liitto	green
Italy	Radicali Italiani	libertarian	Diversity (homosexuality)
Greece	SRA	socialist
Poland	SLD	social-democratic	Diversity (homosexuality)
Czech Republic	Strana zelených	green	Diversity (homosexuality)
Slovakia	MKP	liberal	Diversity (homosexuality)
Hungary	SZDSZ	liberal	Diversity (homosexuality)
Slovenia	SMS	green	Diversity (homosexuality)
Estonia	SE	social-democratic	Diversity (homosexuality)
Latvia	LZP	green	Diversity (homosexuality)
Macedonia	SSM	social-democratic	Diversity (homosexuality)
Lithuania	Naujoji sąjunga	social-liberal	Diversity (homosexuality)
Romania	PSD	social-democratic	Diversity (homosexuality)
Bulgaria	ZPG	green	Diversity (homosexuality)
Croatia	HNS	liberal	Democracy
Bosnia	SBH	liberal	Diversity (ethnicity)
Serbia	DS	social-democratic	Democracy
Cyprus	ED	liberal	Openess (re-unification)
Malta	AD	green
Turkey	CHP	social-democratic	Openness (admission to the EU)
Israel	Meretz-Yachad	social-democratic	Peace (between Israel and Palestine)
Palestine	Palestine Democratic Union	socialist	Peace (between Israel and Palestine)
Russia	Yabloko	liberal	Democracy
United States (party)	Greens	green	Democracy (proportional representation)
United States (president)	Al Gore	progressive	Sustainability
Canada	NDP	social-democratic
New Zealand	Greens	green
Australia	Greens	green

Hypothetical Voting (Periods)

Period	Party	Orientation	Issue
1918-1932	SDAP	Democratic Socialist	Socialist economy
1933-1936	OSP	Orthodox Marxist	Opposition to fascism
1937-1940	SDAP	Democratic Socialist	Opposition to fascism
1946-1947	CPN	Communist	Decolonization
1948-1958	PvdA	Social-Democrat	Welfare State
1959-1988	PSP	Democratic Socialist	Nuclear disarmament
1989-now	GreenLeft	Green	Diversity

Hypothetical Voting (Preference order)

Position	Party	+	-
1	GreenLeft	Idealistic greens	Party for the intellectual elite
2	SP	Principled socialists	Conservative, authoritarian populists
3	D66	Nuanced social-liberalism	Amateurist populists
4	PvdA	Regierungsfaehig social-democrats	Centrists
5	PvdD	Idealistic one-issue party	Naive one-issue party
6	VVD	Liberals	Conservatives
7	ChristianUnion	Inspired Leftwing party	Opposes gay marriage
8	CDA	Centrist	Arrogant party of power
9	SGP	Honest	Will remove women's rights
10	PVV	Courageous	Will remove rights of migrants

Philosophy

evol-3

This user accepts the theory of evolution.

This user considers himself a Citizen of the World .

This user is Waiting for Godot. Godot will be arriving on November 17.

Philosophy

"Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen."

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

I general dislike continental philosophy and am generally more interested in analytic philosophy.

Since my interest in philosophy mainly concerns political philosophy, my interests are reflected in the politics-section. I like the political philosophies of Rousseau, Dworkin and Rawls. I'm not a Marxist, but I will defend Marx' theories. I dismiss the anthropocentric and nationalist assumptions of contemporary philosophy.

On the important metaphysical issues (God, creation etc.) I prefer to remain agnostic, which is the only defensible philosophical position.

Userboxes

This user enjoys indie rock.

voc-0This person cannot sing in tune (or has very poor singing skills).

Art

When it comes to music I enjoy alternative rock in all its forms. I like 1970s rock operas especially Jesus Christ Superstar. I've attended a few music festivals and own a range of CDs. My favourite directors include Tim Burton (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Sophia Coppola (The Virgin Suicides) and Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings). I also loved the movies Gattaca, V for Vendetta and Life Aquatic.

As for the more high brow arts. My favorite artists are Carel Willink, Giorgio de Chirico and Georges Braque. I don't like to read literature however, my favourite books include Character (Ferdinand Bordewijk), Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell) and The Trial (Franz Kafka).

I'm interested in architecture and applied arts, like design. I love art nouveau/jugendstil and early 1900s architecture, especially the Nieuwe Zakelijkheid.

Finally, mainly because there is no other section where this fits, when I have the time I like to play computer games like Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri; and fantasy games like Magic: the Gathering and D&D. I've also seen most Star Trek and I consider DS9 the best science fiction ever made, Firefly was the only potential successor of DS9, but was cancelled way to soon. I'm also mesmerized by Lost.

Best Songs

Artist	Song	CD	Style	Country	Live
I Am Kloot	Mermaids	I Am Kloot	Indy	United Kingdom	Lowlands 2002
Moby	Natural Blues	Play	Electronica	United States	No
Under Byen	Legesag	Der mig der holder træerne sammen	Post-Rock	Denmark	No
K's Choice	Shadow Man	Almost Happy	Folk music	Belgium	Marktrock 2003
Nightwish	Ghost Love Score	Once	Gothic Metal	Finland	Lowlands 2005
Muse	Citizen Erased	Origin of Symmetry	Symphonic Rock	United Kingdom	Lowlands 2002
Placebo	My Sweet Prince	Black Market Music	Post-Punk	United Kingdom	Lowlands 2002
Hooverphonic	Renaissance Affair	Blue Wonder Power Milk	Trip hop	Belgium	Lowlands 2002
Foo Fighters	In Your Honor	In Your Honor	Rock	United States	Lowlands 2005

Personal

This user is a deep, loving, committed relationship with a person of the same-sex.

This user is a caring cat owner.

This user identifies as queer.

V	This user is a Vegetarian.

This user contributes using a Macintosh computer.

This user has an iPod.

This user runs macOS.

blog	This user blogs (in Dutch)

Personal

I live together with my boyfriend, several other friends and my cat in a studentenhuis. My user name was made up by my brother when I was 12, when I got my first e-mail address. It involved a slight change to my real name. What my real first name is, is left as an exercise to the reader. Since then I've been using part of that login as a user name. You can call my anything you want c'mon, c_mon or c mon.

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

This user believes that only articles need reflect a NPOV, and that displaying political, religious, or other beliefs using userboxes and user categories should not be banned.

1RRThis user prefers discussing changes on the talk page rather than engaging in an edit war.

1st	this user made his first edit here on 29 July 2004.

IP	this user worked under these IPs 82.217.11.109, 213.84.25.121, 82.217.147.139, 195.64.95.47.

this user is a wikihalfling who "liked to have books filled with things they already knew, set out fair and square with no contradictions".

{{t|2}}This user understands what templates do, and how to write them.

6000	this user has over 6000 edits on en.wikipedia

2258	this user was ranked 2258th for number of edits on en.wikipedia

delThis editor is a deletionist.

This user spends far too much time editing their user page.

As for Wikipedia:

• I'm a WikiHalfling
• I like writing structured articles. My articles on Dutch parties and politicians are very structured and I want to keep them that way.
• I dislike edit disputes and try to make my point on talkpages.
• I write what I know and I know what I write. My specialization here is Dutch political parties, I am confident about what I know in this field, furthermore I am surrounded by books on the subject.
• I don't like tagging stuff, especially "this article has no categories" when I see them I will try to put the article into the right category
• I don't like stubs. I try not to write them. My opinion is: if you have something to say, say it, if you don't don't. Therefore sometimes I prefer lists, like politics of the Netherlands (terminology).
• I like categories, because they bring order to the project.
• I think notability is an important in keeping this encyclopedia somewhat manageable. Therefore I advocate weak deletionism.
• I also love navigation templates, for the same reason.
• From a sociological perspective I'm interested in wikipedia and its users: who are they? what values do they have? Is working on this pseudo -anarchist encyclopedia (it is an interesting debate what wikipedia actually is (see m:power structure) associated with particular political views. I did some preliminary research, which was published here by User:Jonathan Stokes. One can also find it User:C mon/wikipedians by politics. Some call it a rigorous method, I doubt that, because 26 respondents with useful information is a very smal group.

I think my best articles include:

• Politics of the Netherlands
• Femke Halsema
• GreenLeft
• DWARS
• European Green Party
• Communist Party of the Netherlands
• Pacifist Socialist Party
• Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
• Socialism in the Netherlands

I'm working on the following projects (in order of priority)

• Write a good article on each Dutch political party which has ever got parliamentary representation (work in progress, see below).
• Write an article for each GreenLeft MP.
• Write a substantive article for each Dutch ministry (5 down, 8 to go).
• Make the articles surrounding Politics of the Netherlands work.
• Re-write the article Political party on basis of my courses in political parties and party systems.
• Re-write and merge the articles on green politics, especially Green politics, Worldwide green parties, List of Green party issues and greens and Free-market environmentalism, Natural capitalism, Green liberalism and Eco-capitalism.
• Make Dutch general election, 2006, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Femke Halsema featured article.

I'm somewhat active on other projects:

• nl:gebruiker:c_mon, where I focus on Dutch political parties;
• q:nl:gebruiker:c_mon, to make transfers from nl.wikipedia;
• q:en:user:c_mon, to make transfers from en.wikipedia;
• s:en:user:c_mon, to make transfers from en.wikipedia;
• Finally, in a fit of insanity I also wrote one uncylopedia article (on Heidegger);

To Do List (Parties)

Party	priority	issues
RPF	3	representation history organization pillarized organizations linked organizations relationships to other parties
CDU	3	representation electorate organization pillarized organizations relationships to other parties international comparison
CDA	3	representation provincial representation ideology organization
PvdA	3	representation provincial representation ideology members
SP	3	representation provincial representation ideology
RKSP	3	representation international comparison name
DS70	3	representation organization relationships to other parties international comparison
LU	2	representation local government pillarization relationships with other parties party organization
RB	2	header level representation organization relationships with other parties
VDB	2	representation local government organization relationships with other parties
BVL	2	representation local government organization relationships with other parties