Actually, Mr. Pease has a point. True: you cannot abolish political parties of corporations -- not in any sane or meaningful way. However, the law gives certain benefits and rights to both corporations and to political parties. It would be possible to "change the rules" under which both operate.
I don't know enough about the rules and how they apply to be able to say whether we could do a lot better. I've been inclined to think of the "people congregate into mobs and do stupid things" as the problem that plagues large-anything, be it government, unions, companies, or political parties.
But I'm open to the concept that the law could be restructured in a way that weakens the powers of large organizations without infringing on the rights of the individual.
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Date: 2005-01-13 12:34 am (UTC)I don't know enough about the rules and how they apply to be able to say whether we could do a lot better. I've been inclined to think of the "people congregate into mobs and do stupid things" as the problem that plagues large-anything, be it government, unions, companies, or political parties.
But I'm open to the concept that the law could be restructured in a way that weakens the powers of large organizations without infringing on the rights of the individual.