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My hierarchy of "good politics" in a democracy would look rather like the below.
My take here is that the level 0, and the one that I have a greater problem with is following the party line, and party men or partisan thinking people.
My distaste for it is almost inborn.
1/n
My take here is that the level 0, and the one that I have a greater problem with is following the party line, and party men or partisan thinking people.
My distaste for it is almost inborn.
1/n
I have a strong problem with American politics because wearing a mask, prescribing HCQ to patients sick of covid and similar such stuff have become a partisan statement. Spanish politics is not very different but at least there are 4 national parties.
2/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1159076161990930434?s=20
2/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1159076161990930434?s=20
British politics betters the US one in that their elections are like 650 local elections, and the "first past the post" system allows for a greater room for unexpected men, out of the party line, to emerge because they are liked by their constituents.
3/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1196454564020572160?s=20
3/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1196454564020572160?s=20
But loyalty to a men is also fragile ground.
What if you like a man, but he is wrong on a particular issue?
Or not even wrong, but your interest in that topic is not aligned with his?
This is why we should be deciding over ISSUES, and ISSUES only.
4/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1302319547257704448?s=20
What if you like a man, but he is wrong on a particular issue?
Or not even wrong, but your interest in that topic is not aligned with his?
This is why we should be deciding over ISSUES, and ISSUES only.
4/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1302319547257704448?s=20
Swiss politics is world class treating political stakes as ISSUES, and making parties and men irrelevant into the equation.
What are the only disadvantages in the system?
I will name 3 and you will decide by yourself if those are really disadvantages.
5/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1302607034962128897?s=20
What are the only disadvantages in the system?
I will name 3 and you will decide by yourself if those are really disadvantages.
5/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1302607034962128897?s=20
Disadvantage number 1:
Swiss politics is BORING as hell.
So if you see politics as a way of entertainment, as so many people do, you will need to look for it outside of your own country (so Romands with a taste for politics watch French Television).
6/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1183097770946813952?s=20
Swiss politics is BORING as hell.
So if you see politics as a way of entertainment, as so many people do, you will need to look for it outside of your own country (so Romands with a taste for politics watch French Television).
6/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1183097770946813952?s=20
Disadvantage number 2:
"Great Men" such as Charles De Gaulle are unlikely to ever emerge in the Swiss political arena: the whole point of the collegiate governance system is made in order to belittle them.
7/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1161560669554171906?s=20
"Great Men" such as Charles De Gaulle are unlikely to ever emerge in the Swiss political arena: the whole point of the collegiate governance system is made in order to belittle them.
7/n https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1161560669554171906?s=20
Maybe just a corollary of disadvantages number 1 and number 2, but here I go.
Disadvantage number 3:
Swiss politics makes it very hard to identify your "ENEMIES".
So it might not be properly aligned with something that I believe is a human trait.
8/8 https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1162794446670434304?s=20
Disadvantage number 3:
Swiss politics makes it very hard to identify your "ENEMIES".
So it might not be properly aligned with something that I believe is a human trait.
8/8 https://twitter.com/NachoOliveras/status/1162794446670434304?s=20
PS. I doubted for a second about including lack of transparency as third disadvantage: the deliberations of the directories that govern Switzerland are as secret as the ones of Chinese PC, but I don't think this is a real disadvantage.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gime_directorial
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gime_directorial
