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We were warned about political parties by George Washington. We'd be much better served without them. And rank choice voting or variation of same. And publicly

We were warned about political parties by George Washington. We'd be much better served without them. And rank choice voting or variation of same. And publicly financed campaigns. And more sunshine on how the sausage is made. But hey, the DNC is gonna take care of the DNC first and foremost and that's not news. https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/political-parties/ https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-pres...

olliej 4y ago
alas they proceeded to design the most tailor made for two party and gerrymandered politics “democratic” system that exists :-/
dragonwriter 4y ago
> We were warned about political parties by George Washington That wasn't a prospective warning it was describing the then-current status quo, including in Washington’s own cabinet. The mythology around parties around the founding is astounding (especially the idea that, despite adopting a similar structure to that of both the British government—which had parties—and the colonial-turned-state governments—which also had parties—the founders, who generally had experience in colonial government, did not generally expect parties in the national government. (And didn't, Washington personally aside, actively work to build them starting almost immediately when the new government was formed.) > We'd be much better served without them. No, we’d be much better served with more of them, and less disproportionate representation of party and ideas.
addicted 4y ago
There is no such thing as politics without political parties. The whole idea doesn’t make sense. There are massive benefits to pooling resources with like minded political actors who will then vote as a bloc once elected, in almost every political system. At least every political system that currently exists in the world outside of maybe North Korea.

olliej 4y ago

alas they proceeded to design the most tailor made for two party and gerrymandered politics “democratic” system that exists :-/

dragonwriter 4y ago

> We were warned about political parties by George Washington That wasn't a prospective warning it was describing the then-current status quo, including in Washington’s own cabinet. The mythology around parties around the founding is astounding (especially the idea that, despite adopting a similar structure to that of both the British government—which had parties—and the colonial-turned-state governments—which also had parties—the founders, who generally had experience in colonial government, did not generally expect parties in the national government. (And didn't, Washington personally aside, actively work to build them starting almost immediately when the new government was formed.) > We'd be much better served without them. No, we’d be much better served with more of them, and less disproportionate representation of party and ideas.

addicted 4y ago

There is no such thing as politics without political parties. The whole idea doesn’t make sense. There are massive benefits to pooling resources with like minded political actors who will then vote as a bloc once elected, in almost every political system. At least every political system that currently exists in the world outside of maybe North Korea.