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Ostensibly the parties are choosing select people through a strict vetting process. I think informing yourself about individuals would be much more difficult th

Ostensibly the parties are choosing select people through a strict vetting process. I think informing yourself about individuals would be much more difficult than picking a party with a long, presumably representative history. There's also a considerable barrier to entry. Louis Rossmann had Larry Sharpe on, who had an interesting talking points in the first three minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhqTxlxOQBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhqTxlxOQBM I think the key point is that the media wouldn't cover him if he didn't buy ads, and the cost of a poll stood at $40,000. How far can you campaign on a shoestring budget? It's a little easier when you can pool resources through an institution or a party while also gaining the immense benefit of a much more robust network of connections. Those are some of the infrastructural barriers we've got to overcome, and I can't imagine that movement in that direction would go uncontested. It's quite the uphill battle.

kaba0 4y ago
Well, I don’t know. In many countries it has devolved into football-fan level love/hatred that benefits no one. Also, chances are neither of the two parties fit what you want. Especially in the US it is basically choosing the lesser evil..
- brnaftr361 4y ago
  You might give Neil Postman's "How to Watch the TV News" a shot. He had some very prescient points regarding media and how it has transformed politics. Chomsky also has some interesting points on partisan politics. But yeah, I totally agree, it just seems like very narrow minded allegiance. I think in the US it has a lot to do with conflicting interests of people in high-density places and the rural. I've got a population map overlayed on election results right now, and the data seems to fit that conclusion. "We" are all held, arbitrarily, in the same group, which is... Absurd. It's like a hostage situation and it seems nobody has recognized that we're being held involuntarily.

kaba0 4y ago

Well, I don’t know. In many countries it has devolved into football-fan level love/hatred that benefits no one. Also, chances are neither of the two parties fit what you want. Especially in the US it is basically choosing the lesser evil..

brnaftr361 4y ago
You might give Neil Postman's "How to Watch the TV News" a shot. He had some very prescient points regarding media and how it has transformed politics. Chomsky also has some interesting points on partisan politics. But yeah, I totally agree, it just seems like very narrow minded allegiance. I think in the US it has a lot to do with conflicting interests of people in high-density places and the rural. I've got a population map overlayed on election results right now, and the data seems to fit that conclusion. "We" are all held, arbitrarily, in the same group, which is... Absurd. It's like a hostage situation and it seems nobody has recognized that we're being held involuntarily.