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  1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

    "A venn diagram of the things george washington said not to do and the things america did would be a circle"

    Monday, 24-Feb-14 04:06:30 UTC from web
    1. Pony Pony

      @nerthos True story. Dang partisan politics.

      Monday, 24-Feb-14 04:22:38 UTC from web
      1. Pony Pony

        Through reall there was no other way for politics to go I think, but I still remain non-partisan myself personally, or I will until I feel a compelling reason to do otherwise, maybe to participate more in primaries.

        Monday, 24-Feb-14 04:28:11 UTC from web
        1. Rarity Rarity

          @pony how about a no party system and people actually vote on the issues

          Monday, 24-Feb-14 04:32:04 UTC from web
          1. Pony Pony

            @rarity That would be nice. There are plenty who treat party lines like they're nothing but still remain members of one or the other in order to gain majority support. It's unfortunately just the way politics go these days.

            Monday, 24-Feb-14 04:35:23 UTC from web
            1. Rarity Rarity

              @pony yeah, that's pretty much it. It's a terrible system but good luck getting it to change. Oh well, there are /worse/ ways to do it I suppose. Doesn't mean I have to like it though

              Monday, 24-Feb-14 04:38:09 UTC from web
          2. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

            @rarity That would honestly be even worse, as bad as parties are. Nobody would get enough votes, and the only widely known candidates would be those who can buy airtime. It'd be going from kiwi tier to cherries under bare foot tier.

            Monday, 24-Feb-14 04:41:19 UTC from web
            1. Rarity Rarity

              @nerthos >those who can buy airtime
              >implying that's different from how it is now

              Monday, 24-Feb-14 04:43:59 UTC from web
              1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                @rarity It's true to an extent today, but it would be seriously worsened. Plus it'd be far harder to do background checks on candidates, so people would know even less about who they're voting for.

                Monday, 24-Feb-14 04:47:50 UTC from web
                1. Rarity Rarity

                  @nerthos I guess it wouldn't be better

                  Monday, 24-Feb-14 04:49:14 UTC from web
                  1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                    @rarity The whole unqualified vote idea is bad from the start. No matter the implementation, it'll always go wrong. If the candidates are smart enough, they'll be able to convince big sectors of the population to vote for them. If they're dumb, they won't be able to do their job. It's bad either way.

                    Monday, 24-Feb-14 04:57:33 UTC from web