21st September 2005, 6:48 PM
We should only have one party, and everyone should agree with the one ruling body. We'd call it "Unism", or "United Politics". Oh, wait, there's a word for it already: totalitarianism.
What Undertow fails to understand is that, as incredible as it sounds, there's definitely a very slight chance that a republic could function without corrupt parties. If memory serves me right, and I could be wrong, ancient Greece and Rome didn't have democrats and republicans. American democracy is a joke. It's really just a competition of wealthy aristocrats why vie for positions so that they can push their private agendas. It SHOULD be citizens who seek office to serve and help their country. Say, any good, hard-working Joe Schmoe runs for office in a country without parties because he wants to take public office. Everyone running against him would also be on their own, without corporate kickbacks or mud-slinging bipartisan opponents... they all prevent their standings to the public, and the public (which isn't bitterly divided between two political polar opposites) makes the decision who will serve.
This is how things are run in the Goron Republic.
What Undertow fails to understand is that, as incredible as it sounds, there's definitely a very slight chance that a republic could function without corrupt parties. If memory serves me right, and I could be wrong, ancient Greece and Rome didn't have democrats and republicans. American democracy is a joke. It's really just a competition of wealthy aristocrats why vie for positions so that they can push their private agendas. It SHOULD be citizens who seek office to serve and help their country. Say, any good, hard-working Joe Schmoe runs for office in a country without parties because he wants to take public office. Everyone running against him would also be on their own, without corporate kickbacks or mud-slinging bipartisan opponents... they all prevent their standings to the public, and the public (which isn't bitterly divided between two political polar opposites) makes the decision who will serve.
This is how things are run in the Goron Republic.
H.R.M. DARVNIVS MAXIMVS EX TENEBRIS EXIT REX DEVSQVE GORONORVMQVE TENDORVM ROMANORVM ET GRÆCORVM OMNIS SEMPER EST