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Bernie -- an Independent running as a Democrat. Trump - a former Democrat, now the Republican president Bloomberg - a former Republican, turned Independent, n

Bernie -- an Independent running as a Democrat. Trump - a former Democrat, now the Republican president Bloomberg - a former Republican, turned Independent, now running as a Democrat Parties used to have the power, but now it seems like popular politicians are picking the party they think provides them with the easiest path to power, realigning their policy views accordingly.

non-entity 7y ago
At the very least I wish the parties would split themselves. The Democrats seems to have both a socdem wing and a more neoliberal wing and the Republicans a growing right wing populist wing and the standard neocons. Maybe this is oversimplified, but I feel like these should be different parties
- geogra4 7y ago
  Yes. But they're kind of stuck to each other. Really I agree that we have 4 major constituencies stuck within 2 parties. First past the post and single member districts kind of force it to be that way.
  - axaxs 7y ago
    This is the sad truth. Try being a person who leans conservative, having the absolute racists of society be on your team. I imagine it's not much different than a liberal leaning person getting all the crazies on their side. I wish there were distinct parties for reasonable people...
huebomont 7y ago
Bernie's "independent" label means very little. Look at how he votes. He's a Democrat. It's a weird attempted knock against him considering how consistent he's always been.
- three_seagrass 7y ago
  I mean, is there a way to vote Yes/No but "indpendently" on bills?
  - jkestner 7y ago
    That's how it's done: https://www.multichannel.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_300/MTY5MTIzNjY5MTcwMjAxODg5/impeachment6.png https://www.multichannel.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_au...
    - three_seagrass 7y ago
      There's no Yay or Nay with independent.
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- bubmiw 7y ago
  Bernie tried to primary Obama...he's independent
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Reedx 7y ago
git merge first-party instead of git init or git merge 3rd-party That's the strategy being used because 3rd parties have no chance in our system. The only thing you can do is merge into one of the 2, become the new repo owner and reshape it going forward.

non-entity 7y ago

At the very least I wish the parties would split themselves. The Democrats seems to have both a socdem wing and a more neoliberal wing and the Republicans a growing right wing populist wing and the standard neocons. Maybe this is oversimplified, but I feel like these should be different parties

geogra4 7y ago
Yes. But they're kind of stuck to each other. Really I agree that we have 4 major constituencies stuck within 2 parties. First past the post and single member districts kind of force it to be that way.
- axaxs 7y ago
  This is the sad truth. Try being a person who leans conservative, having the absolute racists of society be on your team. I imagine it's not much different than a liberal leaning person getting all the crazies on their side. I wish there were distinct parties for reasonable people...

huebomont 7y ago

Bernie's "independent" label means very little. Look at how he votes. He's a Democrat. It's a weird attempted knock against him considering how consistent he's always been.

three_seagrass 7y ago
I mean, is there a way to vote Yes/No but "indpendently" on bills?
- jkestner 7y ago
  That's how it's done: https://www.multichannel.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_300/MTY5MTIzNjY5MTcwMjAxODg5/impeachment6.png https://www.multichannel.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_au...
  - three_seagrass 7y ago
    There's no Yay or Nay with independent.
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bubmiw 7y ago
Bernie tried to primary Obama...he's independent
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Reedx 7y ago

git merge first-party instead of git init or git merge 3rd-party That's the strategy being used because 3rd parties have no chance in our system. The only thing you can do is merge into one of the 2, become the new repo owner and reshape it going forward.