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Are political 'parties' actually 'cartels'?

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"The question is how can we change this reality? If only there was a true visionary out there. Maybe there is?"

Don't you think that the present reality is unreal, that it is tainted with irrationality? Or how long can irrationality last? Things and reality are not fixed, permanent, given once and for all time, they are in motion and subject to change. Is not change the general mode of existence?
The Marxist writer Engels commented on Hegels famous dictum - all that is real is rational; and all that is rational is real. " And in the course of development, all that was previously real becomes unreal, loses it necessity, its right of existence, its rationality. And in the place of moribund reality comes a new, viable reality — peacefully if the old has enough intelligence to go to its death without a struggle; forcibly if it resists this necessity."
Posted by johncee1945, Friday, 2 March 2007 9:09:21 PM
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Posted by tapp, Friday, 2 March 2007 12:55:01 PM
"That is why The Australian Peoples Party is different."

Is that part of the Australian Party Peoples Party or is the Australian Party Peoples Party part of the Australian Peoples Party, or neither - it cant be both.
Posted by Rob513264, Saturday, 3 March 2007 1:27:47 AM
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You would find that would be both.

check out the constitution check out policies yes we actually have some

www.tapp.org.au
Posted by tapp, Saturday, 3 March 2007 10:29:30 AM
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One can begin to understand all political systems and parties only when one can accept the fact that:

Those who actively seek power are inherently unfit to wield it.

This view explains why power corrupts and why political systems tend to devolve into autocracies.

Just look at our own situation where Howard has, under the guise of national security, effectively obviated a significant proportion of our constitutional and legal freedoms. Following 16th century political philosopher Jean Bodin's admonitions to disarm the citizen, Howard has dramatically neutralised each and every one of us. Our rights are effectively dissolved when the term "terror suspect" is applied.

Applying the term 'cartel' to the political parties is to mask the true evil that lurks beneath our two-party preferred system. We are spiralling inexorably towards despotism and tyranny and sadly we support this devolution at each and every "election."
Posted by woz, Thursday, 8 March 2007 7:22:10 AM
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