• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I love that we treat politics as team sports. Even the use of the word opponent implies you aren’t working toward common goals.

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      4 days ago

      that’s just the thing comservatives turned the entire system into game “us vs them” and liberal joimed in a bit later as they lack the capacity to redefine the game. Progressives get shunned by their respective wings and orthodoxy gets entrenched making it even more of “us vs them”. I’d love to find a way to abolish parties and force representatives to actually represent all people from their electorate area… but I’m a dreamer.

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      6 days ago

      They stopped working together decades ago.

      They now work exclusively for their corporate overlords. The rest is a dog and pony show for the voters.