I think politics has ruined this country. There was a time when the people would vote for the better person. I wish parties would get rid of their platforms they say they will protect. Not everyone in the party thinks the same. There are Democrats that believe the border should have been kept closed and there are Republicans that believe in pro-choice on abortion.
People want to vote for self thinkers. If we didn’t have the two party system, our country would be better off. I also strongly favor term limits. It seems to me the longer a politician stays in office, the richer he becomes.
Yes, and no, for me.
Politics are a necessary evil. We need a government to help us run things. We need laws, we need enforcement of said laws. We need basic societal controls. We need protection from nefarious companies, countries, and so on. Governments are essential.
What has gone wrong is a lot of things. For example, generally speaking, in any given election, 50% to 60% of the people will get the government they voted for. The remaining 40% or so won't. It's called democracy (or a Democratic Republic, if you prefer). It's always been this way. Yet today, that's become almost juvenile. Loses simply aren't accepted, and people continue to fight as though every day is election day, even when that event was only yesterday. So any division and/or anger generated from the electoral process just goes on and on and on and on.
How many times do you see someone labelled a "leftie" or "woke" over something or other? Because, you know, an opinion on one, two, or even three things totally defines you as a person. It's lazy thinking, slang. It's the kind of thing I saw in High School.
But my main point is - it's not the parties. It's us. It's the people of our countries that don't simply allow this to happen, but participate in it. No-one is getting elected without being voted for. We should love our neighbor, even if they support a different party. We should stop looking for easy answers to very complex, generational issues.
Look at the problems of today: Stuttering economy, homelessness, prices, illicit drug use, housing crisis, to name a few. NONE of these are new. Economizes go up and down based on global markets, and your pain should be measured in those terms. Homelessness isn't new, it's been a thing in the US since it was discovered! Illicit drug use has been a problem since forever too. We're more organized now, it's easier to move things around, but it's still the same old problem. Housing never keeps up with demand, because if it did it would tank profit from buying your own home, so it see-saws.
What's new today is that people can express their anger more widely, and largely anonymously. So all the nastiness comes out, oozing from their fingers for us all to see. Ultimately, it's down to us to try and fix it. Or probably more properly, for the next generation to have a go.
This may be true as well.
