An update to my C.E. 2068 series. I'll add logos once I get back to my desktop. I also need to update older ones as well, since I made changes to seat distribution. I'll knock out the boxes for the American minor parties, and then I'll move onto the UK and Chinese political parties.
Other entries:
American Moderate and Municipal Parties
Liberation Party
So, an explanation on the political spectrum in 2068:
While traditional spectrums usually show the division between the left and right, the primary political divide is now between
Technocracy and
Populism.
Technocracy has evolved as a term to indicate rule by experts. This can range from Democratic Technocracy, (essentially Representative Democracy), which is the position of parties such as the Chinese People's Party and the Canadian Progressive Party, to a belief in Managed Democracy, like that of the American Moderate Party, to Maximalist Technocracy like that of Germany's United Center and the UK's New Party. Technocratic governments are also usually associated with Post-Liberal economic beliefs.
Populism refers to rule either by or on behalf of the majority of the populace, and can be either Democratic or Authoritarian. Populism can range from the Minimalist Populism (also essentially Representative Democracy) of parties like the Chinese Worker's Party or the French National Party, to the Maximalist Populism of parties like the English Labour Party or the True Finns, to the Participism of the Municipalist Federation and the parties of the Fifth International. Populist economic beliefs range from Paleoliberalism and Paleoconservatism to Mutualism and Market Socialism to National Syndicalism and Synthesis Marxism.
Due to these modern divides, the terms Left-Wing and Right-Wing are outdated, and are usually used to refer the divide among Populists. Left-Populists are usually Techno-Progressive and Liberal on social issues, while Right-Populists usually adhere to Bio-Conservatism or Deep Ecology, and are more Conservative on social issues. In addition, Left-Populists are usually Alter-Globalist, while Right-Populists (with the exception of the Muncipalists) are usually Nationalists. Centrism is exclusively used to refer to Post-Liberal parties, with views on social and synthetic issues differing from party to party.
Another important divide is between
Post-Liberalism and
Paleoliberalism. Post-Liberalism is the evolution of Neo-Liberalism, and holds that the sole responsibility of the state is to facilitate the growth of a country's total Utility. In the Post-Liberal worldview, the state has no obligation to individual rights or welfare, but only to society's prosperity as a whole. To this end, the role of the state is to facilitate markets as, in the Post-Liberal view, only markets can increase utility efficiently. To a Post-Liberal, not only should the state get out of the way of markets and businesses, they should also provide services to businesses (i.e., infrastructure, maintaining stable currencies, maintaining law and order, keeping national databases to allow for targeted marketing, etc...) In essence, Post-Liberalism reaches the same conclusion on the role of the state as Objectivist Minarchism, although for entirely different reasons.
Paleoliberalism, on the other hand, is essentially modern Social Liberalism, mated with Post-Keynesian economic beliefs.
I'll talk more about other ideologies in future updates.
