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Nothing will ever change as long as voters turn their noses up to the messiness that is required to get the compromise they claim to want. Stop punishing politicians for being weak when they don't hold a party line. Stop blaming both sides when one party is behaving poorly. The parties aren't the problem, merely a reflection of the problem with the voters and their bad choices.
Voters are given bad choices to begin with due to the way the system is now and then keeps those bad choices in office forever. Yang has talked endlessly about this the past year. Ranked choice voting is a way to start to eliminate that issue so we can vote for who we want, and not for who we hate the least.
It’s totally a grass roots movement that will take a couple of elections to gain some traction.
Well that deserves credit. You need to run for County Dog Catcher type offices to really build a party. But again, I don't think that 60% is really all that interested in this kind of messy political stuff that is needed. And certainly, don't demonstrate any patience to see it through.
likely the #1 hurdle. But taking this grass roots, bottom up has always been the american way to create change. And only effective way unless you buy your way. That needs to be changed.
I hope Yang is genuine. I did like him in the 2020 debates. After he dropped out it seemed like he got in bed with the establishment, imo. But I do like him
This is confusing. FWD party has already stated they are not for any of what you mentioned.
They seem to define themselves as finding common ground. How do you find common ground for example when one side of the political spectrum refuses to acknowledge that LGBTQ peeps are people like everyone else and should have the same rights as everyone else? They refuse to entertain any gun control measures. They refuse to put any effort into fighting climate change. That's what I mean. Hope that makes sense.
They want open debate on all issues. If someone doesn't want to do that, then they won't be talking. If this party does well, the other will shrink and hopefully go away eventually. They sure are working their asses of to make that happen. The vast majority of people are very tired and worn down by the extremes on both sides. This party wants to have conversations with all except the extremes to actually get things done.
No Purity Tests
Yeah, like I said some things should not be open for debate. Such as human rights. That's where I draw the line. How much and where to tax and spend, sure, no problem there.
