Synarchy can be the influence of certain companies in the government.
The notion of synarchy derives from the Greek word synarchía , which can be translated as “joint power.” The Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ), in its dictionary, mentions as the first meaning of the term the government formed by different princes who distribute the administration of the different sectors of the State.
Influence on government
The concept, in any case, is usually used to name the influence that certain people, companies or organizations have on the economic and political management of a nation. The synarchy, in this sense, is made up of corporations and powerful individuals that condition the actions of the rulers elected by the people.
It is often said that synarchy is hidden power or power in the shadows . The population, for example, can vote in democratic elections and elect a president. This representative is the representative of the inhabitants and who is authorized to make important decisions for the administration of public affairs. However, if a synarchy influences the scope of its measures , in reality the president cannot exercise the power that was granted to him, thereby governing someone, or an entity, that was not popularly voted.
Synarchy is understood as a set of invisible or clandestine powers that influence areas such as the economy , politics, religion and culture. It can be said that the main financial magnates, to cite one case, have synarchic behavior.
In Mexico , meanwhile, the National Sinarquista Union promoted the movement known as synarquismo in the late 1930s . Sinarchism defined itself as nationalist, Catholic and anti-communist.
National Synarchist Union
Its foundation took place on May 23, 1937 in León de Los Aldama, a city in the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato. Note that there is no unanimity regarding the names of the people who founded this organization nor under what conditions they did so. Despite this, below we will list some of those who usually appear when talking about this historical moment: Jesús Hernández Alcalá, José Antonio Urquiza, Juan Ignacio Padilla, Salvador Abascal and two groups of brothers, the Zermeño and the Trueba .
One of the characteristics of the Bajío region, where León de Los Aldama is located, is that it has effectively preserved its Catholic faith and culture. Similarly, it was in that same place where Cárdenas's agrarian reform, which shortly before was promoted by President Lázaro Cárdenas to distribute agrarian properties more equitably, had less acceptance. Everything led to the founding of the National Synarchist Union by various university students who respected the influence of ultra-Catholic and anti-communist groups.
A meeting of the Mexican synarchist parties in 1945.
Throughout 1945, two factions emerged from this movement due to the change in leadership that left out Torres Bueno and put Carlos Athie in charge. The following year, Torres Bueno created the Popular Force Party, which promoted synarchism to the elections. Three years later, both this party and the Mexican Communist party dissolved as the country became more severe toward extremist movements . Regarding the other faction, it did not form an electoral arm but rather focused on the activities of the National Action Party (PAN).
This party maintained active cooperation with the Sinarchists, particularly in 1958, during the electoral campaign. Already in the 1970s, synarchism reemerged through the Mexican Democratic Party, which nominated Ignacio González Gollaz for president in 1982, although he only obtained 1.8 percent of voter approval. Its validity as a political party extended until 1988.