Australian Greens (Australia) - 2068 C.E.

The Australian Greens are a moderate-left post-Green party, and are currently the second-largest party in Australia. Like for most Green parties, the Post-Liberal climate consensus and the Long Crisis forced a shift in policy priorities. One could either move towards the center, taking the spaces abandoned by the Social Democratic parties in their adoption of the Vienna consensus, or take a firm stance against technocracy and for popular democracy. Like most post-Green parties, the Australian Greens took the former option, becoming the face of the Australian left as the Labor party collapsed in the 30s. Unlike in many English speaking countries, managed democracy failed to take hold, due to the Liberals' dependence on the National Labor party to form governments, and Australia remained a multi-party democracy.

Today's Australian political scene is divided by two question. China, and the interior. Since Controlled De-Communization, Australia has drawn closer and closer to China. Australia was one of the first countries to abandon the Pan-Oceanic Trade Pact in favor of the Chinese common market, seeing the Chinese reconstruction as a priceless opportunity for Australian business. With China's effective recovery, Australia has become an economic and cultural satellite of the superpower. While Australia may be flooded with Chinese brands and cultural products, it isn't necessarily a raw deal for Australia. After all, Australia is China's gateway to the English-speaking and western world, and Australian businesses have benefited as intermediaries and consultants for Chinese firms. However, there is a definitive backlash to the situation. Many Australians realize that Australia is ceasing to be an "English" country and is starting to become a Asian nation. While many Australians have accepted these changes, seeing them as a way to avoid becoming the backwater corner of the world, others rail against Australia's direction, seeking to assert their nation's independence.

The other question is the interior. Australia was hit hard by climate change even before the Long Crisis began, being beset by drought, wild fires and degrading soil. The situation has only gotten worse as the world has become hotter and weather more energetic. Traditional Australian agricultural practices and rural lifestyles have become incompatible with the new climate, and have lead to painful economic shifts and important questions about the country's future. The cleaves here are not as clear as the Chinese split. Some say that the interior simply needs to be abandoned, that rural living is no longer a safe possibility. Others feel that the state has an obligation both to rural Australians and aborigines to protect their way of life, and restore the interior through advanced irrigation. There is also a faction, one that sits on both sides of the interior question, that advocates for an adoption of full-scale arcologies. Australia currently has a set of linear arcologies along the coast, but their system is nowhere near as expansive as China's. Opponents of the arcologies see the projects as wasteful and unnecessary for the country, while their advocates see them as the only way that Australia can survive the next century as a habitable and healthy nation. 

The Australian Greens are both pro-Chinese and pro-Reclamation, seeing the Chinese recovery as a model for Australia's future. The Greens currently lead the Stronger Together coalition, composed of the paleoconservative Country Party and the techno-progressive Arcology Alliance. While these parties diverge on many issues, they are united by their Sinophilia and belief in holding the interior. When it comes to economic issues, the Greens hold paleoliberal stances. This includes state investment, upholding fair trade, protecting consumer and labor rights, and regulation negative externalities. They also support strengthening the water co-ops, expanding the arcology fund, allowing increased immigration, building new refugee centers, and restoring the E-Democracy Act of 2045.

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Paleoliberalism: A call back to traditional liberal and social liberal thought, Paleoliberalism is a belief in the value of the individual and fairness in society. Paleoliberals tend to adhere to Post-Keynesian economics


Reclamationism:  A belief that the Earth should ultimately be restored to its pre-climate change state, and that society should invest considerable resources in reversing climate change as opposed to just adapting to it. Often seen as an evolution of "Green" or environmentalist thought. 

Techno-Progressivism: A belief that modern, "transhumanist" technologies, such as body modification, genetic engineering, and synthetic intelligence are ultimately beneficial and should be allowed to develop within common sense bounds.
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From the shining mega-cities of the African coast, to the flooded streets of Old Miami. From the packed arcologies of China, to the bleak burning fields of Venezuela. From the vigorous debate of commune meeting halls in Buenos Aires, to the hushed whispers of secret party meetings in Munich. From the singing in the historicist concert halls of Montreal, to the screams over the burning slums of Moscow. From crowds of protesters in London, New Delhi, and Oran, to lonely miners on the Moon. All of it lives, all of it breathes, and all of it will one day die. All under the same twinkling light of the stars.

Our Fathers' Stars.