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The '''Caritist Social Union''' is a caucus of political parties and independent politicians in the [[Kiravian Stanora]] united by {{wp|Distributism|distributist}} and {{wp|Christian democracy|Christian-democratic}} ideals. The Caritists are the currently the second-largest caucus in the Stanora, and are the leading party in opposition to the ruling [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance]].
The '''Caritist Social Union''' is a caucus of political parties and independent politicians in the [[Kiravian Stanora]] united by {{wp|Distributism|distributist}} and {{wp|Christian democracy|Christian-democratic}} ideals. The Caritists are the currently the second-largest caucus in the Stanora, and are the leading party in opposition to the ruling [[Federalist Republican Alliance]].


==History==
==History==
Coscivian civilisation has a long history of religiously-inspired political movements seeking social and economic justice, beginning with demands for peasants'rights in Ancient Eskea lead by Komarist clerics, continuing to the social movements to improve the welfare of women, orphans, the poor, and the mentally ill that expanded with the rise of Ruricanism in Western Éorsa, and finally coming to full force with the arrival of Christianity in the Northwest Islands. The [[Ĥeiran Coscivians|ethnic Ensciryan]] communities that gave Christianity its first converts in Coscivia gave the Church a central role in their society not only as a moral and spiritual authority, but also as an institution for education, healthcare, and support for the economically disadvantaged. Although the organic, communitarian nature of the Church weakened as Christianity spread into Western, Southern, and Central Éorsa where state institutions were better established, the state was still conceived of primarily as a mechanism for providing security and upholding law and order, and the majority of social services were undertaken by Christian, Rurican, or other religious orders.
 
[Early-modern political Catholicism and religious humanitarianism]<br>
[''Rerum novarum'', ''Quadragesimo anno'', etc.]<br>
[Christian-democratic politics before the Civil War]<br>
Union of Orthodox Parishes, International Unity of Christian Democrats (Roman Catholics), Caritist Party; Distributist groups<br>
[Christian Democratic Party during the Sunderance as part of the National Reunification Front]<br>
[Revival of Distributism, Christian corporatism, Catholic Workerism, etc. as mass-movements on the Mainland after reunification]<br>
[Recent history]<br>
 
<!--Coscivian civilisation has a long history of religiously-inspired political movements seeking social and economic justice, beginning with demands for peasants'rights in Ancient Eskea lead by Komarist clerics, continuing to the social movements to improve the welfare of women, orphans, the poor, and the mentally ill that expanded with the rise of Ruricanism in Western Éorsa, and finally coming to full force with the arrival of Christianity in the Northwest Islands. The [[Ĥeiran Coscivians|ethnic Ensciryan]] communities that gave Christianity its first converts in Coscivia gave the Church a central role in their society not only as a moral and spiritual authority, but also as an institution for education, healthcare, and support for the economically disadvantaged. Although the organic, communitarian nature of the Church weakened as Christianity spread into Western, Southern, and Central Éorsa where state institutions were better established, the state was still conceived of primarily as a mechanism for providing security and upholding law and order, and the majority of social services were undertaken by Christian, Rurican, or other religious orders.


-Indigenous Coscivian Christian Humanists-
-Indigenous Coscivian Christian Humanists-
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[Coöperation with Muslim lists]
[Coöperation with Muslim lists]
-Post-Kirosocialism-
-Post-Kirosocialism-
 
-->
<br>
The term "Caritist" is an Occidentalised back-translation of ''Karitarisēn'', from the Latin ''caritas'' ("{{wp|Charity (Christian virtue)|charity}}") + the common Coscivian suffix ''-risēn'' ("doctrine", "-ism"). The term emerged in writings circulated at Catholic institutes of learning in the 1800s AD in reference to the humanitarian praxis of {{wp|Catholic social teaching}}. Although the term in its original and academic sense is not specific to politics and does not describe a political ideology ''senu stricto'', in modern ''karitarisēn'' has taken on a meaning of "religious humanitarianism" or "religious (centre-)left" in Kiravian political culture.
The term "Caritist" is an Occidentalised back-translation of ''Karitarisēn'', from the Latin ''caritas'' ("{{wp|Charity (Christian virtue)|charity}}") + the common Coscivian suffix ''-risēn'' ("doctrine", "-ism"). The term emerged in writings circulated at Catholic institutes of learning in the 1800s AD in reference to the humanitarian praxis of {{wp|Catholic social teaching}}. Although the term in its original and academic sense is not specific to politics and does not describe a political ideology ''senu stricto'', in modern ''karitarisēn'' has taken on a meaning of "religious humanitarianism" or "religious (centre-)left" in Kiravian political culture.


==Platform==
==Platform==
===Economics===
===Economics===
The Caritist Social Union claims a platform based on {{wp|distributist}} and {{wp|Christian democratic|Christian-democratic}} thought, with influences from {{wp|ordoliberal economics}}, and the {{wp|Christian left}} on certain issues and within certain factions. In its contemporary position, the CSU acts mainly to represent the concerns many Kiravians have about the {{wp|economic liberal}} agenda pursued by the [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance]] and the effects of market liberalism on social solidarity and public morals. Broadly speaking, it occupies the economic centre-left space of the Kiravian political field, advocating a more expressly humanistic approach to economic policy, characterised by more widespread ownership of productive property and housing, decentralisation, class collaboration, a preponderance of small and medium enterprises, a communitarian approach to social welfare and public services, and "more humane" labour laws. Most CSU members endorse the {{wp|social market economy}} as the best policy framework for Kiravia, while the largest minority current seeks an economic structure closer to classical distributism, endorsing the Urcean [[Model Economy]] as framework for undertaking this transition. The economic right flank of the caucus has been described as espousing {{wp|social liberalism}}, the {{wp|Third Way}}, or "neoliberalism with a human face"; while the left flank endorses {{wp|social democracy}} verging on {{wp|religious socialism}}.
The Caritist Social Union claims a platform based on {{wp|distributist}} and {{wp|Christian democratic|Christian-democratic}} thought, with influences from {{wp|ordoliberal economics}}, and the {{wp|Christian left}} on certain issues and within certain factions. In its contemporary position, the CSU acts mainly to represent the concerns many Kiravians have about the {{wp|economic liberal}} agenda pursued by the [[Federalist Republican Alliance]] and the effects of market liberalism on social solidarity and public morals. Broadly speaking, it occupies the economic centre-left space of the Kiravian political field, advocating a more expressly humanistic approach to economic policy, characterised by more widespread ownership of productive property and housing, decentralisation, class collaboration, a preponderance of small and medium enterprises, a communitarian approach to social welfare and public services, and "more humane" labour laws. Most CSU members endorse the {{wp|social market economy}} as the best policy framework for Kiravia, while the largest minority current seeks an economic structure closer to classical distributism, endorsing the Urcean [[Model Economy]] as framework for undertaking this transition. The economic right flank of the caucus has been described as espousing {{wp|social liberalism}}, the {{wp|Third Way}}, or "neoliberalism with a human face"; while the left flank endorses {{wp|social democracy}} verging on {{wp|religious socialism}}.


[More specifics]
[More specifics]
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Ethno-social groups with particularly strong CSU voting patterns include Serradans; Paisonic Coscivians and other R-Coscivians such as Kastrovans, Lusans, Síkutrans; Levantine-Kiravians, and H.
Ethno-social groups with particularly strong CSU voting patterns include Serradans; Paisonic Coscivians and other R-Coscivians such as Kastrovans, Lusans, Síkutrans; Levantine-Kiravians, and H.


OLD: Ethno-social groups with particularly strong CSU voting patterns include the urban working class, [[Paisonic Coscivians]], [[Deep South Coscivians]], Ardóniem and Buryóniem Coscivians, Kastrovan Coscivians, Lusem Coscivians, Roman Catholics (excepting Traditionalists, who lean more towards the [[Caucus of Justice|CoR]]), Síkutem and Southern Paisonic Coscivians, Woolzi-Kiravians, Serradem and Urom tribes practising Catholicism, enfranchised colonial natives, Éilpanem of the St. Margaret Islands, monoreligious Ruricans, middle-class families in micropolitan and semi-rural areas, Methodists, high-church Lutherans, and members of small non-Coscivian religious minorities.
OLD: Ethno-social groups with particularly strong CSU voting patterns include the urban working class, [[Paisonic Coscivians]], [[Deep South Coscivians]], Ardóniem and Buryóniem Coscivians, Kastrovan Coscivians, Lusem Coscivians, Roman Catholics (excepting Traditionalists, who lean more towards the [[Authentic Historical Caucus|CoR]]), Síkutem and Southern Paisonic Coscivians, Woolzi-Kiravians, Serradem and Urom tribes practising Catholicism, enfranchised colonial natives, Éilpanem of the St. Margaret Islands, monoreligious Ruricans, middle-class families in micropolitan and semi-rural areas, Methodists, high-church Lutherans, and members of small non-Coscivian religious minorities.


The CSU performs well among farmers with small to medium landholdings, especially the ''sirētur'' class of investor-farmers in the Mid-Oceanic states. Larger landowners are more likely to favour Caucus of Justice affiliated parties. In some CSU parties are competitive among tenant farmers, landless agricultural labourers, and poorer landowning farmers in the inland states, but these tend to vote for a wider range of parties, including the Social Credit Party, smaller agrarian parties affiliated with the KFA, and Kisosocialist parties.
The CSU performs well among farmers with small to medium landholdings, especially the ''sirētur'' class of investor-farmers in the Mid-Oceanic states. Larger landowners are more likely to favour Authentic Historical Caucus affiliated parties. In some CSU parties are competitive among tenant farmers, landless agricultural labourers, and poorer landowning farmers in the inland states, but these tend to vote for a wider range of parties, including the Social Credit Party, smaller agrarian parties affiliated with the KFA, and Kisosocialist parties.


The CSU collects the largest share of the non-Coscivian vote, a fact attributed to its positive stance towards colonial natives and the economic lower classes that non-Coscivians in Kiravia are concentrated in, as well as its stronger universalistic ethos drawing on Christian and humanistic principles. This contrasts with the wholesale Coscivian nationalism of the [[Coscivian National Congress|CNC]], softer civilisational rhetoric of the SRA, and the Caucus of Justice's dedication to ethnosocial, regional, tribal, and Coscivian identities. It also performs best with female voters. -->
The CSU collects the largest share of the non-Coscivian vote, a fact attributed to its positive stance towards colonial natives and the economic lower classes that non-Coscivians in Kiravia are concentrated in, as well as its stronger universalistic ethos drawing on Christian and humanistic principles. This contrasts with the wholesale Coscivian nationalism of the [[Coscivian National Congress|CNC]], softer civilisational rhetoric of the SRA, and the Authentic Historical Caucus's dedication to ethnosocial, regional, tribal, and Coscivian identities. It also performs best with female voters. -->


==Electoral Performance==
==Electoral Performance==
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| [[Kiravian federal election, 21197|21197]]
| [[Kiravian federal election, 21197|21197]]
| {{Infobox political party/seats|108|545|hex=#FFD700}}
| {{Infobox political party/seats|108|545|hex=#FFD700}}
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance|Shaftonist-Republican]] victory
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Federalist Republican Alliance|Shaftonist-Republican]] victory
|-
|-
| [[Kiravian federal election, 21200|21200]]
| [[Kiravian federal election, 21200|21200]]
| {{Infobox political party/seats|112|545|hex=#FFD700}}
| {{Infobox political party/seats|112|545|hex=#FFD700}}
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance|Shaftonist-Republican]] victory
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Federalist Republican Alliance|Shaftonist-Republican]] victory
|-
|-
| [[Kiravian federal election, 21203|21203]]
| [[Kiravian federal election, 21203|21203]]
| {{Infobox political party/seats|133|545|hex=#FFD700}}
| {{Infobox political party/seats|133|545|hex=#FFD700}}
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance|SRA]]-led minority government
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Federalist Republican Alliance|FRA]]-led minority government
|-
|-
| [[Kiravian federal election, 21206|21206]]
| [[Kiravian federal election, 21206|21206]]
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==Member Parties==
==Member Parties==
{| class="wikitable"
'''Conferences:'''
|-
*Union of Christian & Centre Democrats (UCCD)
!State
*Christian Solidary Democracy (CSD)
!Party
*Distributists Against Correct Acronyms (DVD)
!Conference
*Distributist Labour Alliance (DLA)
!Delegates
*Social Christian Alliance (SCA)
|-
 
||Alavora
{{col-begin}}
||Popular Solidarity Party
{{col-break}}
||DLA
[[File:AtrassicaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Atrassica]]'''
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|hex=Orange}}
*Commonwealth Party (UCCD, CSD)
|-
<br>
||[[File:Aventurine_Bay_Flag.png|25px]] [[Aventurine Bay Colony|Aventurine Bay]]
[[File:AvenirskaraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Avenirskara]]'''
||Collaborative Distributist Party
*Christian Democratic Party (DVD)
||DLA
*Catholic Agrarian Party (DLA)
||{{Infobox political party/seats|2|3|Orange}}
<br>
|-
[[File:AventurineBayFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Aventurine Bay Colony]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|3|Orange}}
||[[File:CasteraFlag.png|25px]] [[Castera]]
*Collaborative Distributist Party (DLA)
||Caritist Popular Party
<br>
||UCCD
[[File:TealEnsign-Light.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Overseas Regions|Álavora]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}}
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|1|hex=Orange}}
*Popular Solidarity Party (CSD)
|-
<br>
||[[Kiravian Landder|Landder]]
[[File:TealEnsign-Light.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Overseas Regions|Daridia]]'''
||Christian People's Party
*Libertarian Distributist Party (DVD)
||DLA
*Confederation of Christian Freeholders & Coöperatives (UCCD)
||{{Infobox political party/seats|3|3|hex=Orange}}
<br>
|-
[[File:Flag of Jamaica.svg|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Enscirya]]'''
||[[File:EtivéraFlag.png|25px]] [[Etivéra]]
*Apostolic Democratic Party (UCCD)
||'''Popular Front'''<br>Commonwealth Party<br>People's Party<br>Christian Democratic Party<br>Christian Labour Party<br>Caritist Party
<br>
||
[[File:EtivéraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Etivéra]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|7|Orange}}
||{{Infobox political party/seats|2|7|hex=Orange}}
'''Popular Front'''
|-
*Commonwealth Party (DVD)
||[[File:FarivaFlag.png|25px]] [[Fariva]]
*People's Party (UCCD)
||Commonwealth Party
*Christian Democratic Party (CSD)
||UCCD
*Christian Labour Party (DLA)
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|hex=Orange}}
*Caritist Party (SCA)
|-
<br>
||[[File:HanoramFlag.png|25px]] [[Hanoram]]
[[File:EusaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Eusa]]'''
||Solidarity Party
*Eusan Democratic Party (CSD)
||DLA
<br>
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|hex=Orange}}
[[File:FarivaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Fariva]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}}
|-
*Commonwealth Party (CSD)
|| [[Idana]]
<br>
||Christian Democratic Party
[[File:HanoramFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Hanoram]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}}
||UCCD
*Solidarity Party (CSD)
||{{Infobox political party/seats|2|3|hex=Orange}}
{{col-break}}
|-
[[File:TealEnsign.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Overseas Regions|Idana]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|3|Orange}}
|rowspan=2|[[File:IrovasdraFlag.png|25px]] [[Irovasdra]]
*Christian Democratic Party (CSD)
||Commonwealth Party
<br>
||UCCD
[[File:IlfenóraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Ilfenóra''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|3|Orange}}
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|hex=Orange}}
*Caritist Republican Party (UCCD)
|-
*Christian Social Party (CSD)
||''Celtic Distributist Party''
*Catholic Worker Party (SCA)
||DLA
*Distributist Party (DVD)
||{{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|hex=Orange}}
<br>
|-
[[File:IrovasdraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Irovasdra]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}}
|-
*Commonwealth Party (CSD)
|rowspan=3|[[File:IlfenóraFlag.png|25px]] [[Ilfenóra]]
*Celtic Distributist Party (DVD)
|Caritist Republican Party
<br>
||UCCD
[[File:KaviskaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Kaviska]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|7|Orange}}
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|hex=Orange}}
*Caritist Democratic Union (UCCD)
|-
*Metropolitan Distributist Party (CSD)
||''Christian Social Party''
*Distributist Labour Party (DLA)
||UCCD
*Christian Social Party (SCA)
||{{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|hex=Orange}}
*Kaviskan Family Farmers' Party (DVD)
|-
<br>
||''Catholic Worker Party''
[[File:KannurFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Kannur]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|Orange}}
||SSS
*Distributist Democratic Party (DLA)
||{{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|hex=Orange}}
*International Solidarity of Christian Democrats (Roman Catholics) (CSD)
|-
<br>
|rowspan=5|[[File:KiygravaFlag.png|25px]] [[Kiygrava]]
[[File:KasteraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Kastera]]'''
||''Caritist Democratic Union''
*Caritist Popular Party (CSD)
||UCCD
*Party for Us (UCCD)
||{{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|hex=Orange}}
<br>
|-
[[File:KnassaniaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Knassania]]'''
||''Metropolitan Distributist Party''
*Popular Orthodox Rally (UCCD)
||UCCD
<br>
||{{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|hex=Orange}}
[[File:MelianIslesFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Melian Isles]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|4|Orange}}
|-
*Christian Civic Party (CSD)
||''Distributist Labour Party''
<br>
||DLA
[[File:MetreaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Metrea]]'''
||{{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|hex=Orange}}
*Caritist Republican Party (UCCD)
|-
*Christian Social Party (CSD)
||''Christian Social Party''
*Catholic Worker Party (SCA)
||SSS
*Distributist Party (DVD)
||{{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|hex=Orange}}
<br>
|-
[[File:NewArdmoreFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[New Ardmore]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}}
||''Kiygravan Family Party''
*Aontú (CSD)
|| -
<br>
||{{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|hex=Orange}}
[[File:NiyaskaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Niyaska]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}}
|-
*Popular Party-Christian Democrats (CSD, UCCD)
||[[File:Metrea_Flag.png|25px]] [[Metrea]]
*Popular Alternative Party (SCA)
||Caritist Republican Party
{{col-break}}
||UCCD
[[File:SakhalinFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Saxalin Islands]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|Orange}}
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|hex=Orange}}
*Christian Democratic Party (UCCD)
|-
<br>
|rowspan=2|[[File:NiyaskaFlag.png|25px]] [[Niyaska]]
[[File:SydonaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Sydona]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|5|Orange}}
||Popular Party-Christian Democrats
*Social Compact Party (CS)
||UCCD
<br>
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|hex=Orange}}
[[File:UmcaraStateFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Umcara]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|Orange}}
|-
*Christian Democratic Party (UCCD)
||''Popular Alternative Party''
<br>
||UCCD
[[File:TealEnsign.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Overseas Regions|Varisavia]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|hex=Orange}}
||{{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|hex=Orange}}
*Varisavian Popular Party (UCCD)
|-
*Katryn's Distributist Party (DVD)
|rowspan=2|[[File:SydonaFlag.png|25px]] [[Sydona Islands]]
*Christian Labour Party (DLA)
||Social Compact Party
<br>
||UCCD
[[File:Flag of Ontario (Green Ensign).svg|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Verakośa]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}}
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|6|hex=Orange}}
*Christian Social Party (UCCD)
|-
<br>
||Islamic Republic Party <small>(''observer'')</small>
{{col-end}}
||ILC
 
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|6|hex=Orange}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:Tryhstian Flag.png|25px]] [[Tryhstian Littoral]]
||Partido Social-Cristão
||UCCD
||{{Infobox political party/seats|2|3|hex=Orange}}
|-
||''Partido da Solidariedade Integral''
||DLA
||{{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|hex=Orange}}
|-
||[[File:VarisaviaFlag.png|25px]] [[Varisavia]]
||Varisavian Popular Party<br>Katryn's Distributist Party<br>Christian Labour Party
||UCCD<br>DLA<br>DLA
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|hex=Orange}}
|-
|}
===Observer Organisations===
===Observer Organisations===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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||Represents the ''sivētur'' investor-farmer class of the eastern coastal states
||Represents the ''sivētur'' investor-farmer class of the eastern coastal states
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center" | [[File:CoīnvraFlag.png|25px]]<br>[[District of Coīnvra]]
|style="text-align:center" | [[File:KsoīnvraFlag.png|25px]]<br>[[District of Ksoīnvra]]
||Social Capital
||Social Capital
||{{wp|Extra-parliamentary opposition|Extraparliamentary}} association of the {{wp|Christian left}} operating as a pressure group in the capital district, where political parties have been banned since {{H:title|1988 AD|21168}}
||{{wp|Extra-parliamentary opposition|Extraparliamentary}} association of the {{wp|Christian left}} operating as a pressure group in the capital district, where political parties have been banned since {{H:title|1988 AD|21168}}
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Caritist Social Union

Karitarisēx Askolaþūra
Secretary-GeneralEnyékon Alitékuv
Caucus ChairÁgustín Pandéla
WhipDevar Evigador
Founded21159
Merger ofChristian Democrats
Distributist Labour Union
Humanist caucus
Headquarters№21, 61-ram, D-District
Kartika, District of Ksoīnvra
NewspaperJust Commonwealth
Student wingUniversity Caritists
Labour wingConfederation of Christian Trade Unions
Agrarian wingFarmer Chad Club
Membership (21204)4.2 billion
IdeologyChristian democracy
Distributism
Subsidiarity
Social market economy
Integral humanism
factions:
Ordoliberalism
Christian left
Model Economy
Neo-corporatism
Agrarianism
Third Way
Federal Stanora
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The Caritist Social Union is a caucus of political parties and independent politicians in the Kiravian Stanora united by distributist and Christian-democratic ideals. The Caritists are the currently the second-largest caucus in the Stanora, and are the leading party in opposition to the ruling Federalist Republican Alliance.

History

[Early-modern political Catholicism and religious humanitarianism]
[Rerum novarum, Quadragesimo anno, etc.]
[Christian-democratic politics before the Civil War]
Union of Orthodox Parishes, International Unity of Christian Democrats (Roman Catholics), Caritist Party; Distributist groups
[Christian Democratic Party during the Sunderance as part of the National Reunification Front]
[Revival of Distributism, Christian corporatism, Catholic Workerism, etc. as mass-movements on the Mainland after reunification]
[Recent history]


The term "Caritist" is an Occidentalised back-translation of Karitarisēn, from the Latin caritas ("charity") + the common Coscivian suffix -risēn ("doctrine", "-ism"). The term emerged in writings circulated at Catholic institutes of learning in the 1800s AD in reference to the humanitarian praxis of Catholic social teaching. Although the term in its original and academic sense is not specific to politics and does not describe a political ideology senu stricto, in modern karitarisēn has taken on a meaning of "religious humanitarianism" or "religious (centre-)left" in Kiravian political culture.

Platform

Economics

The Caritist Social Union claims a platform based on distributist and Christian-democratic thought, with influences from ordoliberal economics, and the Christian left on certain issues and within certain factions. In its contemporary position, the CSU acts mainly to represent the concerns many Kiravians have about the economic liberal agenda pursued by the Federalist Republican Alliance and the effects of market liberalism on social solidarity and public morals. Broadly speaking, it occupies the economic centre-left space of the Kiravian political field, advocating a more expressly humanistic approach to economic policy, characterised by more widespread ownership of productive property and housing, decentralisation, class collaboration, a preponderance of small and medium enterprises, a communitarian approach to social welfare and public services, and "more humane" labour laws. Most CSU members endorse the social market economy as the best policy framework for Kiravia, while the largest minority current seeks an economic structure closer to classical distributism, endorsing the Urcean Model Economy as framework for undertaking this transition. The economic right flank of the caucus has been described as espousing social liberalism, the Third Way, or "neoliberalism with a human face"; while the left flank endorses social democracy verging on religious socialism.

[More specifics] [e.g. labour policy]

Guided by Catholic social teaching, the CSU promotes class collaboration and some degree of neo-corporatism in its labour policy, historically charting a middle way between the capital-backed SRA and labour-backed NDA, which has made it a catalyst of compromise on labour issues, such as during the Longhaul Strike of 21191. CSU affiliates have implemented a tripartite framework for industrial relations at the provincial level in Vôtaska, Intravia, Ixikéa-Qihuxia, and formerly Kastera and Váuadra, and the caucus has long sought to establish tripartism at the federal level. Institutionally, the CSU has good relations with organised labour, particularly the Confederation of Christian Trade Unions and Pan-Kiravian Congress of Craft Unions.

Social Policy

Inspired by Christian ethics (particularly Catholic social teaching), the CSU holds strong positions on bioethics and on life issues. While all of the major caucuses in Kiravian politics can be considered socially conservative by modern Western standards, the CSU is more keen on upholding public morality through legislation than the SRA, CNC, or KFA. It supports the abolition of capital punishment for "ordinary domestic crimes in cases where life imprisonment would not endanger the public", and a federal prohibition on in vitro fertilisation.

Foreign Policy

Stated Policy Goals

Although the CSU itself is only a political actor on the federal level, it also serves as a consultative and cooperative forum for member-parties and independent members participating in the governance of the various federal subjects. As such, the common platforms adopted at CSU triennial conferences address policies to be pursued on both the national and state levels.

  • Reintroduce directive principles of public and social policy to the Fundamental Statute (constitution), in order to compel the federal government of uphold social and economic justice and the dignity of the human person.
  • "Forty acres, a cow, and a broadband connection" - Distributism for the digital age.
  • Introduce stronger protections for genetic privacy and stronger safeguards against genetic discrimination, including adding a right to genetic privacy to the Statute of Liberties.
  • Reform tax codes (state and federal) and incorporation laws to incentivise the creation of coöperatives
  • Reform financial regulations to curb speculation, reduce leverage, and promote the proliferation of credit unions
  • Introduce targeted initiatives for gradual land reform in areas where oligopolies on agricultural land are arresting economic and human development.
  • Promote government investment and research in the field of renewable energy

Internal Tendencies

Religion

Voter Base

As the second-largest caucus in the Federal Stanora, the CSU draws on a large popular support base, embracing many sectors of Kiravian society.

Tenant farmers

Regional strongholds for the SRA include the deeply Catholic Rosary Belt region of Farravonia, Catholic and developing Sarolasta, and New Ardmore.


Electoral Performance

Election Seats Outcome of election
21197
108 / 545
 Shaftonist-Republican victory
21200
112 / 545
 Shaftonist-Republican victory
21203
133 / 545
 FRA-led minority government
21206
142 / 554
 CSU-led minority government

Member Parties

Conferences:

  • Union of Christian & Centre Democrats (UCCD)
  • Christian Solidary Democracy (CSD)
  • Distributists Against Correct Acronyms (DVD)
  • Distributist Labour Alliance (DLA)
  • Social Christian Alliance (SCA)

Observer Organisations

State Organisation Notes

Nationwide 		Catholic Rural Life Federation Civil society group involved in rural development and advocating agrarian distributism

Nationwide 		Catholic Worker Political Committee Communitarian and personalist group associated with the Catholic Worker Movement

Nationwide 		Federation of Christian Trade Unions The de facto labour wing of the CSU

Etivéra 		Mid-Oceanic Society of Freeholders Represents the sivētur investor-farmer class of the eastern coastal states

District of Ksoīnvra 		Social Capital Extraparliamentary association of the Christian left operating as a pressure group in the capital district, where political parties have been banned since Template:H:title
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Ibykia 		New Democratic Party A Christian-democratic party active in the advisory Representative Assembly of Ibykia

Cascada 		Society of Good Neighbours Mormon-inspired pressure group formed to give a political voice to the Latter-Day Saint community in Cascada.

Notes

Federal Stanora Caucuses
Authentic Historical Caucus
Caritist Social Union
Coscivian National Congress 		Federalist Republican Alliance
Kiravian Free Alliance
Labour Front of Kirav 		Popular Democratic Front
Regional Kiravia Caucus
Union of Democrats & Independents
Non-inscrits • Minor Parties • Former Caucuses
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