One party where a basic platform is defined and differences are expressed vibrantly on top of that is better than two parties that brand themselves as different but only offer a couple of aesthetic differences and concessions to keep people mad at the opposing party and not the underlying structure
…You’re really saying that one party where you have no functional choice is better than a multi-party system, just because you think that Republicans and Dems are too alike, while ignoriing the plethora of other parties that not only actually exist in the US, but hold office at local and state level?
friend. You’re so worried about a one party system because you’re thinking of American parties. You know how Mike Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders are both ran under the same party? In a proper single party state there’s more range than that.
One party with multiple functional approaches that get whittled down through democratic consensus is more democratic than being told to pick between two relatively similar options. There is more of a gap between liberals and Maoists in the CPC, both of which hold power in office, than there are between the democrats and republicans.
Again: there are more than just two parties. And those parties are competitive at a state and local level. But sure, a single party that you can only choose pre-approved candidates is more democratic. In the US, and most western countries, you can choose to vote for a libertarian that would happily shut down the majority of the gov’t, and you can also vote for someone that’s a christo-fascist authoritarian. You can vote for a straight socialist. You can vote anywhere in between. All of them will likely be on various national ballots, and in the US most people reject them as being terrible candidates. In countries with a parliamentary system and ranked choice voting, you’ll end up with ten different parties that then have to create some kind of coalition before they can get anything done, which forces some kind of broad consensus. None of those choices would even be allowed to be voted on in a singe-party country.
But yeah, sure buddy, single-party systems are more democratic.
And how many parties were they allowed to make selections from? Were there any candidates that weren’t pre-approved by the leading party?
One party where a basic platform is defined and differences are expressed vibrantly on top of that is better than two parties that brand themselves as different but only offer a couple of aesthetic differences and concessions to keep people mad at the opposing party and not the underlying structure
…You’re really saying that one party where you have no functional choice is better than a multi-party system, just because you think that Republicans and Dems are too alike, while ignoriing the plethora of other parties that not only actually exist in the US, but hold office at local and state level?
Shouldn’t expect any more from a tankie though.
friend. You’re so worried about a one party system because you’re thinking of American parties. You know how Mike Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders are both ran under the same party? In a proper single party state there’s more range than that.
One party with multiple functional approaches that get whittled down through democratic consensus is more democratic than being told to pick between two relatively similar options. There is more of a gap between liberals and Maoists in the CPC, both of which hold power in office, than there are between the democrats and republicans.
Again: there are more than just two parties. And those parties are competitive at a state and local level. But sure, a single party that you can only choose pre-approved candidates is more democratic. In the US, and most western countries, you can choose to vote for a libertarian that would happily shut down the majority of the gov’t, and you can also vote for someone that’s a christo-fascist authoritarian. You can vote for a straight socialist. You can vote anywhere in between. All of them will likely be on various national ballots, and in the US most people reject them as being terrible candidates. In countries with a parliamentary system and ranked choice voting, you’ll end up with ten different parties that then have to create some kind of coalition before they can get anything done, which forces some kind of broad consensus. None of those choices would even be allowed to be voted on in a singe-party country.
But yeah, sure buddy, single-party systems are more democratic.
Cool talk.