Comments on: How bipartisanism erodes society

By: Voting is bad, M’kay? | A Division by Zer0

Voting is bad, M’kay? | A Division by Zer0 — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:39:53 +0000

[...] my situation. Oh we hear talk about the greater and lesser evil and rampart fear-mongering from both sides of the puppet show, but the truth of the matter is that no matter how evil the other side is to us, they end up acting [...]

By: So Youtube decided to start censoring Atheists? I say fuck ‘em! | A Division by Zer0

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:19:40 +0000

[...] is what everyone is using and thus you don’t have a choice if you want audience. Well, like partisan politics, this is only in your head and it hurts you when you do not realise it. You do have a choice, you [...]

By: The Lesser Evil » A Division by Zer0

The Lesser Evil » A Division by Zer0 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:03:21 +0000

[...] supporting Democrats as the lesser evil of the US political system. I’ve written before how supporting bipartisanism is harming to society and this the latest post prompted me to throw me 2 cents in the [...]

By: Political “Refutability” » A Division by Zer0

Political “Refutability” » A Division by Zer0 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:15:04 +0000

[...] is “They need to become worse than the republicans”, doesn’t that condemn you and your society to erosion? All the Republicans then need to do in order to achieve the agenda is move more and more to the [...]

By: db0

db0 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:21:56 +0000

Depends on whom you ask. For the younger generation, not necessarily.

By: James Tracy

James Tracy — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:59:42 +0000

Even if you agree that it is not theft the name "pirate" has that connotation, among others.

By: James Tracy

James Tracy — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:38:20 +0000

So it seems: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party

Looks like they want to loosen intellectual property and copyright laws. I think that they should choose a better name! Might as well call yourself the "Thievery Party".

By: db0

db0 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:26:43 +0000

And to make it even worse, we don't have any kind of viable third party here. Hell, I don't even know who the Green or Libertarian candidates are right now.

Have you looked? If you're expecting the third parties to have a lot of dough to put their face on camera as much as the major ones, you'll be waiting for a while. Not only do you have the Greens and Libertarians, but also others like the Pirate Party.

By: db0

db0 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:24:58 +0000

Yes, majority rules is always but there are limits, I mean, when you have 51/49 votes, doesn't it mean that the democrats have a bit of control as well? If congress is the one that control the presidents power, doesn't it make sense to put good people from other parties to the congress for more varied voices?

By: ChickenGirl

ChickenGirl — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:45:55 +0000

I don't mean that I expect them to have the press coverage that the Big Two do, just that they're so "third party" that the only way to even know that they exist is to go look them up.

Pirate Party?? *wikis* Arrr, matey!