• ArkoudaOP
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    2 days ago

    Imagine a Parliament of Independents because parties are no longer allowed and all members of Government are elected on their own personal platforms and ideas.

    Parties fail the democratic process.

    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      Well that’s an interesting thought. Care to elaborate how parties fail? Is the whole idea of parties rotten, or just the application of it?

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        18 hours ago

        Parties fail because in order to be a member of the party you must believe in the parties ideas and policies, which in turn leads to a homogenization of ideas. Over time those ideas get more entrenched on the different sides, leading to less collaboration over time and more extreme and divided rhetoric that benefits no one.

        I would say that the entire idea is rotten because of that.