Comments on: Issues Vs. Political Parties http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/issues_vs_politicalparties/ Casual Software Encounters Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/issues_vs_politicalparties/comment-page-1/#comment-13603 Craig Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:41:20 +0000 http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/?p=154#comment-13603 True, but on the other hand the mainstream parties are hardly paragons of logic or common sense either. :-P True, but on the other hand the mainstream parties are hardly paragons of logic or common sense either. :-P

]]> By: Marco http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/issues_vs_politicalparties/comment-page-1/#comment-13602 Marco Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:39:21 +0000 http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/?p=154#comment-13602 Yeah, because they start at "first principles" ... and then stop there--despite all logic or even common sense. The Libertarians sound good to college kids and tax-avoiders. So does anarchistic syndacalist stuff. -Marco Yeah, because they start at “first principles” … and then stop there–despite all logic or even common sense. The Libertarians sound good to college kids and tax-avoiders. So does anarchistic syndacalist stuff.

-Marco

]]> By: Craig http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/issues_vs_politicalparties/comment-page-1/#comment-13593 Craig Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:52:25 +0000 http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/?p=154#comment-13593 > Unfortunately what is compatible to me (pro-choice, pro-gun) Exactly: there's a lot of incompatibility (hypocrisy?) in the ideologies of both mainstream parties. "Anti-abortion" is also known as "pro-life", but scratch a pro-lifer and you'll often find a pro-death-penalty and pro-war person too. The only parties that seem to have a (relatively) consistent set of policies (outside of "because my god says so", which is a whole other can of worms) are the "fringe" parties. The Libertarians are great examples: they start from the central premise of "mind your own business" and then craft every resulting stance in that light. Look how successful that's been. :-\ > Unfortunately what is compatible to me (pro-choice, pro-gun)

Exactly: there’s a lot of incompatibility (hypocrisy?) in the ideologies of both mainstream parties. “Anti-abortion” is also known as “pro-life”, but scratch a pro-lifer and you’ll often find a pro-death-penalty and pro-war person too.

The only parties that seem to have a (relatively) consistent set of policies (outside of “because my god says so”, which is a whole other can of worms) are the “fringe” parties. The Libertarians are great examples: they start from the central premise of “mind your own business” and then craft every resulting stance in that light. Look how successful that’s been. :-\

]]> By: Marco http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/issues_vs_politicalparties/comment-page-1/#comment-13592 Marco Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:42:47 +0000 http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/?p=154#comment-13592 We do mostly agree on that. Parties are composed of what are supposed to be <i>compatible</i> planks. Unfortunately what is compatible to me (pro-choice, pro-gun) is incompatible to a lot of other people--so the parties wind up losing constituents unless they hit the single-issue (I won't vote Huckabee because he's anti-choice no matter how pro-gun he is). As such, yeah: the system is inefficient. Things may be changing in some ways. This year the taste of having a say in the primaries may change the way they happen in the various states. We may also see more credibility for double-tickets if Hillary and Obama wind up together. -Marco We do mostly agree on that. Parties are composed of what are supposed to be compatible planks. Unfortunately what is compatible to me (pro-choice, pro-gun) is incompatible to a lot of other people–so the parties wind up losing constituents unless they hit the single-issue (I won’t vote Huckabee because he’s anti-choice no matter how pro-gun he is).

As such, yeah: the system is inefficient. Things may be changing in some ways. This year the taste of having a say in the primaries may change the way they happen in the various states. We may also see more credibility for double-tickets if Hillary and Obama wind up together.

-Marco

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