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Since the founding of the republic, the dominant political current in Capetian politics has been [[Restarkism]] - support for Melvyn Kalma’s reforms. It is enshrined as the country's constitutional {{wp|ideology|guiding ideology}}, and the guiding ideology of Kalma's own [[Republican Nationalist Party]]. | Since the founding of the republic, the dominant political current in Capetian politics has been [[Restarkism]] - support for Melvyn Kalma’s reforms. It is enshrined as the country's constitutional {{wp|ideology|guiding ideology}}, and the guiding ideology of Kalma's own [[Republican Nationalist Party]]. | ||
Restarkism today is manifest as support for a {{wp|nationalist}} {{wp|democracy}} with a {{wp|secular}} constitution and an Occidental, {{wp|liberal}} culture. | Restarkism today is manifest as support for a {{wp|nationalist}} {{wp|democracy}} with a {{wp|secular}} constitution and an Occidental, {{wp|liberal}} culture. Owing to the turmoil of the [[Multi-party period of the Federacy of the Cape|first multi-party period]], the [[Great War]], and [[the Reclamation]], Restarkism posits a phased plan for the implementation of {{wp|constitutional democracy}}. The "first stage of national construction", a one-party state led by the RNP, took place between 1951 and 1994. The second stage, [[Planoarita politics|''Planoarita'' politics]], where the RNP leads a {{wp|guided democracy}}, is currently in place. The final stage, constitutional politics, or full {{wp|liberal democracy}}, remains promised. | ||
Although free elections have shaped the Capetian political scene for 30 years, involvement within the RNP remains the main form of political participation. In the past 20 years, the party has become divided between multiple [[Republican Nationalist Party|caucuses]] across the political spectrum. These caucuses have | Restarkism's Occidentalist and autocratic aims have found themselves opposed throughout history by [[Longhouseism]] (also known as Confederationism), an anti-Occidental ideology that advocates a traditional, decentralized, and local system of democratic governance that models the former [[Cahok Confederation]]. Even with the loosened measures of ''Planoarita'' politics, the Longhouseist movement remains repressed and "out-of-system", with little political representation granted to it. Nevertheless, the movement and the former Cahok Confederation remain heavily influential in Capetian politics, ranging from the [[Chief of the Republic]]'s ceremonial deer-antler headdress to the culture of {{wp|consensus government|consensus politics}} that governs relations between the internal factions of the RNP. | ||
Although free elections with third parties (the most prominent being the [[Kadets (the Cape)|Constitutional Democrats]] and the [[Republican Commonwealth Federation]]) have shaped the Capetian political scene for 30 years, involvement within the RNP remains the main form of political participation. In the past 20 years, the party has become divided between multiple [[Republican Nationalist Party|caucuses]] across the political spectrum. These caucuses have ''de-facto'' parties and the main driver of political change, with the pre-election RNP open primaries considered by many as the ''de-facto'' national election. | |||
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