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What do you think?

I think both political parties act as if they know the reality of the world, but I think the conservatives tend to be dismissive, and I think think the liberals tend to be over-emphatical.

Conversation can be made between the two, it's been done before, and solutions can arise on both fronts, but being so oppositional & confrontational only makes it harder for both sides to make any ground.

Passion & indignance has its place too, but there has to be a time & place for it, or everything else will be overshadowed.

What do you guys think?

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Firespirit · 26-30, M

they should be held accountable for things they say

81redhead · 41-45, M

IMHO, they cannot be held accountable. Lack of information, lack of infrastructure, etc. Let the voters decide, if the person genuinely tried to make the country a better place, or just spewed populist headlines and did nothing.

Firespirit · 26-30, M

@81redhead: "Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be 'discovered' by an election" Adolf Hitler

81redhead · 41-45, M

@Firespirit: "All internet quotes are true" (c) Lenin

But in reality, the more local you go, the better the chances for a decent person to be elected. Especially when you are talking about part time public office on top of a day-to-day job

Winterwanderer · 26-30, M

@Firespirit: but words are cheap? Are not actions & intent more important?

Firespirit · 26-30, M

@Winterwanderer: Yes indeed any fool can say a word but it takes a true man to start a revolution