Polynesian Centrism

A Political Compass Representation of Polynesian Centrist Thought

Polynesian Centrism is a broad brand of political thought unique to Polynesia. Much like its counterparts such as Polynesian Socialism or Polynesian Conservatism, it is a broad term that stretches across many different actual ideologies within a context relevant to Vanilla Minecraft. It started becoming mainstream in October 2019 and has been a dominant political force throughout Polynesian history. The ideology tends to revolve around certain major figureheads, which creates a structure based around certain schools of thoughts based on their principles.

## Ideological Beliefs

Due to its broadness, Polynesian Centrist thought can have many differing beliefs within itself between its different figureheads. Some figureheads, such as Tsar, can be considered as left-wing since his ideals used moderate policies to create a political and economic foundation to achieve end goals that associate with social democracy and select aspects of socialism. Kai on the other hand has staunch technocratic and libertarian beliefs but insists on maintaining some level of a centralized state. With so many differing views that nonetheless are rooted in some sort of centrist beliefs, the major figureheads of Polynesian Centrism tend to be categorized into special "schools of thought" named after them. Generally, Polynesian Centrism stretches from social democratic to libertarian thought.

## The Kaist School of Thought

### **Beliefs and Criticisms**

**Beliefs**

Kaism centers around the belief that there must be a highly deregulated capitalist-style market economy to manage finance while a strong yet moderately federalized state apparatus should handle justice, security, and societal matters. Although these beliefs are important to Kaists, they come second in importance to their core belief that technological progress of any sort must be swiftly pursued at all costs. Essentially, it is an ideology that centers around technocracy with its political wing being a mix of libertarian thought mixed with some aspects of neoliberalism.

**Criticisms**

Kaism was initially popular as a force of reform after the First Republic of Polynesian Civil War. However, it would soon be criticized for mostly favoring its most dedicated supporters that had close personal ties with Kai himself. Tsarists, who were initially Kaists, criticize the school of thought for bringing counterproductive reforms initially, followed by being too supportive of the status quo; leading to a stagnant and ineffective state. Other centrist schools of thought (including Tsarism) also say Kaism's ideals of federalism are too decentralized, which in their view weakens countries to the point of collapse in the face of a large crisis. The main source of this specific criticism stems from the RoM Partition and Great August Crisis, which many say were very avoidable if it weren't for the Kaist States System.

External ideologies share the other centrist schools of thoughts' criticisms of Kaism. The Polynesian left-wing especially views Kaism as Kai's politicization of his inner circle, citing the unpopularity of his time as owner of the server as their proof of this criticism. The Polynesian right-wing is dismissive of the school of thought, calling it a mere gimmick that does not go far enough with its more right-wing and libertarian beliefs.

Overall, Kaism is a somewhat unpopular school of thought in Polynesian Centrism and is seen as a relic of the past that at times resurges during times of extreme chaos. Although many admire its strides towards technological progress, it is mostly seen as an ideology that paralyzes the state's ability to function through the creation of an overly decentralized environment, which many think leads to high levels of corruption.

### **History**

**Early History**

Arguably the first dedicated school of thought, Kaism was created by ColonelKai upon the creation of the Humanist Party. His goal was to create a one-issue party that prioritized free market economics and advocated for a huge push to develop redstone tech. Kaism truly took off with the formation of the Humanitarian Party, with Tsar's membership expanding its scope from a one-issue technocrat ideology into one that also pushes for reforming the state into a Federalized Republic based on a clear constitution. Over the course of the RoP 3rd CentreCo Government, Tsar became the de-facto leader of the Republic of Polynesia (RoP) and continued to develop his positions. This eventually resulted in a split within Kaism, with Tsar's more left-wing beliefs splitting off into the school of Proto-Tsarism. After the Crisis of all Crises, Belgium fell back into the spotlight and created the Belgist school of thought. This started making Kaism less relevant and popular. By the time of December 2019, Proto-Tsarism became much more popular than Kaism and Belgism, which continued the downfall of Kaism during this period of time.

**Kaism in the First Polynesian Golden Era**

Kaism had a very slight resurgence during Britannia's April term as Prime Minister (PM) due to ColonelKai being appointed his Deputy Prime Minister (DPM). However, Proto-Tsarism was still the dominant school of thought among supporters of the Humanitarian Party and Belgism was the most popular centrist ideology overall. Kaism's growth in this era was short-lived, since Kai would soon resign from his position and Tsar would take the position of DPM. Kaist thought would become essentially irrelevant within the RoP until the Great August Crisis.

**Kaism During the Second Split**

With Kai's Nation of Bluefield leading the independence movements within the RoP, Kaism became popular amongst seperatist centrists but hugely unpopular amongst every other centrist demographic. This led to the domination of Kaism in the Nation of Bluefied at the expense of complete irrelevance within the RoP. In Bluefield, Kaism experimented with an Oligarchic governing council and more landowning regulation to varied success. With the second snap ending the existence of all nations, Kaism became irrelevant in all fields until the Great August Crisis.

**Kaism in Micronesia**

Although Kaism was hugely unpopular throughout the Republic of Micronesia (RoM), aspects of it were forced upon it by the admin team in the form of the States System. Tsar and Britannia, loud opponents of the States System despite being on the admin team, tried reforming the RoM with Tsarist-style policy. The process was initially gaining progress, but the hugely destructive First Helliger War stopped the process of reform since policymakers became focused on reconstruction and stopping a seemingly looming collapse of the nation. Tsar ceded his position as leader of the soon-to-be-renamed Social Liberal Party to Kai, which started the decline of Proto-Tsarism in the political scene until September 2020. On the State level, Kaism was dominant in the State of Bluefield where the experimental system of an Oligarchic governing council mixed with regulated land legislation was continued.

Kai was elected into office and used the leftovers of Tsar's extreme popularity to turn Kaism into the dominant school of thought in Polynesian Centrism. However, this popularity was short-lived as his government became known for being inactive and extremely corrupt. With the Great August Crisis making the national situation worse after Kai's resignation from the position of PM, Tsar took the reigns.

The dire state of the nation and looming threat of Helliger compelled Tsar to temporarily abandon Proto-Tsarism in favor of a mix of Polynesian Conservative and Kaist policy in an attempt to save the nation from collapse. Although Tsar's efforts were admired by supporters and opponents alike, this only bolstered his personal popularity while severely undermining the legitimacy of the general government structure as a whole. Kai would return to the scene and run once more for PM in the September 2, 2020 election, expecting to use Tsar's popularity once more to win. However, the discontent against government corruption and his decisions as owner of the server resulted in the de facto collapse of Kaist support and the largest electoral landslide in federal RoP history by the Labour Party. Any support for the National Prosperity League (NPL) was mostly based around Tsar's personal popularity and elements of the Helliger population.

During the RoP 2nd *Interim* Government, Kaism technically ruled the RoM for two days through Tsar's administration but by then the existence of the RoM was mostly a formality and would officially cease to exist on September 13, 2020. The events of the Second Helliger War and RoM Partition destroyed any support for Kaism and the States System for half a year within the RoP. Kaism would continue to be popular in the Bluefield region in the realm of Iesta but would falter once the Iesta server ended.

**Kaism in the RoP Third Republic**

Kaism had a small resurgence through Kai's Polynesian Justice and Development Party to fill the void left by the quitting of most centrist figureheads after the AFAB Riots such as Tsar. With Iesta gone along with the RoM, Kaism would return to its roots prior to its experimentation with Oligarchy and restrictive land policies. Its popularity would be short lived for the same reasons responsible for the NPL's decline and led to both the party's and Kaism's collapse for another half-year.

**Kaism in the RoP Fourth Republic**

Kaism had a resurgence once more during the Third Republic of Polynesian Civil War due to Kai's campaign calling for constitutional reform. He would have several terms as Prime Minister and leader of the Republics Constitution Party and was praised for his new RoP constitution once it passed. However, the initially popular constitution soon fell out of favor in the long term and was criticized by most individuals as too complex for its lack of concrete reform. A movement spearheaded by Belgist figureheads called for a reversion to the October 2021 constitution created by the Polynesian Liberals and Democrats. This once more led to a collapse in Kaist support, with any remnants of it fading away once Kai and his biggest supporter Jules quit Polynesia.