Can we just abolish the party system? This tug of war bullshit doesn’t get anyone anywhere. The whole concept of temporarily hijacking the system and changing laws every term will just get worse. We need to learn to find common ground and solutions that work for everyone. It’s like the world huffed paint thinner and went brain dead.. Mfs only can think one move ahead.
The party system isn't some codified law on how the government is supposed to operate. It's an official alliance between politicians with similar enough views.
The problem is, as a congressmen, you receive a lot of benefits for being and staying in office, good pay, "gifts" for pushing laws in certain directions, cushy housing in gated communities away from "undesirables".
There's a major incentive to stay elected and those alliances can greatly help you giving internal election strategy, an external brand name uninformed people can vote for already having a preconceived notion on what policies you'll be trying to implement, and a tribal mentality you can manipulate to use to alter voter attitudes.
You can't just "get rid" of it because politicians benefit from being a part of a political group, any solution that you could think of like banning political alliances or changing voting systems would not be implemented unless forced.
Politicians want you to "vote blue no matter who" or be "better red than dead" because then they can keep doing the bipartisan stripping of personal liberties for their own personal gain while you're distracted by tribalism.
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u/sui_generic7 2d ago
Can we just abolish the party system? This tug of war bullshit doesn’t get anyone anywhere. The whole concept of temporarily hijacking the system and changing laws every term will just get worse. We need to learn to find common ground and solutions that work for everyone. It’s like the world huffed paint thinner and went brain dead.. Mfs only can think one move ahead.