C5.4 Political Coalition Potential
Implementation Viability. Can the system actually be built and sustained?
Pass threshold
≥60% support across political spectrum, ≥65% opposition to repeal, survival probability ≥80% across administration changes
Clause by clause:
- ≥60% support across political spectrum
- ≥65% opposition to repeal
- survival probability ≥80% across administration changes
What it asks
Build broad support across ideological divides through offering value to diverse constituencies
Why it matters
Solutions appealing only to the left or right face permanent political warfare and likely reversal after the next election party flip. Best frameworks offer value to diverse constituencies: fiscal conservatives (cost savings), libertarians (reduced coercion), progressives (equity focus), communitarians (enhanced cohesion).
How it is measured
Coalition breadth (support percentage across ideological spectrum). Policy stability (resistance to repeal attempts). Long-term political sustainability (survival across multiple administrations).
Cross ideological appeal examples
Alaska PFD: 80%+ approval across political spectrum for 40+ years. Community wealth building: Attracts both cooperative socialists and property rights conservatives. Cooperative movements: Bridge socialist and market advocate divisions.
How scores are anchored
1.0, pass
Demonstrated or clearly-arguable appeal across ideologically opposed constituencies, each for their own reasons. Nordic Social Democracy (1.0): "High public satisfaction (70-85%) sustains support across the political spectrum." CCO-PTF-CIP-SZH (1.0): "Cross-ideological appeal: progressives... libertarians... fiscal conservatives... communitarians."
0.5, partial
Appeals strongly to part of the spectrum while facing real resistance from another part. Market Socialism (0.5): "Appeals to socialists, progressive liberals, community organizers. However, limited appeal to business interests and fiscal conservatives."
0.0, structural failure
Structural or rhetorical features actively repel broad coalition-building, or historical record forecloses it. Degrowth Economics (0.0): "'Degrowth' terminology is politically toxic in growth-oriented cultures." Centrally Planned Socialism (0.0): "Catastrophic historical record eliminates political viability."
Normative roots
From N9 (Partial Deployability) + N7 (Anti-Capture).
How the systems score
1.0, pass
0.5, partial
CCO-PTF-CIP-SZH, Participatory Economics, Integral, Market Socialism, Sovereign Wealth Fund Statism, Georgism / LVT, Ostrom Commons, Islamic Finance, Mutual Credit / LETS, State Capitalism / Singapore, Universal Basic Income, Universal Basic Services, MMT + Job Guarantee, Status Quo Market Capitalism, State Capitalism / China, State Capitalism / Qatar, Doughnut Economics, Libertarian Minarchism
0.0, structural failure
Degrowth Economics, Fully Automated Luxury Communism, Stakeholder Capitalism, Centrally Planned Socialism
Sources
Definition: Paper Section 6. Anchors: Paper Appendix H.7.