Thread: The Balance between Conservatives and Progressives - Why Consensus is the Next Stage

lrn2democracy

You guys speak as if you have a two-family monarchy or something.

The entire point is that they have different opinions and the majority decides which is best. If they both 'worked together' then the electorate has no choice and you have castrated the soul of a democracy, congratulations. If neither of the main parties provides any reasonable kind of option, vote for somebody who does, or if that person doesn't exist, run for election.

Originally Posted by Xei

lrn2democracy

You guys speak as if you have a two-family monarchy or something.

The entire point is that they have different opinions and the majority decides which is best. If they both 'worked together' then the electorate has no choice and you have castrated the soul of a democracy, congratulations. If neither of the main parties provides any reasonable kind of option, vote for somebody who does, or if that person doesn't exist, run for election.

Just to repeat the obvious, majority rule always leads to polarization and extremism where a person's actual values, which are usually more moderate, are magnetized.