Would anyone think creating a new political party to be a good idea, in today's society? Why or why not
Why wouldn't it succeed
Good idea. Highly unlikely to succeed.
Would anyone think creating a new political party to be a good idea, in today's society?
As evident by our existing 3rd parties.
Libertarians hold no meaningful power in the US, nor does any other supposed alternative party.
Would anyone think creating a new political party to be a good idea, in today's society? Why or why not
The American system is not a parliamentary system in which a coalition is formed to create a government, by having an agreement from a majority of the parties elected. The American system bakes the coalition's into a single party, and when there is a faction that breaks off, it weakens their chances of defeating the other party.Would anyone think creating a new political party to be a good idea, in today's society? Why or why not
Why wouldn't it succeed
Yes, a Moderate Party for everyone sick and tired of the Big 2. Start at the grass roots and it will catch in like wild fire.
Never gonna happen and wouldn't work if tried (again). Every attempt at a new major political party fails badly and then it disappears or is irrelevant.
Another reason? The OPer gives it. In fact there are not just 2 political parties in the USA. There are well over 50 political parties in the United States. That the OPer, claiming to be so interested in a new political party, doesn't know this shows just how little interest in alternative political parties there is. Even the OPer while advocating for it doesn't really have any interest in 3rd parties himself.
Then you will have no interest in a new Party. Noted.
Would anyone think creating a new political party to be a good idea, in today's society? Why or why not
i'd rather see parties banned, which would be incredibly difficult to do.
The American system is not a parliamentary system in which a coalition is formed to create a government, by having an agreement from a majority of the parties elected. The American system bakes the coalition's into a single party, and when there is a faction that breaks off, it weakens their chances of defeating the other party.
America cannot have parties that demand ideological purity, this is why Libertarians and the DSA will likely never attain a higher status. It is also why so much of the Democratic establishment is so reviled by many on the Left, because historically (not now) people have wanted not just compromise within the factions of the Left, but also compromise across the aisles.
It doesn't make sense that we just set ourselves utterly and forever against the Republicans. I think the Democrats need to run on a very wide base so that the country can move forward and not in a way which is as polarized as we are potentially headed. What good is getting all the progressive policies you want, if the country fractures or it gets voted out by another Republican backlash? I think if you want meaningful progress, you aren't going to find that in one ideology, it will have to emerge from a restoration of sane politics of people working together with the same facts.
I'm presently cynical that we will achieve these ideals, and expect much more polarization, conspiracy and violence to come. Which means in this polarized atmosphere I pick anyone who wins the Democratic Primary. Any other party emerging unless it was Right Wing, would help Trump. If Progressives break off from Center-Left Democrats then Trump will win the election.
The majority of the media is too invested in being Democrat or Republican " lap dogs " for a viable 3rd party to win a presidential election.
Isn't a shame that the one industry in America that so heavily relies on the 1st Amendment is the one to abuse it to no end with lies & intentional omission of facts?
People around the country aught to be shaming the media at every opportunity instead of going logger heads with each other. The same goes for every blogger if they are caught lying.
i'd rather see parties banned, which would be incredibly difficult to do.
Not only difficult, but also unconstitutional. The First Amendment protects our right to freely associate with whomever we please.
Helix said:i'd rather see parties banned, which would be incredibly difficult to do.