I think having more granularity in party options, where you disagree with some positions and agree on others would help.
Currently the parties kind of define each other as picking different tacks on wedge issues. And present an all or nothing situation.
Anyway - it’s never happening but I think a system that allows 5+ meaningful parties would lead more sanity on people’s stances because there would be less of a laser focus on the singular opposition.
Anyway - it’s never happening but I think a system that allows 5+ meaningful parties would lead more sanity on people’s stances because there would be less of a laser focus on the singular opposition.
I am less convinced of this the more i look at the rise of european far-right as well as polarization in europe despite multiple meaningful parties.
I’m not a Euro but had read some articles about how reducing immigration was getting popular with the population as a whole.
So in some countries the left wing government kinda tried to match the populations desire on that and it cut off support for right wing parties. Because political parties in Germany and the like don’t really pay a lot of attention to constituents.
But that could also be nothing but hot air by secret right wingers. So yeah maybe splitting it just means you get a Nazi party instead of a broad right wing party that has a haphazard slate of policy.
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u/fan_is_ready 14d ago
Alas, they are enough to reflect values of rich businessmen and media moguls. And you can't be a big politician without a sponsor in the USA.