Top 10 Problems With Both Democratic and Republican Parties
Ah yes Politics quite possibly the biggest hot debate topic in our society today. I’m not really left or right leaning if anything I’m neutral because let’s face the facts whether you’re liberal or conservative both parties suck and it’s time we own up to it. For reference I’m referring to the Democratic Party and Republican Party because while yes 3rd Parties Do Exist they don’t have enough traction to have any sort of chance at a National level. I’m not saying they need to die but there’s some BIG problems with both sides. I’m not attacking either side this is pointing out Issues between both sidesI thought we were the "United States of America." Ironically, we rarely are united. I get we're a "melting pot" of cultures, but nobody is "united." Politics have split our nation apart. Maybe we should have listened to George Washington, who was against political parties to begin with. He acknowledged that it was natural for people with common interests to organize into competing groups. But passionate loyalty to political parties over the common interests of the nation would fuel "the most horrid enormities" - vengefulness, dissension, and repression.
Washington feared it would foster a "spirit of revenge" and enable the rise of "cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men" who would "usurp for themselves the reins of government. Destroying afterwards the very engines, which have lifted them to unjust dominion." While this was written in his farewell address in 1796, it still holds up well to this day. Without a doubt, he would be cringing if he saw what today's society looked like.
I wish we could act like the America of 9/12. Obviously, I don't want another 9/11 tragedy to happen, but the days after that shocking moment were probably the most united we've been as a nation in a long time. I don't think we've been as united since then, which goes to show how much damage politics can do to us.
Yeah, both sides are too arrogant to even consider the other side's ideas. You have good ideas on both sides, but neither side can get out of their own way to at least maybe get on the same page. I swear everything in the US would be so much better if the political system wasn't so biased towards their own side of the spectrum. Even worse, news sources are the same way. They'll report what they want you to hear but leave out certain details that don't fit their narrative.
Democrats: Trump is Satan.
Republicans: Biden is Satan.
Democrats: BLM protests.
Republicans: Trump 2020 protests Jan 6.
Democrats: Trump stole 2016.
Republicans: Biden stole 2020.
Democrats: Republicans are bad.
Republicans: Democrats are bad.
Everyone has good and bad.
They don't care about working together. They only wish to push their agenda and their opinions. The problem is neither side wants to budge on the issues, so they don't ever do anything. It's safe to say there are bigger issues at hand than pushing a political agenda at the moment.
They don't know what compromise or talking like human beings is.
Both sides ultimately just want power and control over things and people. The side that is losing fights harder for control of the House, Senate, Judiciary, Presidency, and any other section of government. In a way, it makes the people think they're getting crazier.
I mean, just look at major issues right now with social injustice and COVID-19. Even with recent issues like gun control and immigration, the parties couldn't be more opposite on these issues. And then you wonder why nothing gets done.
It's not a surprise why America is so divided and hateful towards the opposite side at this point.
As a result, the US has got to be the most violently polarized nation in the world. It's either "MUHBODY" or "MUHRICA," no in-between.
Both sides are absolutely toxic in this regard. If you're LGBT, people automatically assume you're a sinner and spawn from the devil himself. If you're a liberal, people think you're a Social Justice Warrior and extreme feminist who gets offended by everything and is extremely anti-straight white male. Meanwhile, if you're Republican, people think you're racist and want to shoot everyone with guns. They think you're a redneck from Alabama who doesn't care about female rights. This whole let's assume everyone is the same based on the actions of a few is extremely toxic, and both sides need to own up and admit this needs to stop.
The system we have in place was built and meant for before political parties. The system was built so one individual didn't have all the power, but the whole government was made for individuals, if you get what I mean. Now the government is made of parties. The parties simply want to stop each other. In the past, it was more of each politician representing the ideals of his state. The system is broken now. Great list, by the way.
Not all politicians are like this, but a significant amount of them only do what they know will satisfy the majority of people in their area. That way, they stay in office and get re-elected. It's not about the people. It's about getting re-elected.
This is the sad truth. Very few politicians truly care for the American people.
Just think about all the friendships that have been torn apart just because people have different political views. I mean, what kind of friendship uses political differences as the last straw?
Neither party has the balls to admit they were wrong. The amount of blame they put on each other is incredible. Take, for example, the spread of COVID-19. Liberals blame Trump, and Trump blames the liberals. Instead of admitting they were both wrong and taking action to get this under control, they just blame the other side and leave the people up to basically listen to local governments instead.
Yeah, take some responsibility for once.