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Quote by: butterbut  That's exactly what I think. Abortion, Gay Marriage, should be up to each state. The feds should have nothing to do with it, one way or the other.
Any democracy will inevitbaly devolve into a two party system. Its the most efficient way for those in power to get elected. It sucks but I can't see any way to avoid it, unless congess passes some sort of "anti-party law" which will never happen. |
I do not think laws should be passed to prevent potlical parties from forming or having freedom of speech.
But think about it. What is a major political party?... it is a super lobby made up of an assortment of smaller lobby groups with special interest objectives. Or else I am just be a bit over-imaginative... but it seems to be the case nowadays anyway even if it was not always so.
An American version of lobby-globalization. ( I coined a new term). Meaning that lobbies that have things in common can support each others causes collectivly with one super lobby.. aka political party.
Make sense?
Do you think Bin Laden is attacking America because we have freedom or a democarcy (so-called one)? Nope: He is mad at the United Lobby of America which is expressed via our poltical parties and therefore our governmental polices (and private companies singing in harmony). As well as our so-called liberal "do-gooding" in Arabian cultures, which violates their religious beliefs ( aka - smuggling in Christian dogma to convert people).
Or those playboy mags. (few of you know about, but others might recall, the "Playboy Philosophy" publications about sex and morality - early 1960s. Which pioneered and had a major impact on our liberal generation of baby boomers).
The "sex, wealth, and cool jazz" was also converted to "sex, drugs, and rock and roll".
He felt his promotion of wealth aided in the cold war with the USSR and socialism, and his philosophy (printed seperately form his magizene) contained ideas to give more freedom from religion to the concepts of sexual morality. The Jazz added a touch of high class "art" and the many interviews with intellectuals in the magizene got lots of smart people on his side.
THE BROOKLYN RAIL - EXPRESS
I mention this not to side-rail my post but to give some background, which impacted poltics in America greatly.
Hmm? Clinton might a read a few issues?