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How a Gaza 'stunt' divided Australia's parliament
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This is not unique to Auzzie politics. AFAIK every Westernized nation's parties follow the same rule.
My question is if your nation touts its democracy as the best thing since sliced bread, how do you mesh that with dictatorial leadership forcing politicians to vote along party lines, especially on something like this?
Enforced conformity is about as undemocratic as it gets, yet I don't see any big names standing up against it.
It's not "dictatorial" to expect people elected with a party to vote with that party.
You vote for the person, you should get the person.
No disrespect, but I think I disagree with you. I mean, I cant possibly be expected to know every single thing about every person I vote for.
Parties help give you a general idea of the viewpoints of a person without having to know every single stance a person has.
So why do they campaign individually? Why do they talk about their values or priorities at all? Why does it matter that they live in their electorate? If you're just getting Hivemind Unit #173, why maintain the fiction of local representatives?