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The {{wp|big-tent}} [[Republican Nationalist Party]] has been the {{wp|dominant-party system|dominant party}} in Capetian politics since 1951. Although it is no longer the only legal party and now competes with other parties - namely the [[Kadets (the Cape)|Constitutional Democrats]], the [[Humanists - Social Democrats]], and the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Cape)|Liberal Democratic Party]] - on a nominally equal footing, the RNP has continued to win large majorities in every election and has ruled uninterrupted since democratization. The party continues to leverage the resources it cultivated during the single-party period to remain in power, for example, through its large membership, control of the nation’s [[Association of Republican Labour|largest labour union]], and the practising of intra-party democracy through its nationwide open {{wp|primary election}}s. In the past 30 years, the party has become divided between multiple [[Republican Nationalist Party|factions]]; each catering to a separate segment of the big-tent. | The {{wp|big-tent}} [[Republican Nationalist Party]] has been the {{wp|dominant-party system|dominant party}} in Capetian politics since 1951. Although it is no longer the only legal party and now competes with other parties - namely the [[Kadets (the Cape)|Constitutional Democrats]], the [[Humanists - Social Democrats]], and the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Cape)|Liberal Democratic Party]] - on a nominally equal footing, the RNP has continued to win large majorities in every election and has ruled uninterrupted since democratization. The party continues to leverage the resources it cultivated during the single-party period to remain in power, for example, through its large membership, control of the nation’s [[Association of Republican Labour|largest labour union]], and the practising of intra-party democracy through its nationwide open {{wp|primary election}}s. In the past 30 years, the party has become divided between multiple [[Republican Nationalist Party|factions]]; each catering to a separate segment of the big-tent. | ||
Since the founding of the republic, the dominant political current in Capetian politics has been [[Restarkism]] - support for Kalma’s reforms. Restarkism, enshrined as the country's constitutional guiding ideology and the RNP's ideology, supports a form of {{wp|nationalist}} {{wp|democracy}} with a {{wp|secular}} constitution and an Occidental, {{wp|liberal}} culture ({{wp|right | Since the founding of the republic, the dominant political current in Capetian politics has been [[Restarkism]] - support for Kalma’s reforms. Restarkism, enshrined as the country's constitutional guiding ideology and the RNP's ideology, supports a form of {{wp|nationalist}} {{wp|democracy}} with a {{wp|secular}} constitution and an Occidental, {{wp|liberal}} culture ({{wp|centre-right politics}}). Restarkism likewise emphasizes {{wp|statism|state}} {{wp|state interventionism|intervention}} in the economy and the provision of state services in the pursuit of national unity, equality, and {{wp|social welfare}} ({{wp|centre-left politics}}). | ||
The [[Cape Armed Forces|armed forces]] have intervened in politics in defence of the Restarkist status-quo multiple times since Kalma's death - most recently in the [[2021 Cape coup d'état]]. Military involvement on behalf of Restarkism, or occasionally on behalf of Parliament, has become an institutionalized part of the political system; to the point where the populace is no longer uniformly averse to coups, with many welcoming the ejection of governments they perceived as unconstitutional. | The [[Cape Armed Forces|armed forces]] have intervened in politics in defence of the Restarkist status-quo multiple times since Kalma's death - most recently in the [[2021 Cape coup d'état]]. Military involvement on behalf of Restarkism, or occasionally on behalf of Parliament, has become an institutionalized part of the political system; to the point where the populace is no longer uniformly averse to coups, with many welcoming the ejection of governments they perceived as unconstitutional. | ||