Particracy

Not to be confused with File:Pat.pngPatriarchy.

"The two great political parties of the nation have existed for the purpose, each in accordance with its own principles, of undertaking to serve the interests of the whole nation. Their members of the Congress are chosen with that great end in view."

File:Coolidge.png Calvin Coolidge

Particracy or Rule of the Parties is a government system in which political power is concentrated within political parties. The term is usually a pejorative against representative democracies in which the representatives are not seen as actually representing their constituents or those who voted for them but rather the interests of the political parties they belong to.

Although advocacy for a particracy could be seen as being something one could unironically advocate for, in the form of a File:UniParti.png one-party state (vanguardism).

Conceptions

File:UniParti.png One-Party States

One way in which particracy has been historically implemented is in the form of a One-Party State. This is also the only form of particracy that is likely to be sincerely advocated for. One-party states are states governed by one major political party, and all other parties are either banned or hold little power. While one-party states have been led by parties of many different ideologies, some of the most common examples are countries led by Marxist-Leninist (such as the File:Orthlen.png Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the File:ChinaCP.png Communist Party of China, and the File:Castro-PCC.png Communist Party of Cuba), Ba'athist or File:Fash.png Fascist (such as the File:Nazi.png Nazi Party of Germany, the File:Mussolini.png National Fascist Party of Italy, and the File:AusFash.png Fatherland Front Party of Austria) parties.

File:SemiAuthPar.png Dominant-Party System

A Dominant-Party System is when one party dominates politics for a long time, allowing some degree of controlled opposition. It can be seen as a weaker, informal version of the one-party state, however, the systems they operate in are still nominally democratic and the party can be replaced, but it is usually very hard. Examples include File:PAP(Singapore).png People's Action Party of Singapore, File:3princ.png Kuomintang (historically), File:PRI.png Institutional Revolutionary Party of Mexico (historically), File:FIDESZ.png Fidesz (historically), File:United Russia.png United Russia, File:PiS.png Law and Justice Party and File:LDP(Japan).png Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.

File:Twoparti.png Two-Party Systems

Another way in which particracy has been historically and still currently implemented is in the form of a Two-Party System. Two-party systems are systems where two parties (usually one broadly left-leaning and one broadly right-leaning) dominate the political landscape, with power shifting back and forth between both. While other parties often hold some seats in the legislature, they are unlikely to be a significant enough bloc, with coalition governments being rare. In other words, opposition to the government is governed by one major political party, and all other parties are either banned, which is not seen in practice, or hold little power. Countries like the United States are extreme examples where third party or independent representatives are almost non-existent at both the federal and state level. This has resulted in both parties having different ideological factions in the hopes of somewhat increasing political diversity and having a more broad appeal. This is usually the result of a traditional first-past-the-post voting system, where high amounts of tactical voting due to it being a plurality-based system will result in most people only voting for one of the two parties (otherwise known as Duverger's law), but this isn't necessarily the case; two-party systems or characteristics of a two-party system can also sometimes be found in other voting systems, that is proportional systems, due to the rule of Gibbard’s theorem that if a deterministic voting rule is neither dictatorial nor susceptible to tactical voting, it must limit the possible outcomes to two (relevant) alternatives only. Prominent examples of two-party systems are the US File:Demcr.png Democratic/File:RepubUS.png Republican Party, the Canadian File:LiberalPartyofCanada.png Liberal/File:CanadaConservative.png Conservative Party, and the Australian File:LiberalParty.png Liberal/File:ALP.png Labor Party (in the House of Representatives).

File:Parti.png Codominant-Party System

A Codominant-Party System is when the same several, usually two, parties dominate politics for a long time. It can be seen as a weaker, informal version of the two-party system, in other words, the case where two-party systems or characteristics of a two-party system are found in other voting systems, that is proportional systems, due to the rule of Gibbard’s theorem that if a deterministic voting rule is neither dictatorial nor susceptible to tactical voting, it must limit the possible outcomes to two (relevant) alternatives only. Examples include the UK File:Con-t.png Conservative/File:UKLab.png Labour Party, the Australian File:LiberalParty.png Liberal/File:ALP.png Labor Party (in the Senate), the New Zealand File:LabourNZ-icon.png Labour/File:NationalNZ-icon.png National Party, the South Korean File:PeoplePowerParty.png People Power Party/File:DemocraticPartyKorea.png Democratic Party of Korea, the Taiwanese File:DPP-Taiwan.png Democratic Progressive Party/File:RevRightKMT.png Kuomintang, and the Spanish File:PSOE.png Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/File:SpaPP.png People's Party.

File:Parti.png Multi-Party Democracy

Multi-Party Democracy is a form of particracy where the government is in control of multiple political parties. Multi-party systems tend to be more common in countries using proportional representation compared to those using winner-take-all elections. This is more common with File:Parl.png parliamentary countries.

In these countries, usually no single party has a parliamentary majority by itself (hung parliaments). Instead, multiple political parties must negotiate to form a coalition with a majority of the vote, in order to make substantial changes. Each party competes for votes from the enfranchised constituents (those allowed to vote). A multi-party system prevents the leadership of a single party from controlling a single legislative chamber without challenge.

How to Draw

File:Particracy flag.svg

Flag of Particracy

1. Draw a ball.
2. Fill it with white.
3. Draw the symbol shown on the flag below, which is a half ring alternating between green, red, yellow, blue and black.
4. Draw in the eyes.

You're done!

Relations

Party Executives

• File:Republicanismpix.png Republicanism - Thanks for creating a platform for me!
• File:Ingsocf.png Ingsoc - THE PARTY WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU-
• File:Parl.png Parliamentarianism - Your Westminster form especially is pretty based.
• Marxism-Leninism - The vanguard is the party of the proletariat.
• File:Fash.png Fascism - Another supporter of party dominance.
• File:IllibDem.png Illiberal Democracy - That's more like it...

Inactive Members

• File:Dem.png Democracy - People should vote for the political parties that represent their best interests, unless it's a one-party dictatorship.
• File:Helv.png Helvetic Model - You still have parties and all, but what the hell is that "popular initiative" bullshit?
• File:Honk.png Satirism - You should really cut it out with that 'frivolous party'.
• File:Lukash.png Lukashenkoism - Why does this non-party despot use the aesthetics of the one-party USSR? I have no idea. At least Belaya Rus is good though.
• File:Jihad.png Jihadism - Thinks parties are “unislamic” but the File:Cball-Taliban.png Taliban is essentially a one-party state.

Enemies of the Party

• File:Washdem2.png Washingtonism - Haha 2 party system go GOP/DEM.
• File:Abmon.png Absolute Monarchism - Why do you ban political parties most of the time?
  • File:Abmon.png File:LBubble.pngWho needs a party when you have a family?File:RBubble.png

• • File:PLN.pngFile:YAP(Azerbaijan).pngFile:Juche.png File:LBubble.pngHow about both?File:RBubble.png

• File:Gaddafi.png Gaddafism - You banned parties and think you're democratic?
• File:Metaxi.png Metaxism - This idiot banned his own party.
• File:IslamCap.png Islamic Capitalism - Many of you guys banned parties cringe.
• File:Tchiani.png Tchianism - First you suspended parties then you banned them. Uncool...
• File:OchloAngry.png Ochlocracy - Direct democracy just went mad.
• Anarchism - You want no rule - cringe!
• File:Anpostleft.png Post-Leftism - Yep, this is even more cringe.
• File:Auton.png Autonomism - He also hates parties and hangs out with him File:Anpostleft.png sometimes.
• File:Autarch.png Autarchy - Every person a state? What the heck?
• File:Kak.png Kakistocracy - This isn't a "Tiktok Rizz" Party or a Birthday Party, plus you're even dumber and less civilised than the guy above.
• File:P Diddy.png Diddy Party - NOT THAT KIND OF PARTY

Further Information

Wikipedia

• Particracy
• File:UniParti.png One-party state
• File:SemiAuthPar.png Dominant-party system
  • File:PostSoviet.png Party of power
• File:Twoparti.png Two-party system

Gallery

• File:Particracy2.png
• File:Particracy.png
• By File:METBOL.png User:Muddy Mudkipz
  By File:METBOL.png User:Muddy Mudkipz