From Tabitha:
Dear Maugham,
What do you see as the positive traits of the following political parties:
libertarians
green peace
democrats
independants
republicans
socialists
constitutionalists
communists ?
Woo-hoo...well let's note she says "positive traits" so that makes this a bit more fun and not such a downer. Obviously my answers will be short. I do, howver have to confess great depths of ignorance on the details and probably most of the main points. I am not very political, but strangely activist?
libertarians- I think they are free to do as they please, within reason.
green peace- Keep up the good work, but stop getting run over by traulers.
Did you mean Green Party? They make a lot of sense.
democrats- For not being very different from republicans, they still seem to give a rat's patootie about education, the poor, health care and the environment. That and they are sexier than the republicans who think bombing and greed are more sexy. They are mistaken.
independants- Idealists who should be listened to. Gutsy and should always be considered. My 7 year daughter (the Jedi) is an Independent. She told me the other day.
republicans- I'm drawing a blank here. Education, war, terrorism, economy, deficits, honesty, moral values...hmnnn...I'll get back to you Tabs.
socialists- Are there any Socialists anymore? I'm ignorant.
constitutionalists- Well I wish them well because if they love the Consitution they are surely doomed.
communists- I have no knowledge of what remnant remains after 1989. Perhaps a noble but utterly doomed enterprise from the beginning because people do not function that way (unless at gunpoint...I admit that does get them going a bit).
Others!?
Maugham adds!!
anarchists- They are a lot of fun at parties. You just never know what they will do next (in fact, neither do they). They dance in fountains and super-glue hockey pucks to their cars. Ya gotta love that on some level.
existentialists - okay..kind of a downer group...but they have weird eyes, wear funny hats, and quote Kierkegaard a lot. Sartre said "Hell is other people". Personally I think "Well is other people."
scientologists- They could become positive if John Travolta and Kirstie Alley would just bitch-slap Tom Cruise back to reality.
2 comments:
thanks for answering my question mm. i tried to keep it positive on purpose. i thought it would be more of a challenge than asking you to do the easy thing and state something negative about each party.
there are definitely still socialists by the way. i think my man voted for one in the last election even. :)
i myself, am an independant. i make my own decisions not based on party-lines.
Og course I am a fiction so I cannot vote, but I hear Mac is an independent as well for similar reasons.
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