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If you want better politicians, there are two things you can do: Vote in primaries, there are different rules about this but if it means you have to join and p
by 0dayz 4y ago
If you want better politicians, there are two things you can do:
Vote in primaries, there are different rules about this but if it means you have to join and participate in party activity to vote for a candidate then so be it.
hold them accountable together as ironic as it is: as a lobbying group, or even more grandiose work together with as many citizens of the state (even across the party line, no craziness though), to hold the governor/politician accountable.
- Pulcinella 4y agoYep don’t forget the second option. Direct action is always possible. I subscribe to a “block of marble” theory of politics: you can always METAPHORICALLY beat those in power into shape.
- nulbyte 4y agoSome states have open primaries, eliminating the need to join a party. I wish my state was one of them, because I hate the political parties.
- denton-scratch 4y ago> but if it means you have to join and participate in party activity Yeah. But my shiny karma doesn't want me to join a party whose policies I disagree with, just so I can influence their choice of candidates. That seems hypocritical, and I regard hypocrisy as the cardinal political "sin". I've never agreed with the policies of any parties, so I have never joined a political party. The closest I got was that I joined CND, about 40 years ago. I quit about 39 years ago.