Editing Political spectrum

The '''political spectrum''' is only reasonably described objectively using the colours that various [[faction]]s have chosen or would recognize to describe their concerns and [[common values]].  We invite them to write very detailed summaries of their own beliefs, and try only to summarize them here as:

*[[Greens]] are the most politically organized, into [[Green Parties]] sharing the [[six principles]] and [[fair trade]]
*[[Blues]] are the most powerful, and this catch-all term describes those who find [[globalization]] in its present form acceptable.
*[[Reds]] are a quite old faction that want [[fair trade]] or no trade at all.
*[[Pinks]] are defined more by identity than [[ideology]] and often want to end [[discrimination]] and achieve more humane less competitive social conditions.

There are others but they are unlikely to take anywhere near as much interest in [[Consumerium Services]] as any of the above.

The main ways in which this matters are the forming of [[tendency]] and [[faction]]s in the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]], the different [[refactoring]] priorities they apply in the [[content wiki]] and even in the [[R&D wiki]] ([[Pinks]] for instance hate factionalism and stereotypes and so try to deny they exist, which in many cases is just a sheer power grab to let them quietly define all terms themselves).  Recognizing the factions up front that exist in the real world helps identify where each political attitude can help [[Consumerium Services]] as a whole.  As a rough stereotype guide imagine:

For instance, Blues could ideally help with the [[self-funding]] and [[prediction market]] and other [[betting]] aspects, and perhaps interface to [[corporate purchasing]].  Pinks on the other hand would be better directed to [[fair trade]] problems and projects to get rid of [[slavery]] and [[child labour]].  [[Reds]] would waste everyone's time on the funding side and would inject useless rhetoric into the campaigns, but in general they would be great [[Consumerium researchers]], translators, etc.[[Greens]] seem to be more scientific and disciplined than any of these others and have a doctrine that actually evolved after 1960 when many things about the real world were known that were not known when other [[ideology]] originated.

This kind of division will help divide the [[Consumerium social club]] up into [[creative network]]s that can each do great work separately that they could not do by trying to co-operate in areas where they have values that just clash.

It takes all kinds, to make a world, and to make [[moral purchasing power]] too.