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  1. Comment on Let's discuss politics in ~talk

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    Interesting, the counter argument I often come accross for this model is that it would require a substantial effort for each citizen to be able to make educated votes. A single citizen would have...

    Interesting, the counter argument I often come accross for this model is that it would require a substantial effort for each citizen to be able to make educated votes. A single citizen would have no capacity to read up on the various subjects that is needed to make good policy decisions.

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  2. Comment on Let's discuss politics in ~talk

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    Thanks for the input, I did see that thread however I interpreted that thread as "are there any Trump supporters here" which I feared set the tone for the discussion quite heavily. I was also...

    Thanks for the input, I did see that thread however I interpreted that thread as "are there any Trump supporters here" which I feared set the tone for the discussion quite heavily.

    I was also interested in having a very broad discussion, i.e I'm also interested in arguments that conclude that "no current political ideology exists today that has a fix" since I'm not certain that any "correct" ideology do exist.
    This is probably one of the biggest challenges we are facing as a species, and I have no ambition that the tildes community will solve this.

    We will see how this discussion evolves, I do share your concerns about having an actual quality discussion regarding politics on an anonymous internet forum.

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  3. Comment on Let's discuss politics in ~talk

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    I agree that this seems to be the challenge the green parties are facing, that they are reduced to being a single issue party. However that isn't really the idea behind the foundation of the...

    I agree that this seems to be the challenge the green parties are facing, that they are reduced to being a single issue party. However that isn't really the idea behind the foundation of the ideology if I'm interpreting it correctly. When the greens are doing policy making they are (or atleast should) consider the environmental impact, however they would also have to regard their other pillars.

    I belive the problem has a lot to do with translating the broader vision of a "green world", where we take care of eachother and the environment to actual politcal policies that will push us nearer the goal of our "perfect society".

    It's also a very idealistic ideology and might not be plausible to implement, so I agree that they might serve better as a pressure group than a party at the moment.

    In time it might mature enough, so that it could translate the vision into actual working politics.

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  4. Comment on Let's discuss politics in ~talk

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    I'll get things started, I'm currently in my mid thirties and have had periods where I have lost faith in politics alltogether. Lately I have become interested in the ideology of Green Politics....

    I'll get things started, I'm currently in my mid thirties and have had periods where I have lost faith in politics alltogether. Lately I have become interested in the ideology of Green Politics. Which basicly revolves around 4 pillars: Ecological wisdom,Social justice,Grassroots democracy,Nonviolence .

    My main reasoning being that one of the largest challenges we face as a species is that we are wrecking the very environment we are dependent on, and it's critical that we break this destructive cycle we seem to be stuck in. Although I do not believe green politics necessarily have all the answers for this, I believe it might be a good place to start.

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  5. Let's discuss politics

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    Broad subject matter, I know. I'm just curious on what the political views in this small community are. So, to get things started, what political ideology (if any) do you believe in?

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