brighteagle26 said:Look, I consider myself a conservative, but this election, I’m casting my vote for the Democratic Coalition. When I take a look at what passes for the right wing around here, it’s honestly depressing. You’ve got this massive, messy fragmentation where you have dozens of tiny Libertarian Party splinter groups, and then there’s the absolute circus of clowns claiming to represent us—people like various George Washingtons and George Washingtons, just a bunch of unhinged loudmouths and conspiracy theorists who can't articulate a coherent thought to save their lives. Then you have the Republican Party, which only claims to be conservative in name while acting like anything else. It’s a joke. That version of the right doesn't deserve a single one of my votes.
Anyway, let's get back to the definition of politics, specifically the one the people actually came up with.
- If politics is a total scam, an honest person can't have any political stance, because they'd basically be admitting they're part of the scam too. But if we pretend politics isn't a scam, then every policy is fine and we should probably protect those poor politicians,
- The whole left-right spectrum thing is never clear, mostly because it wouldn't suit the politicians. If things were clear, they'd have to stick to their side even when they lose. Instead, they just flip their hats and accuse the other side of not flipping theirs correctly enough,
It's not about being right or left for them; it's just about whether they're in power or out of it,
- It’s no secret that our multi-party system really just grew out of one big party splitting into different factions. So, technically, we just have a multi-factional system,
- Having more factions makes things look a bit cleaner, I guess, since they have established logistics and don't have to struggle quite as hard to make their point,
- When it comes to voting, people should just follow their conscience, regardless of whether their vote "goes to waste." And the winner shouldn't brag about being chosen by the WILL OF THE PEOPLE, because they were really just chosen by PART OF THE PEOPLE,
- Once the election is over, the winners should actually represent the whole country, and campaign activity SHOULD start again the very next day to actually deliver on those promises, step by step.
Cheers,
Frank Morgan2