The Kadets are what TTL USSR needs to evolve away from its authoritarian past into a modern economy and proper democracy.
As a loyal opposition movement?
Political parties of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (part 3 of 3)
Revolutionary Futurist Party of the Soviet Union (RFPSU)
Founded: 2005
Ideology: Marxist Transhumanism
Political Position: Ultraleft (Soviet), Hyperleft (International)
International Affiliation: Futurist International
Official Color:
Purple
Youth Wing: Children of the Future
Party Newspaper: Human Revolution
Party of Government?: In a coalition with the SRSL and the SPF; perhaps as a maneuver by the two older parties to keep the youngest significant party in the Union in their sight.
Animal symbol of the party: Ant (Futurist International wide symbol)
Capital Punishment: Universally opposed as a barbaric remnant of an ancient time.
Civil Defense: Supports augmenting the militia system with automated defence systems such as drones that would be democratically managed by the citizenry, allowing for safer people and familiarising the people with autonomous acting machinery in their every day life.
Cultural Stance: Supports research into the use of genetic modification to eliminate diseases, as well as the increased use of prosthetics and metal. Also the increased use of computers and the rights of sentient animals (i.e. chimps, dolphins, gorillas). Extremely socially radical, challenging gender norms and roles as well as reshifts in thinking about the family advocating a "complete rethinking of the way we consider youth, not as pets to be disciplined but as adults in the making that we must treat with respect and allow them to take responsibility". In flavor of abolishing public indecency laws and combating "outdated notions of body shame" as well as challenging "any and all remainders of racism and sexism". Openly atheistic. Openly issues challenges to the very definition of what makes something human, and says that as forward thinking people, it is the job of the forward minded to challenge even the very notion of humanity itself, to broaden our idea of what counts as a person far beyond anything we were once comfortable with.
Defence: Equip existing defence force with newer, updated technology, and develop robotic drones and suits to reduce the number of soldiers. Advocates the automation of as much defence technology as is possible.
Drug Policy: Believes that it should be possible to create substances that have the pleasant qualities of drugs without the negative side effects or that it may be possible to alter humans to be more resistant to said side effects, and believes that current drugs should be worked to be phased out until harmless alternatives can arise.
Economy: Advocates for an internet and fully democratic economic planning apparatus assisted by computer calculation as well as all the data that can be gathered from across the USSR relevant to economic planning; in essence, the next evolution of Cybersyn.
Education: Wants to promote not just higher quality education across all educational levels, but also looking into advancing the very way education itself is done with new programs scientifically designed for more effective and swift educational processes to create ever brighter generations than the last.
Environment: Strongly supports efforts to combat climate change and pollution. Supports the use of microwave or solar power satellites in helping with this cause as well as investment into Nuclear fusion technology, and is one of the loudest and proudest supporters of the potential of Nuclear Fusion and the replacement of acidic batteries with hydrogen fuel cells to clean the environment.
Foreign Aid: Endorses foreign aid as a method of speeding up the development of humanity and a way of bringing the nations of the world closer together in the hopes of a united humanity.
Foreign Alliances: Highly in favour of political, economic, and military ties to socialist governments, but also in favour of "scientific brotherhood" among the intellectuals of the world, regardless of political affiliation.
Immigration: A believer in open borders for one and all, its leadership stating that in the modern world strict border controls are obsolete and unneeded.
Law enforcement: Policy is identical to its civil defence policy.
Romanovs: Believes that it's time to let by gones be by gones as far as the Romanovs are concerned.
Nuclear Armament: Advocates for the development of a sophisticated missile defence grid to ensure the safety of the people from a surprise nuclear strike and hopefully one day eliminate the threat of nuclear war altogether.
War: While in favour of detente generally speaking, the RFPSU's members have, according to polls, views that indicate that they do not believe in pacifism as a means to revolution, and believe that it is the duty of more advanced nations in the Communist International like the Soviets, Americans, or Chinese to offer any assistance possible to revolutionary movements; up to and including military force, and that if nuclear annihilation were not on the table, war with the Alliance should not be left off the cards.
Social Benefits: Fully automated luxury gay space communism.
Trade: Advocates for the usage of Cybersyn systems to help monitor and regulate trade for the advantage of as many people as possible and the disadvantage of as few people as possible.
The Alliance of Pious Proleterians (APP)
Founded: 1957(formation of first component party)/1964 (merging of the Soviet Islamic Congress, the People's Church, the Jewish-Soviet Labour Bund, the Coalition of Proleterian Shamans, and the Democratic Buddhist Association)
Ideology: Pan-religious socialism
Political Position: Centre-Left (Soviet), Far Left (International)
International Affiliation: Socialist International
Official Color:
Salmon
Youth Wing: The Faithful Youth
Party Newspaper: Prayer and People
Party of Government?: In a coalition with the SRSL and the SPF
Animal symbol of the party: Horse
Capital Punishment: Universally opposed to as part of its disdain for violence and belief that taking a life when not necessary is immoral.
Civil Defence: Supports the status quo on Civil Defence.
Cultural Stance: While not opposed to the beliefs that religious authority and secular authority should never mix, the APP was historically a crusader for the lessening of restrictions on the public practise on religion and that faith and socialism need not be opposed to one another. It also worked to challenge the idea that religion was inherently culturally conservative by throwing in support for queer and female liberation movements as well as crusading for the protection of racial and religious minorities in the Soviet Union and abroad, though this effort took years to give fruit. Also a supporter of Pantheism and considered one of the principal reasons for its spread in the later 20th century.
Defence: Generally advocates for a rexamination of the effort spent on defence out of a belief that an armed camp only makes revolution more difficult as it makes people more fearful of the communist international. While not an outright pacifist party, and certainly has advocated for acts of military intervention and maintaining the Red Army, it does say that the Soviet Union should always be mindful of whether the hammer is always the best tool, or if a laurel wreath might serve the revolution better. In essence, a pragmatic view on the validity of military force.
Drug Policy: Wants comprehensive educational programs on the possible side effects of drugs and extensive rehabilitation programs for those who need them to get off the habit should they desire it.
Economy: Generally in favour of more decentralized economic planning, reserving central planning for what its politicians argue are where the whole attention of the nation is needed, while other tasks are better overseen by those directly involved.
Education: Favours a policy of setting standards, objectives, and requirements by democratic mandate for education, then allowing local teaching organisations meet these as they see fit with the help of monitoring agencies to make sure everyone remains up to standards and provides a complete education.
Environment: One of the early voices for environmentalism in the Soviet Union, the APP advocates a need for harmony with creation, to help the world heal and end needless exploitation of a creation that is meant to be shared by its inhabitants, not pressed beneath humanity's boot heel.
Foreign Aid: A party of charity, the APP believes that no one who is in need should not be helped and has successfully advocated for numerous programs of developmental and humanitarian aid. This also stretches to the belief that no one being oppressed should be unassisted however.
Foreign Alliances: Status quo on relations with the wider comintern and one of the voices for detente.
Immigration: A believer in open borders for one and all, its leadership stating that in the modern world strict border controls are obsolete and unneeded and perhaps even harmful should the wanting seek refuge in the borders of more well off societies such as the Soviet Union or the American Republics.
Law enforcement: Policy is identical to its civil defence policy.
Romanovs: Was the first party to offer a statement of forgiveness for the surviving members of the family.
Nuclear Armament: While in favour of reduction of armaments, the APP's stance can be summed up as "you first" with regards to the AFS.
War: Though opposed to violence it believes unnecessary, the APP does believe that some wars can be fought for a good cause, such as helping revolution or opposing fascism and has not taken a military solution to the Rhodesian problem off the table.
Social benefits: Status quo.
Trade: An advocate of fair trade for one and all, that all transactions should be done to help; not to harm for the sake of profit or advantage.
The New Republican Revolutionary Association (NRRA)
Founded: 1956
Ideology: Mutualism/Market Socialism
Political Position: Right (Soviet), Centre-Left (International)
International Affiliation: Association of International Mutualists
Official Color:
Orange
Youth Wing: Young republicans
Party Newspaper: Radical Republic
Party of Government?: No
Animal symbol of the party: Hermit Crab
Capital Punishment: Universally opposed to
Civil Defence: Supports the status quo on Civil Defence.
Cultural Stance: A generally libertine party, in imitation of the American Democratic Republicans adopted a translated version of the slogan "free love and free trade!"
Defence: Typically advocates for reducing the expenditure on defence out of a belief that "every ruble spent on a tank is a ruble rubbed from the people."
Drug Policy: Sees fit to simply put in educational programs into schools and offer free and high quality rehabilitation and let the rest sort itself out.
Economy: The party of co-ops and other such market forces, the NRRA typically advocates for the protection and expansion of Soviet co-operative systems in a belief that the market and socialism are not opposed
Education: In favour of more local control over education at every level.
Environment: Rather wishy washy on environmental protocols, but did believe that it saw opportunity in the environmental crisis to help bring prosperity by adopting green technology.
Foreign Aid: Generally in favour of developmental and humanitarian aid but less so in favour of expensive military assistance.
Foreign Alliances: Status quo on relations with the wider comintern and one of the voices for detente.
Immigration: Was one of the voices for dismantling the Soviet system of internal passports and opening the USSR up to the rest of the Comintern.
Law enforcement: Policy is identical to its civil defence policy.
Romanovs: Was the second party to offer a statement of forgiveness for the surviving members of the family.
Nuclear Armament: Typically a voice for reduction for the sake of costs.
War: A pacifistic party that believed that war mostly served to bring suffering and devastation even when it was for a good cause, the NRRA opposed most acts of Soviet military adventurism.
Social Benefits: Historically prefers financial compensation as its primary benefit.
Trade: As advocate of Free Trade.
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