mrstickball said:
Jumpin said:
sethnintendo said:
It is pretty obvious that most people are sick of the Democrats and Republicans in the USA. However, I believe with the current winner takes all system that it is almost impossible for other parties to get elected in state and national elections. If I wanted to vote libertarian or another party then my vote would most likely be worthless. It would be nice to know that my vote actually means something rather than be tossed out. I believe that we need to go from a winner takes all election process to proportional representation. I view the electoral college, winner takes all and two party systems in a very negative light. I was wondering what you guys think would be the best way to solve this problem?
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Why on earth would you want to vote for a libertarian party? History proved time and again that libertarianism simply doesn't work; do you Americans just not know about the 18th and 19th centuries?
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Yeah, because those feudalistic societies that lassiez-faire capitalism replaced made our world worse :-
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Considering Feudalism was gone 3-400 years before laissez-faire economics were first attempted in Europe, I am not sure where you are making this connection. Laissez Faire economics were a collosal failure and were indeed far more oppresive and considerably worse than the prior systems. The historical fact that is monument to this are the deaths of millions of impoverished people in the core of the two largest imperial powers of France and the United Kingdom.
