New idea: getting out of the Pepsi vs. Coke mindset by stopping drinking fizzy drinks altogether, not arguing about which one is the best (or least bad). Even if the questionnaire shows 90% agreement with one party, that party will guaranteed renege on most of their claims. The AfD won't meaningfully reduce immigration, just like Trump never even tried to build the wall. It's a sham. They just care about their own power. The FPOe here in Austria could easily have most of what they ask for, but they stubbornly play power games and destroy their own chances of getting anything. Even "neutral" process parties like Volt, or Neos here in Austria, get bogged down in BS, like Neos says that their members can vote any way they want and aren't beholden to the party line--yet in Parliament they usually vote together (far left). The best choice may be NOT voting, and then you've taken a step outside of the system. Liechtenstein, UAE, El Salvador, Kazakhstan--there's a lot of interesting options out there once we start stepping away from the sacred cow of partisan politics in a "democracy."
Thanks for the interesting consideration of applying political imagination to the level of possible forms of governance. Personally, I would doubt that abstaining from voting contributes to initiating discussions about alternative representation systems, but I understand the concern.
New idea: getting out of the Pepsi vs. Coke mindset by stopping drinking fizzy drinks altogether, not arguing about which one is the best (or least bad). Even if the questionnaire shows 90% agreement with one party, that party will guaranteed renege on most of their claims. The AfD won't meaningfully reduce immigration, just like Trump never even tried to build the wall. It's a sham. They just care about their own power. The FPOe here in Austria could easily have most of what they ask for, but they stubbornly play power games and destroy their own chances of getting anything. Even "neutral" process parties like Volt, or Neos here in Austria, get bogged down in BS, like Neos says that their members can vote any way they want and aren't beholden to the party line--yet in Parliament they usually vote together (far left). The best choice may be NOT voting, and then you've taken a step outside of the system. Liechtenstein, UAE, El Salvador, Kazakhstan--there's a lot of interesting options out there once we start stepping away from the sacred cow of partisan politics in a "democracy."
Thanks for the interesting consideration of applying political imagination to the level of possible forms of governance. Personally, I would doubt that abstaining from voting contributes to initiating discussions about alternative representation systems, but I understand the concern.