Saturday, November 06, 2004
Department of Notes and Queries: Political Design Patterns?
Does anyone know of a source or a method for developing/using political design patterns? (A more informally styled site here).
Sure, these sites are about developing software, and politics is about developing wetware. So?
An example of a design pattern would be the "TTT" (trick, trust, transfer) Confidence Game (back) pattern that the Republicans have used so successfully. Note, however, that the work to put the TTT pattern into a larger pattern—where the con is recognized, resisted, and exposed has yet to be created (and shown to work in actual political situations).
I am thinking of political design patterns as an alternative/complementary methodology to Lakoff's frames.
Sure, these sites are about developing software, and politics is about developing wetware. So?
An example of a design pattern would be the "TTT" (trick, trust, transfer) Confidence Game (back) pattern that the Republicans have used so successfully. Note, however, that the work to put the TTT pattern into a larger pattern—where the con is recognized, resisted, and exposed has yet to be created (and shown to work in actual political situations).
I am thinking of political design patterns as an alternative/complementary methodology to Lakoff's frames.
