Politics

10167 readers

56 users here now

In-depth political discussion from around the world; if it's a political happening, you can post it here.

Guidelines for submissions:

Where possible, post the original source of information.
- If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
Social media should be a source of last resort.

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

Socialism

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

alyaza@beehaw.org

TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org

circularfish@beehaw.org

knokelmaat@beehaw.org

remington@beehaw.org

Project 2024 (smallpdf.com)

submitted 10 months ago by kittenroar@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

This is a proposal for how we could potentially bypass the two-party system and set up a government that actually represents the will of the people.

top 6 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] dime@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unite under the common understanding that neither democrats NOR republicans are fit to hold office

I hope the 2024 election is not another decision between Trump and Biden. When George Washington finally stepped down as President, his final words of caution were to avoid political parties, because, as he put it

[parties] serve always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.

I wish that we did not have such a polarized 2-party system in the US. It’s hard to find a system that reduces political strategizing while encouraging democracy, so I find this document interesting.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 10 months ago

Y'know what system has very little strategizing? Sortition

I'm convinced that sortition would be the best way to represent a large group of people as a whole, at least over time it would generally represent those people accurately.

With no voting for who joins the legislative body, there's no campaigning, no inherent monetary advantages of joining a mainstream party. People can represent their own individual perspectives or at least join parties that suit their beliefs more closely.

[–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Great dream.
Unrealistic timetable.
The Forward Party already exists. Support them.

[–] kittenroar@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

We need more alternative candidates for congressional seats. I would love to see the current body get replaced.

[–] kittenroar@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Didn't know about the forward party -- thanks!

[–] Steve@communick.news 1 points 9 months ago

There's also Represent.Us.