this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2024
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My complaint is more about how voting has becoming about voting in a party that most aligns with how you want the country run, rather than voting for a wise and trusted member of your community (constituency) to be part of parliament.
But that's a bigger question of demographics and societal change, not just politics, and perhaps it's not my place to ill-judge societal change.
It seems to be human nature to group together like that. It makes sense from a game theory perspective, too. Perhaps political parties are inevitable