Anything Goes discussion

whats peoples views on today's politics in their country or the worlds politis! :)

That people are so tied to the 'parties' that they dont pay attention to the real issues and possible solutions and weigh the pros/cons.

Terri wrote: "That people are so tied to the 'parties' that they dont pay attention to the real issues and possible solutions and weigh the pros/cons."

This seems to be a real problem in democracies: to get anyway where you have the ability to initiate positive change you have to belong to a party. Once you belong to a party you start to have to compromise on your principles; and then the longer the party is in power the more that power corrupts. Floating voters then vote the opposition party in at some future election and the process begins again.

But is there a viable alternative that allows for fairness and social justice, let alone all those global issues that domestic politics tend to brush aside?