I don’t want you to agree with me. I don’t want you to join with me in my party. I want you and everyone else to have a party that you can agree with on nearly all issues instead of having 2 parties that you rarely agree with on anything. Mine would happen to be a progressive party, yours would be different. The Libertarian Party gets no support because people are afraid of throwing away votes to a minor party. I want our parties that actually represent us to then come together in the Capitol Building and debate the best course for our nation instead of the Us vs Them crap that goes on right now. If my party can’t come up with a coalition to pass an agenda, but yours can and I’m left in a country that has outlawed sodomy, stripped bargaining rights from unions and deregulated everything in sight then so be it. But at least I can rest easily knowing that Americans are being properly represented.
On every issue we’ll prolly disagree, but if those issues are being decided on by people who don’t actually represent us then how can we say that we have a functioning Republic? Wouldn’t you rather the Progressive Caucus fight for its cause on its own ‘merits’ rather than have it tag along with a group who will agree with you on certain issues (the Blue Dogs). As pinko commie scum I hate Blue Dogs who abandon Democratic party planks when it suits them, because I know when election time rolls around money that I hypothetically donate could have gone to a progressive candidate is instead going to the guy that voted against gays being allowed to adopt just so they can keep the seat out of Republican hands. Or, for conservatives, money that you hypothetically donate going to a Republican that broke ranks on a budget that raises taxes for the wealthy
” - - - The second part of your plan/solution “- - - -Replace First Past the Post with some sort of preferential system - - - “ is not at all specific enough to be, (in the infamous words of a former foreign student at Harvard, and now Illegal White House Occupier, Barack “You Lie” Obama), TRANSPARENT.
Please clarify, si vous plait. - - - “
While I am waiting for clarification from you, I notice that you advocate smaller groups in more political parties.
Fortunately, we live in a Republic, and thus we are NOT a Democracy that is plagued with this type of problems.
Currently, we have a Marxist Dictator, (at least in his (Obama’s) own mind), who is doing his best to accomplish just what you are advocating in terms of groups of people nucleating around a single idea. It is called “Divide and Conquer.”
If there is more than one major idea, then your system breaks down as one person might need to belong to two different groups and vote on each idea from the respective group.
The best example of this is post WW2 Italy, which had over 100 changes of government in a very short time.
BTW, yours is a generation far removed in thought from what we at FR see as REALITY.
Stick around, post and think.
Later on you will think, post, learn and really think.
FR is the active backbone of American Thought, but it will take time and effort on your part to recognize that fact.