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The Natural Path

The Spiral of Growth starts pragmatically with an in-group form of pluralism,

• proceeds around the more central Modes,
• enters into a version of pluralism recognizing diverse groups,
• then takes in the more extreme Modes,
• until it eventually ends in a pluralism with proper recognition of most groups in society.

However, this Spiral form alone (even assuming it is correct) gives us rather little understanding. To genuinely understand this Spiral trajectory, we must be able to formulate simple lucid common-sense answers to a range of questions about it.

Some Questions

Structural Corroboration

As well as confirmation based on the origin from ethical choice approaches, validation via structural corroboration has been provided because:

• the Spiral clarifies how the people and those in control of power interact to generate political choice, irrespective of the stage within political maturation: as developed here. 
• the Levels (Stages) in the Spiral structure combine to produce a useful and illuminating representation of political activities and personal participation: as developed here.

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• Start now where politics starts.

Other Options: 

• Examine the schema used to analyse each Mode;
• Consider alternative sequences for maturation;
• See the taxonomic systems of numbering.

Originally posted: July 2009; Last updated: 27 Jan 2010