Say hello to "Politics Reinvented - an Ecosystem for the New Politics". They're talking our language...
Always excited to showcase projects that seem exactly parallel to ours, coming from an entirely new place - signs that a wave is rising.
Here’s Politics Reinvented - An Ecosystem for the New Politics. From their “Common Themes” section:
Depending on the country, political party systems came into being at the end of the 18th century and more so in the 19th century.
In the 21st century, we are still governing ourselves within structures that are more than two hundred years old. And this, although the world, our communities and we human beings have changed dramatically. And the pace of change keeps speeding up.
So where is the problem? Whilst the world keeps growing together and becoming ever more integrated, the way we do politics sets and keeps us apart. The Internet, economy, finance, research and many other sectors are operating within global networks. Knowledge and resources are being combined and shared to benefit more people or corporations.
Citizens cooperate in networks, too. Think of Wikipedia, for instance, or car or other sharing initiatives. Or take a look at all the civil society networks that have come into being.
Party politics, on the other hand, has always meant to be divisive and remains so to this day. The question is whether a divisive governance system and style are still adequate in a highly-interconnected world? Or does it nowadays much rather drive a deeper wedge between people and add to the challenges we are faced with?
On our website you find political models that take account of the complexity and inter-connectedness of our century.
The way they operate requires a change in the underlying beliefs around politics, which in turn leads to modified attitudes and alternative action.
The most interesting part of this early-stage project are the tables on this Common Themes page, which compare old models and new models of politics - going through categories like practices, beliefs/attitudes, and language (see table below). Makes very concrete the shifts required for a more connected, less contestatory politics.
