What do I think about political parties?
I believe that the whole Political system is out of whack but, my biggest complaint is with the political parties. My whole family is Republican and I'm the black sheep Independent. When a conversation comes to being over Politics (it inevitably does), my opinions are ignored.
In one phrase my opinion on political parties is: "They shouldn't exist". I'm not alone on this I have some big names that agree with me, namely George Washington. Upon leaving office he warned the congressmen to avoid factions (parties).
I'm all for people with similar ideals congregating to discuss their ideas. Who would want to always argue when discussing a topic? The main error I see with today's system of party-dominated politics is summed up in this one question: What are the odds of a person that is not a Republican or Democrat winning a position of power? Why is it so low?
The answer to the is simple, because stupid people vote. These are the people whose thought process of deciding who to vote for is very similar to this: "Well, my dad was a Republican. I guess that makes me a Republican. I'll vote for this guy, the paper says he's a Republican." It saddens me to say that there are people in my family that do that.
Ridding the world of parties wouldn't solve the problem completely. Yes, a lot of the people that used to have the fore mentioned thought process would start thinking for themselves. Yet, there are those people who are so incapable of thinking for themselves that would just pick people at random.
I am sure to have more on this topic when I work up the motivation to type it.
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3 comments:
I believe the reason that your opinions are ignored is because you are 14.
Yes I'm 14 but, my opinions have more thought put into them than most people in my family have in their's. My opinions are usually respected in conversations of other subject matter.
Maybe discussions about computers or some type of electronic device but your parents have lived through multiple wars and other presidencies and would obviously know more about the subject than you.
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