Clock in reverse
The "clock in reverse" is a political phrase and concept tied to Homaitism–particularly Modern Homaitism and the earlier Socialite Homaitists–which argues that the ideals of Modern Homaitism are conservative in Homaitist theory not unlike Early Homaitism, and therefore are akin to a clock ticking in reverse. The phrase was originally "a clock ticking in reverse," and was coined by Drioe Patrinthos Beide in an 1852 editorial for the Homaitin-paryomesta, a Socialite mouthpiece, and in due time became an informal motto for the entire Socialite movement and the later Modern Homaitists. Nonetheless, it was in early years often derided as exceptionally cheesy and absurdist, and it was widely decried by the Old Homaitist guard as ridiculous. It was–for an extended period from 1876 to 1890–banned from the Homaitist National Convention altogether; de facto, it remained out of use until the unification of the National Conventions in 1948. In contrast, the New Homaitist National Convention made it a de jure motto until 1940.
Although historically considered a "concept," since the unification of the National Conventions, the "clock in reverse" has been taken up more as a political phrase than a political concept. Starting in 1951, the Adborthos-based Homaite Party began to use the phrase as a talking point in earnest, and similar Homaitist parties (most notably the Yaraan Kryfona Revolutionaries party) have since taken it up in a similar sense. "We are the clock ticking in reverse" was the official motto of the Revolutionaries from 1975 to 1986; simply "The clock in reverse" was used by the Adborthos Homaite Party from 1996 onward. Most recently in 2009, the Eloonisi Homaite Party adopted the phrase as its official party motto.
