Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party'
by earthtolazlo on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:42PM
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We already have a political party whose primary function is to represent the interests of well-off city dwellers. They're called the Democrats.
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Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party'
by devwastaken on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:44PM
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Perhaps you could make a much more informative comment instead. Reddit is a nice place to just say things, but HN is nice because of information.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party'
by seizethecheese on Monday April 17, 2017 @08:04PM
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Perhaps you could make a much less condescending comment. Reddit is a nice place to be condescending, but HN is nice because people are generally kind.
To be honest, HN is not all that much better if you're not a fan of the chosen party and it's liberal inclinations. You just get brigaded to death.
It's not really a chosen party. It's a flavor of some kind of techno-anarcho-libertarian capitalism.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party'
by bluejekyll on Monday April 17, 2017 @08:24PM
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Don't leave out the communistic-socialistic-opensource portion of the group, which has an awkward dependent relationship with the capitalistic group
True. In truth, there's probably more than one faction.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party'
by griffinmmahon on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:46PM
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They're also called the Republicans.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party'
by earthtolazlo on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:51PM
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I'm not disputing that. My point was that this article is just a poorly thought-out mishmash of "centrism" and more representation for constituencies who are already very well represented on a national level.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party'
by griffinmmahon on Monday April 17, 2017 @11:16PM
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Sure, agreed! But it's not like the two parties are all that different in that they both act on the interests of wealthy elites.