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(Open-Ended) New Political Parties? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 9 months ago by AceTKen@lemmy.ca to c/actual_discussion@lemmy.ca

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Remember: Up / Downvoting in this community is not an agree / disagree button. We upvote good or constructive conversation and downvote off-topic posts or badly-voiced opinions. If you disagree, you respond like a human in good faith and prove out your position.

The amount of "left-right" entrenchment seems to be at an all-time high and increasing.

No matter what side of the political spectrum you fall on, what would it take to get you to vote for a new party?

Would implementing a better electoral system that would eliminate the two-party see-saw and allowing for more granularity in candidates help (See Single Transferable Vote or STAR depending on the type of election)?

Do you have other solutions to this issue?

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[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The first party that offers the following as their platform will get, not just my vote, but my membership dues and time, even if it means risking that a truly horrible party/leader gets in under our current system.

The world does not remain static. Although there are some foundational principles that can remain static, the constitution should be something that evolves with the world.

There is ample evidence that voting systems can be optimized to ensure that the preferences of the people are reflected in the governing bodies. Current recommendations are that we implement or .

There is ample evidence that sortition based citizen assemblies have a positive impact on policy and governance. There is some evidence that such assemblies may in fact be all the governance required.

There is ample evidence that the very structure of our society and economy are major determinants of poverty, health, population numbers, violent crime, property crime, employment, and innovation.

Under our current system, businesses are dictatorships with little more than profit underlying decisions. Government is not a business, but a service to the citizenry. As such, decisions should be made with service as the motive, not profit.

We will work towards identifying and implementing systems and policies that follow existing and emerging evidence whether we are in power or not. In fact, we pledge to work hard enough while not in power that we not only influence the policies of whoever is in power, but are ready to hit the ground running should we form the government.