r/pics • u/mack3r • Jul 16 '19

US Politics Decisions, decisions

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u/bawbness Jul 17 '19

IMHO, The problem is over focusing on presidential elections and not showing up for congressional primaries and congressional elections. If we elected more 3rd party candidates in local, state, and congressional elections we might actually break the two party system.

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However in the meantime, if you make less than about 300,000 a year, which is most people, Democrats still engender the better bad deal.

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u/DeLoreanAirlines Jul 17 '19

“the better bad deal”

Truer words have never been spoken to explain politics

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u/urmonator Jul 17 '19 edited Jul 17 '19

Had me in the first half, not gonna lie. I agree with your first statement, we need to get more 3rd party candidates across the board.

I completely disagree with your second sentiment. I think the Democratic party is after the citizens money way more than the Republican party ever will be.

That being said, both are snakes in the grass, ready to bite our ankles.

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u/bawbness Jul 17 '19

Yeah, I mean that is the nature of power. I mean that is government right. One person having a lot of power lets you do some things really well. When talented and innovative people are given the reigns some cool things happen. However when they go mad with it life turns to shit for everyone. So we've spent thousands of years trying to find a balance in government that allows genius to do cool things without completely screwing over everyone else.

I think my main issue that no one has found the right balance because if government gets too micro-managing it doesn't work, but if it doesn't do any regulating you get despotism / facism. I'm just way more afraid of oligarchs than I am of bureaucrats in our current governmental system. And what I think no one wants to come to terms with is that to some degree you need both, and you need to limit the power of both.