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AstroGeek wrote:
That works if you have a very small government that doesn't do much. That is fine by your vision of society. For most other people's visions political parties are a necessary evil in order to get anything done. Some of the problems of political parties can be alleviated somewhat if you have a grassroots party where all policies must pass a vote of the members (this is how Green Parties operate and it prevents some of the top-down rule that you see in most political parties_.
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ruveyn wrote:
Individuals running for office on their own merits.
NT politics is a manifestation of NT herd behavior.
Both posts are right. But even if you would prohibit parties, some persons with much political influence would form groups like all NT's.
In most of all political discussions 90% of the citizen don't know much, but they elect the political leaders and forming their own opinions.(I also sometimes don't know enough). So sadly, populism is a result of a NT democracy. I don't know if there would be populism in a Aspie democracy.
I, for myself dislike the idea of a too small government, because I don't want a dominance of big companies.
I like the idea of intra-party democracy (In a previous post, I critizise the pirate party Germany, but this party is also an example for intra-party democracy)