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Skriven 2005-09-14 14:34:06 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 15281 av J.c. Doll (1:261/1417)
Ärende: One Thing I've Learned!
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J.c. Doll -> rift1@famvid.com wrote:
 JD> Re: One Thing I've Learned!

 JD>>> A single party political system, No Thanks; Even if it is a
 >> different
 JD>>> political view from Liberals, we need two opposing views to keep one
 >> another in
 JD>>> check.

 >> You've already got that now for all intents and purposes.  Democrats
 >> have don
 >> such a fine job of scewing the pooch that they have lost every
 >> election since
 >> 94.  People know they will only get farther behind with Democrats.


 JD> And I don’t like it; all modern tyrannical governments have been formed
 JD> on the
 JD> back of a single political party having absolute control.  While I may
 JD> not like
 JD> either party, they at least serve a purpose of keeping one another in
 JD> check.
 JD> What we need now is for a new party or parties to take the place of the
 JD> Democrats, not everyone just automatically believing in the brain
 JD> washing that
 JD> they must vote for Republicans if they are not going to vote for
Democrats.

 JD> If enough people flee from either of the two major parties, a third
 JD> party will
 JD> be able to win elections.  It is my opinion that our government will
 JD> work the
 JD> best and serve the people the best if we have multiple parties in
 JD> offices, with
 JD> no one party having enough votes or control on its own, thus forcing
 JD> people to
 JD> come to some level of consensus on issues.

You really need to study some history - especially in relation to modern
democratic governments.

The only thing that results from multi-party governments (Germany, Italy,
Israel, England, etc.) is a fragile coalition style of rule that sways with
whatever capricious wind happens to blow through.  Even the ancient Greeks
recognized that true democracy resulted in mob rule.  As democratic forms of
government go, the republic is the only one that really works.  (Rome's
greatest achievements, for example, took place during the days of the Roman
Republic)

The founders of this country decided on a republic for good and valid reasons,
and a bicameral for of legislature.  That setup lends itself to a two party
system, and that is the way we have functioned for over 200 years.  Far as I
know, we are the only democratic country in history that has had, and continues
to have, peaceful transitions of power every four years, regardless of the
political party leaving power.

As for third parties, we've *always* had "third parties" in this country.  The
GOP started out as a third party, but didn't come to prominence until one of
the major parties at the time died.  The function of third parties in our
political layout are as idea machines.  The Libertarian party has been around
longer than any other of the third parties, but they seldom get more than a few
local seats in any election.  And that is the bottom line.  When and if a
fringe party gains prominence as a major will depend on the people.  If they
can't field a candidate who is able to galvanize the voters, they won't get
beyond where they are now.  But we will remain a two party system no matter
which parties are the majors, because that is what works in the long run.

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