Let's form a new liberal party!

[West]

Should be a "dissolve all government" option at the ballot box. 

Seems strange to vote for who's most worthy to oppress you

[myata]

57 minutes ago, West said:

Should be a "dissolve all government" option at the ballot box. 

And that wouldn't change much, if the choices are still the same and never change, ever. But they can make voting mandatory, now even easier.

[Moonlight Graham]

I think a big problem in democracy is that parties are catch-alls for all issues.  You only get 1 vote, but there's dozens of key issues to decide.  The few most important issues usually decide elections but all others the citizens get no say on.

[myata]

6 minutes ago, Moonlight Graham said:

I think a big problem in democracy is that parties are catch-alls for all issues. 

That is a problem of FPTP, not so much general of democracy. In a proportional system, a coalition can and very often does include main parties as well as smaller ones, focused on specific issues. That provides first of all, a direct feedback from the voters to the government; and secondly, an additional level of controls and checks on the government. In Canada's status quo though, absolutely, there are default governing corporations whose main focus is to get to and keep the power, rather than address (successfully, with results) issues that are important to the citizens.

[Nefarious Banana]

Is Angus Reid a credible source?

[myata]

It won't change anything. Won't do anything to the system. Look what a flu-like epidemics allowed it to do. Surely in this century we'll see stronger and more convincing causes to just shut up and obey?

[eyeball]

12 hours ago, Nefarious Banana said:

Is Angus Reid a credible source?

Well look at it this way, in your circles if you don't strongly identify as someone who hates Trudeau you are just as strongly identified as someone who loves him.

That's the sort of fanaticism you'd expect from ISIS.

[Nefarious Banana]

Concerning the Angus Reid poll on Justin Trudeau's non-performance, and your interpretation of it:

'Hate' is your word, not mine.

'Love' is also your word, and you  show your adoration for Trudeau with your every post.

'Contempt' is my word . . . . applied liberally to Trudeau and his band of penguins.

[myata]

13 minutes ago, Nefarious Banana said:

and his band of penguins

He may have a point in what we may be marching toward a state where one has to be in one of the bands, one way or the other. Compare only recently, mask nirvana and universal panacea or ugly antimasker, only two choices. And yes, we are doing it to ourselves. We seem to be unable to, and actively resisting thinking any other way.

[eyeball]

On 6/29/2022 at 9:25 AM, Nefarious Banana said:

Concerning the Angus Reid poll on Justin Trudeau's non-performance, and your interpretation of it:

'Hate' is your word, not mine.

'Love' is also your word, and you  show your adoration for Trudeau with your every post.

Well, you certainly wasted no time underscoring my point and hate is most definitely a word I've seen your ilk apply towards Trudeau.

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Contempt' is my word . . . . applied liberally to Trudeau and his band of penguins.

I've been applying that word to Liberals without let up since you were in kindergarten and even knew what it meant.

[Nefarious Banana]

3 hours ago, eyeball said:

Well, you certainly wasted no time underscoring my point and hate is most definitely a word I've seen your ilk apply towards Trudeau.

I've been applying that word to Liberals without let up since you were in kindergarten and even knew what it meant.

It's your ilk that keeps a devious dipshit like Trudeau in power.  Have you realized that you're also a penguin? 

[eyeball]

7 hours ago, Nefarious Banana said:

It's your ilk that keeps a devious dipshit like Trudeau in power.

Actually it's your ilk that does more to keep him in power because the alternatives are so ridiculous.

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Have you realized that you're also a penguin? 

No I'm a mammal, a penguin is a bird.

[Nefarious Banana]

2 hours ago, eyeball said:

Actually it's your ilk that does more to keep him in power because the alternatives are so ridiculous.

Care to clarify your one of many muddled statements ?  

[eyeball]

1 hour ago, Nefarious Banana said:

Care to clarify your one of many muddled statements ?  

It was only one short sentence.

What it is you didn't understand exactly?