1st July 2016, 6:57 AM
That was pretty insulting there. You can't say there's "literally zero reason not to join a party" after everything we've said up until now. If nothing else, joining one party locks you out of any say in the other party. Isn't it better, regardless of your political leanings, to be able to have a say in the other side's selection process so you don't get a Trump as candidate?
Also, that person's idea that the party should "take over the whole process"? That's pretty terrifying. So, leave the state governments ENTIRELY out of the selection process the two de facto ruling parties have? No thank you.
But yes, please reduce our complaints about the party system down to "you're just iconoclastic rebellious teenagers who haven't learned to grow up and pick a side".
Also, that person's idea that the party should "take over the whole process"? That's pretty terrifying. So, leave the state governments ENTIRELY out of the selection process the two de facto ruling parties have? No thank you.
But yes, please reduce our complaints about the party system down to "you're just iconoclastic rebellious teenagers who haven't learned to grow up and pick a side".
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)