Forum Post: Get rid of both parties
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 18, 2011, 1:05 a.m. EST by Bighub74
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If this movement needs a long term strategy, then finding a way to get rid of the two party system should be it. Its not one or the other that is the problem, Wall street owns both of them. The only way to take the power back is to not give them any in the first place.
Well, yeah it is true that it seems it is a choice between worse and worser with the two parties.
It is just hard because the average American doesn't go out of their way to find a third party to support, so the votes generally go between people of the two parties that have the advertising power. So the questions would be, where can we find good third party candidates, and how can we increase the public's knowledge and trust of them? (and also fight off all the dirt the general media will create to try to crush them??)
We only need to get rid of one of them.
There are two parties. Corporations and politicians on one side, citizens on the other.
You will NEVER cause the change I believe you are trying to affect unless you define your premise in ways that everyone can support you and in a way that revolutionary change can occur. Tackle TRUE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. Demand laws that state that a politician CANNOT accept or spend ANY contribution that does not come from a citizen that he or she would represent. No PACs...no corporate donations. Even push for a Constitutional Amendment. Everyone would join you on this.
Define my premise? I did. I said long term strategy. You think that the people that benefit from campaign finance laws are going to reform them. Do you think that they will make a constitutional amendment? No. We need to organize. We need to form a plan. The things you specified are the reason that the Two Party system needs to be dismantled. Where is the leadership of the OWS? Who is responsible for the strategy. Is there a group? Who is making decisions. There seems to be a lot of support, but no direction. Where can I sign up?
The party hardy party!!!!!!!!!!! The party animal is a dolphin (and possibly a whale if the need arises) But, we all swim in the same sea. what sea? The sea of humanity
Party hard
I agree. We must all vote third party or no party. The Green Party already has an intact infrastructure that can be used to elect the 99% right now and Americans Elect has some great ideas. http://www.gp.org/index.php http://www.americanselect.org/