velocomp wrote:
1. I have no party.
I suspect this is the case because I tend to believe this is the case for most people that are open minded.
I think politics in this country have been boiled down to three groups.
Group one is so embedded into "Their side winning" mentality that nearly nothing matters other than that. These people are the ones that are so easily manipulated into thinking "X" conspiracy or "Y" group is out to get me simply because you only need to show that "they" are against "Your side" winning. This, IMO, is largely a matter of ego. People end up invested in a party because at one time that part did support something they supported and they wanted that something and fought for that something. That "Something" ends up becoming representative of the party and somewhere their ego's have attached them not supporting the party as them admitting they where wrong...lots and lots of people do not want to do that.
Group two are all the people that are simply voting for the "Best of the bad options". These people don't necessarily support the party as much as believe the other party is worse.
The third group are people that have no party because they look at the two parties and see less from both parties that they want to support than they do want to support and realize voting for the "Best ot the bad options" is still a vote AGAINST what they think is right.
In my opinion there isn't much of a difference between group two and group three. These groups tend to be open minded and realistic about their party. One believes the "Don't throw your vote away" mentality while the other doesn't.
It's the first group that ends up being "The base" and thus the ones most catered two by each party.
You see this on both sides. "Trump Madness" on the right and "Bernie Madness" on the left.
I'd like to think that the more rational on the left would easily understand that "Health care for all", "Welfare with no requirements", "Continually increasing Minimum wages", "Unlimited immigration with instant access to all the afore mentioned benefits", "School loan, house loan, debt cancelation" "Unlimited at all levels public education" and on and on is unsustainable. However talk to the base on the left and they believe that indeed not only is this sustainable but easily done and absolutely necessary.
I'd like to think the more rational on the right understand you can't have 700B dollar defense spending, Social Security, "Keep everyone that is not white and protestant out of the country and away from my jobs", "Everything should be made in Merca'", "No taxes" and on and on. However talk the base on the right and that indeed not only is this sustainable but easily done and absolutely necessary.
For what it's worth I've been without a party since I really started paying attention to politics almost 30 years ago now. It does not take a super genius to look at the trajectory of the country over the last 70 years and realize the two parties that people are voting for are really fucking things up.
~Matt