Forum Post: New political party(s)
Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 27, 2011, 7:25 p.m. EST by bassman
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I've admired this movement, but to make a real change we need to stop electing the same two political parties. Sorry, but the two current parties are just two heads of the same hydra, bought and paid for by Wall St and special interests. The powers that control these parties just sit back and laugh as we peasants fight back and forth over which one really represents us, when the reality is neither do. To turn this movement to action we need to crowd source some new parties, based on a set of principles that return us to the values that made this country great...
Not necessarily new , but "all", Not just 2 or 3, ; And with a place on the podium at all debates !
IS THIS THE PLACE ?
This is why we are here this is why you are needed.
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Both the Green Party and the newly formed Justice Party seem to represent the OWS best. Also look into the Pirate Party and the Peace and Freedom Party. There are already people who agree with you that have been building Parties, help them out!
An interesting thing to do would be to boycott the standard elections and start completely new elections. The people's elections, that way we could get the attention and name our own president.
I agree, it would really shake things up.
there are many more political parties. the only parties people pay attention to, are the 2 paid for by the 1%.
Well said! The establishment loves having the American populace at each others throat with the "right vs. left" hometown football rivalry that they created - the whole time they are laughing all the way to the bank! WAKE UP AMERICA - both the right and left are bought and paid for and you're children and grandchildren are going to be the ones paying the price!!!
Here's my 2 cents:
There are a lot of improvements that need to be made. The list of reforms Americans want to see is long and varied depending on who you talk to. That said, I believe there is ONE reform that would provide the American people the best chances of seeing other meaningful reforms actually happen - that is REAL, loop-hope free CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM! I have seen others on this site calling this the "fulcrum" or pivotal issue. Right now the current legalized bribery, pay-to-play system of campaign donations and paid lobbyists has disenfranchised the American voter. Until this is fixed, any other reform the politicians may try to placate us with (be it a change to healthcare, clamping down predatory school loans, new financial regulations, etc.) will be about as effective as a farmer putting a new roof on his CHICKEN COOP, but still letting the FOX guard it.
We need to go back to the original political currency. Instead of the current system of who can collect the most money from corporations and special interests it should be who has the BEST IDEAS to EFFECTIVELY RUN THE COUNTRY (we don't need "Wealth Redistribution," what we need is "Political Influence Redistribution")!
For the sake of our children and future generations of Americans, we need to take back our democracy from the rich and powerful who are using their vast sums of money to "speak" as if they represent millions of Americans. This "Corporate Personhood" that has crept into our laws is allowing them to manipulating our policies in their favor at the expense of the average American (the recent "Citizens United" Supreme Court ruling is a miscarriage of justice and must be reversed. The $50 or $100 a normal American may give to a political campaign becomes meaningless when corporations or other special interests are handing our millions to buy political access to the decision making process.
For decades now the corporations and special interests have had our "representatives" bought and paid for (both on the right and the left). Concentrating our efforts on getting the money out of our politics is the best way we can create an environment in which further reforms can be realized. Until we end the current system of legalized bribery (campaign donations) and paid lobbying our politicians will continue to be the LAP DOGS of the corporations and special interests. What we need first and foremost is real, loop-hole free CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM!!!! If the corruption is not dealt with first, the chance of any other meaningful reforms becoming a reality is almost zero - the special interests will just use their money to buy votes and put forward bills that create loop-holes or otherwise twist the law in their favor. If we want our children to live in a country where there vote matters, we need to get the money out of our politics, otherwise they will increasingly become the 21st century version of the "landless peasant." Spread the word - End the LEGALIZED BRIBERY!!! CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM needs to be THE main goal of the protests!!!
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