The Musings of Scott

We all know the two party system is failing our country. It’s easily purchased by conflicting private interests, and each side spends 80% of it’s rhetoric pointing out the corruption and flaws of the other. One of the key motivators I hear for people’s voting choices is their terror of the other guys. Furthermore, as I pointed out with religion, one size does not fit all with questions of philosophy and morality. Since it’s widely agreed upon that the current system is broken, perhaps it’s time we looked at new systems. I am a devout constitutionalist, but I feel this is a more elegant system which may have been overlooked (factions of political parties had not been in the design of the checks and balances) or out of the reach of a non-digital civilization.

As this is a system current parties would be adamantly against, as it would mean sharing power with new candidates and different view points, this is something we would need to demand in order to implant. The net result would be candidates that everyone could better agree on (allow you to vote for who you want, while protecting you from a candidate you DON’T with alternative votes). The end result would be more second best choices (much more selection and variety in viewpoints), and less of the ridiculous game of political Rock’em Sock’em Robots (where everyone suffers under a bipolar government). This argument also uses cool animals, which are much more compelling than aristocratic rich people.

The Alternative Voting System Explained

I found this video via Punk Rock Libertarians, which is excellently curated with centerist content and quotes by Matt Bergman. Become a Fan and check out this neat picture Matt & I collaborated on.

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