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What choice do they have? It's an arms race.
by colinmhayes 4y ago
What choice do they have? It's an arms race.
- achenet 4y agoit shouldn't be. If party loyalty trumps good governance, you messed up somewhere.
- colinmhayes 4y agoIs sitting back and letting you political opponent steam roll you good governance?
- achenet 4y agoThe fact that you view this as a fight (using the word "opponent") is the problem. It's not a boxing match. The fact that it has become one means your electoral system is flawed. In a proper system, you have different people with different goals (eg Greens who want less pollution, businesspeople who want lower taxes, socialists who want worker's rights, etc) and they have to compromise (greens cancel the carbon tax is businesspeople accept to ban a certain type of very toxic manufacturing, for example) and WORK TOGETHER.
- colinmhayes 4y ago> electoral system is flawed. Obviously this is the problem. But its flaws have lead us to a situation that makes it impossible to fix them. Either we work within the system we have or we're left powerless.
- silisili 4y agoNeither is right, obviously. Wish they'd codify into law something that restricts the shapes...something like that all districts must be contiguous, and smallest possible perimeter of a given area size.
- ZainRiz 4y agoI mean, the other side can make the claim too, right? Then it just becomes two kids pointing at each other shouting "he started it!"
- colinmhayes 4y agoYea, that's the problem. Our government is dysfunctional and unable to pass laws even if they have widespread support.
- Daishiman 4y agoSomeone starting an arms race is very significant point and not the minutiae you consider it to be.