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by fidotron 733 days ago
Everyone has decided government should be used to tell everyone else how to think.

I would like the option of a party that wants to focus on things like preventing fraud and ensuring freedom, but seemingly across the western world such things are uninteresting.

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There is such a party. I've been a member for forty years. But there's not much point in naming it as it is almost entirely irrelevant to modern politics and that doesn't appear to be about to change. Our desire for this is quite niche.
But that doesn't keep the levers of power in power
What you need is not another party(assuming you’re American). What you need is a revamp of your whole system.

1) dismantle the federal state

2) direct democratic rule of the states. A hybrid system like in Switzerland.

In general, decentralisation and democratisation.

"some professors in Psychology may be self-censoring to avoid controversy"

solution: straight to "dismantle the country".

genius. this is some serious, next level shillbot-ing

We'll get right on that. In the meantime, what can be practically done?
>I would like the option of a party that wants to focus on things like preventing fraud and ensuring freedom

Where's the profit in that?

The benefits of these policies are diffused throughout the country, so advocates find themselves unable to organize.