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ESSAY ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL PARTIES: PLATFORMS, IMPLICATIONS AND FORECASTING

DISPOSITIVE:Author: Robert Stenhouse. DATE:01.00.2024. NCSAC CODE: 590.2024.

Table of Contents:

I CONTEXT

II POSTULATES

III PLATFORMS
ἀ UML
Ỽ SDVP
ἕ SRP: Sustainable Reform Party
ἠ The Center
Ἷ Opportunity Party
ὄ CGC: Common Ground Coalition
ὗ ALDA
ὡ NNP: Nasphilitae National Party

IV SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS

V FORECASTING SYSTEMIC DOMESTIC CHANGES

CONTEXT

General “system” may be described as: “element-component of a whole, characteristic which are concepts of own structure or organisation, function or purpose, methods or approaches.” Within them as a freely observable sub-category are social systems or “collective, anthropocentric components as distinguished by explicit or implicit teleological purpose in achieving some agreed upon [by its own element-components or groups] goals.” One of which is a political system, loosely defined as a “method or approach by which (at least as perceived to be such by) a components [groups] relative truth is imposed onto other components.” Interconnected levels, distinguished by their specific actor-roles, compromise of the thermopolitical (interaction between external components), mesopolitical (interactions between internal components of itself) and stratopolitical (interactions between private human bodies).

Institutionalised impositions are a set of methods or approaches to the organising of an internal (mesopolitical) interactions, characterised by articulating its own (external, holistic) function through non-violent aggregation and competition of its sub-components respective relative paradigms. Models of these impositions are a result of interconnection with other social systems.

One of them is a “Shipwreck society” which views the state apparatus as utility, thus each internal group is determined by desire to shape collective utility in the vision of its own group. As an inherited social paradigm in which the mesopolitical entity is organised with the purpose of achieving some goal for which all of its components strive for; Most visible characteristic which is the constant competition between its composite groups for injecting their particular interests during articulation of collective interests.

Initial skepticism towards party structures stems from condensation of the Liquid (Shipwreck society) and the Heat (stigmatisation or the process by which its characteristics become and are kept implicit). Changes in favor of electoralism (are assumed) to have some (perceptive, possible to be perceived) cause(s). Perceptivisation of causes by compartmentalising (disassembling and reassembling) its (assumed) key compartments.

POSTULATES

Domestically, the Ordinance is reflective of previous attempts at regulating procedures within the mesopolitical. Acceptance of confining one groups methodics by the Ordinance is postulated, resulting in the continuation of the overall form of state, or regional (by vertical criteria) electoral monarchy (by horizontal criteria). It emphasises a two-round solution as chronological opposition to proportionality (practiced prior to the first dictatorship or period of militarism), presidentialism (cannot be practiced due to form of state) and transferable preferences (practiced since 1988.)

Dissolution of the P3 Coalition is reflective of historical differentiation within internal groups. As a result of its inception reasons (which orbit around religious freedom), utilisation of the state is compartmentalised within material aspects. From this, polar opposition between industrialism and unionism or more specifically their central roles with lacking identity-driven options, is also postulated. Further, pragmatism (as methodological approach which compromises between the empirical-data and the rational-cartesian) was adopted into the aforementioned polars. Analogous, differentiation occurred on the basis of methodical differences within each respective group, in regards to achieving the mesopolitical goals.

In contrast and as a result of novel interactions and determinants within the contemporary period, new political groups articulate the specific time-frame in which the mesopolitical exists. Consequently, relations between novice groups are lower in intensity than their predecessors, since its inceptions are resulting from disagreement on which aspects are displayed to be vital, rather than postulated agreement on the central nature of material relations.

The following aspects may be observed as to be perceived as vital by close observation of contemporary parties:

(Do Note That "Symbolics" Category Won't Be Explored)

  • Components

    1. Symbolics
    2. Internal Organisational Structure
    3. Attitudes
    4. ConstitutionalGoal
    5. Spiritual Predecessor
  • Symbolics
    1. Colour
    2. Ensign
    3. Motto
  • I.O.S.
    1. Cadric;Mass;Targeted
    2. Inductive(Bottom-To-Top);Deductive;Delegate;"Mass Line"
    3. Membership-Committee-Leader Relations
  • Attitudes
  • (Descriptive)
  • Constitutional Goal
  • (Descriptive)
  • Spiritual Predecessor
  • (Descriptive)

PLATFORMS

From a ”Chronopolitical”[refers to emphasis on a specific period of time with a political context] perspective, each entity is positioned in accordance to its own internal values as well as the values it perceives to be vital for the greater social reality. This is the implicit preposition of their platforms & campaigns.

Universal Chronopolitical outlook, which is to say that the political party spans the past, present and future, are noticed in: The SRP, Opportunity Party and The NNP. I find this important to mention as it is of my own opinion, that the reason behind their popularity (at least the polling popularity), lies precisely in this attribute.

Teleological Chronopolitical outlook, which is to say an emphasis is placed on past developments, are noticed in: The UML, SDVP and the CGC. I find this vital as the reason UML & SDVP divided wasn’t the P3 heritage, but the manner in which specific group rights are to be organised internally. Unlike the ”Praxis” wing, the ”Praxeological” wing divided among disagreeing that “Industrialist” interests are to be grouped or (to ALDA) “reduced”.

Future Chronopolitical outlook, speaking of ALDA their platform is heavily composed of either utopian or eschatological elements. Thus, they are the only entity with an emphasis on ”what is to come.

Statopolitical outlook to the surprise of none, the only entity which chose to focus on ”the present, current, what is now, how to improve it and how to solve it” is the inherited ”Pragmatic” wing of P3: The Center..

UML

Name: Unionist Mass Line
Acronym: UML
Internal Organisational Structure: Mass-Targeted, Mass Line, (saturated) Committee.
Explanation: Target audience of both membership and sympathisers include the minimum wage working class and the lower working class, as such it lies between “Mass” and “Targeted”. The ”Mass Line” decision-making includes a minimal platform with broad goals and principles pushed down-ward and formation of Committees (on dual principle: local and profession-based), each which form their own specified platforms. Due to the dual principle of Committees, as well as a “General Committee” in which the leadership leadership Committee together with all sub-Committees meet, it may be termed as a “Saturated Committee”
Attitudes: Internal voucher privatisation of Newly Industrialised Companies; Tri-Partite organisation of work-place environments (Union representative, Employer representative and state local representative), includes some environmental attitudes.
Constitutional Goal: Broad, Reformative. Legislation of existing Constitutional and “High” Acts. Includes reformed Agrarian Law.
Spiritual Predecessor: Union movements from the 19th and 20th centuries.

SDVP

Name: Social Democrat Vanguard Party
Acronym: SDVP
Internal Organisational Structure: Targeted, Delegate, (dual) Committee.
Explanation: Target audience includes “worker-inclined middle & upper-middle class members willing to guide union members and the state”. The delegate structure envisions that each sub-division of the political party votes for their representative and that the “Central Party Assemble” delegates their own representative for each sub-division. As such, the “General Committee” includes only those representatives.
Attitudes: Nationalisation (state-owned instead of public-owned) of Newly Industrialised Companies; Fiscally oriented solutions (tax-spend); Reformed central planning of national economies.
Constitutional Goal: Broad. Legislation of all existing Acts within the Constitution.
Spiritual Predecessor: Union movements since the P3 formation.

SRP

Name: Sustainable Reform Party
Acronym: SRP
Internal Organisational Structure: Mass, Inductive, Membership.
Attitudes: The base (fixed) platform is very minimal and includes only environmentalist reform, mixed voucher privatisation and Constitutional plans. The induced (mutable) platform includes expansive Rights of the Third Generation (or identity rights).
Constitutional Goal: Minimal, includes only how the state and its officials ought to be structured, based on existing Acts.
Spiritual Predecessor: NONE.

The Center

Acronym: NONE.
Internal Organisational Structure: Targeted, Deductive, Leadership.
Attitudes: Reminiscent of the original P3 Technocracy.
Constitutional Goal: Broad.
Spiritual Predecessor: Pragmatics. Interestingly, their contemporary base support is shared with the CGC.

Opportunity Party

Acronym: NONE.
Internal Organisational Structure: Cadric, Inductive, Leadership.
Explanation: “Cells” are formed on a neighborhood-level which meet twice a week. Membership in “cells” is closed and it is unknown how the procedure for application acceptance-rejection is conducted. Leaders of each “cell” meet on a monthly basis to vote for the Party leader.
Attitudes: Dynamic.
Constitutional Goal: Minimal-Reform. Includes restructuring the state apparatus in accordance to how the party is structured. (Note: This attitude is shared with the NNP, which is one of the reasons as to why their sympathisers share the same socio-economic background, namely the urban poor).
Spiritual Predecessor: NONE.

CGC

Acronym: CGC
Internal Organisational Structure: Targeted, Delegate, (Single) Committee.
Explanation: As elaborated here, the target audience is the “median voter”. The structure is analogous to a pyramid, wherein “the Central Council” is further devolved (regionally) into “Delegate-Councils”, tasked with membership expansion.
Attitudes: Upon dissolution of the P3, CGC managed to obtain a portion of the Pragmatic wing (along with the Praxeologists), which lead to the deep reformation of their anticipated policy platform. Namely, their contrary (to ALDA) goal was to appease the “median voter”.
Constitutional Goal: Broad (similar to The Center, point of divergence to ALDA)
Spiritual Predecessor: Praxeology, Pragmatics.

ALDA

Acronym: ALDA
Internal Organisational Structure: Mass, Inductive-Deductive, Membership.
Explanation: Due to the Ordinance order regarding private budgeting of political parties, the ALDA insisted on a principle of ”payment-for-representation”. Membership fee guarantees that the private interests you wish to display via ALDA is incorporated. This practice places ALDA as the closest party to an interest group.
Attitudes: Numerous, due to the nature of their I.S.O.
Constitutional Goal: Minimalist, to include the bare minimum of standards for state offices.
Spiritual Predecessor: Praxeology (partially).

NNP

Acronym: NNP
Internal Organisational Structure: Cadric, Deductive, Leadership.
Attitudes: The most notable policy which NNP advocated for is structured around a return to militarism.
Constitutional Goal: Minimal-Reform. Includes restructuring the state apparatus in accordance to how the party is structured.
Spiritual Predecessor: The First Dictatorship (partial).

Graphed Overlook

UML SDVP SRP The Center Opportunity Party CGC ADLA NNP
Membership Acquisition Method Mass-Targeted Targeted Mass Targeted Cadric Targeted Mass Cadric
Decision Procedure Mass Line Delegate Inductive Deductive Inductive Delegate Inductive-Deductive Deductive
Key Body (Saturated) Committee (Dual) Committee Membership Leadership Leadership (Single) Committee Membership Leadership

SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS

Two reasons (list is not exhaustive) which come to mind as to why the shift in favour of political parties occurred lie in party organisation and simplicity of achieving personal goals, which the party organisation offers.

FORECASTING SYSTEMIC DOMESTIC CHANGES

Simplest manner by which changes may be assumed, is to illustrate them as key policy attitudes:

Graphed Policy

UML SDVP SRP The Center Opportunity Party CGC ADLA NNP
Policy Focus Economic, Social Economic, Educative Environmental, Civic, Health (Overton Window) Economic, Legislative, Social (Overton Window) Legislative Legislative, Social, Military
ISI/NIC Reformation Socialisation Nationalisation ✘ Trade facilitation Trade facilitation Privatisation Trade facilitation ⛶
Social Policy Through mixed market Fiscal reform Subsidies Fiscal reform (Extensive) ✘ ✘ ⛶
Energy-Enviromental Reform ✔ ⛶ ✔ ⛶ ✔ ⛶ ✘ ⛶
Health Reform ✔ ⛶ ✔ ⛶ ✔ ⛶ ✘ ⛶
Public Housing Policy ✔ ⛶ ✘ ⛶ ✔ ✘ ⛶ ✔
Public Education Policy ⛶ ✔ ✔ ⛶ ⛶ ✔ ⛶ ✔
Drug Liberalisation ⛶ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Military Reform ⛶ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔
LGBT Reform ⛶ ⛶ ✔ ✘ ⛶ ⛶ ✔ ✘
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