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Or maybe they’re a coalition, encompassing factions of vastly different ideologies and priorities who internally struggle for directional control of the party,
by marcoperaza 9y ago
Or maybe they’re a coalition, encompassing factions of vastly different ideologies and priorities who internally struggle for directional control of the party, but always need to keep the other factions pleased enough. Just like the other party. Don’t let yourself by blinded by partisanship. Your post is kind of absurd as a reaction to someone suggesting that maybe some of the other party’s ideas are sensible.
- Fnoord 9y agoNot sure how that's a coherent reply to that specific post but as an overall response to my expressed viewpoint I get it. I'm European, for me practically all politicians in the US are extreme far right. Its just that generally the Democrats are slightly less extreme, and perhaps slightly less authoritarian (following politicalcompass.org theory of x-axis and y-axis [1]) I do agree that one should never dismiss a party, especially not in the United States of America which is practically a two party system where you pick Red or Blue. Because you never know which candidate is put forth. Less short-term wise we've also seen shifts in party politics, for example the neo-conservatives taking over the Reps. [1] https://politicalcompass.org/analysis2 https://politicalcompass.org/analysis2
- marcoperaza 9y agoThinking of parties in terms of espoused positions is probably a mistake. They are directional creatures.