How could a 1 party system be good?

[freakiness]

With posters taking on the views of their favourite shock jock or blogger and salivating over the prospect of Labor being annihilated, for ever, why bother with future elections?

If there is only one party how is it possible to be a democracy?

What would be the use of future elections?

It all seems quite strange to me that people could be so gleeful about such a scenario.

Does anyone remember the bottom of the harbour schemes?

Rupe's tax refund almost seems reminiscent of those practices. Why do we adore him so much?  Why is it unacceptable to question his motives and morals?

Why are we longing for a return to those sorts of practices?  We would we long for a return to the days of no environmental controls and conditions?

Every day we're spammed with over emotional, vitriolic material on the potential wipe out of Labor and the Greens, by those rejoicing in the potential single party system.  

What benefit could there be, apart from saving money on elections, if there is only one political party in the country?

[boris1gary]

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@poddster wrote:

And they are all dead wrong, misinformed, or deluded except for one a couple of people on this forum

OMG how lucky are we ?

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I don't fish, I know nothing about fishing - I don't even eat seafood - that's why I don't go on the fishing thread.

[punch*drunk]

With posters taking on the views of their favourite shock jock or blogger and salivating over the prospect of Labor being annihilated, for ever, why bother with future elections?

Regardless of which of the 2 sides are in power, I always hope the other one would learn from previous mistakes and pick their act up a bit. I would like to see the day that good policies are be backed by both sides and we no longer have one side objecting just because the other side thought of it first.

It would be nice if we could could go into an election torn over who to vote for because they are both so good, rather than trying to pick the best out of a bad bunch.

[monman12]

"yes interesting article, shame it isn't quite accurate - never mind."
I mind B1G, so educate me on the inaccuracies.

"North Korea functions as a single-party state under a totalitarian family dictatorship described even as an absolute monarchy[ with Kim Il-sung and his heirs.
The WPK exercises direct control over the candidates selected for election by members of the other two parties.
Two minor political parties exist but are legally bound to accept the ruling role of the WPK."

"no it is not accurate, monman, although I am sure anyone can find hundreds of "articles" on the net that will back up the above post. There are an amazing number of  "internet experts" on all sorts of things - "
Oh yes there are B1G,  many of whom  write sans research

Back to point: The Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland is dominated by the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) although two other ‘legal’ parties, the Korean Social Democratic Party (KSDP) and the Chondoist Chongu Party, both dominated by the WPK, also participate. In the election itself only one name appears on each ballot paper.

All candidates for the 687 seat parliament are selected by the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland


So I again ask B1G educate me (us) on the inaccuracies. Because being an Internet expert requires one to provide supporting information,  and expressing a point of view (especially here) certainly does not make it  prima facie believable, let alone fact!

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[**meep**]

I would also like to learn about the inaccuracies because as far as I am concerned, the information I have is correct.

While we wait........

To give a closer look at the grand democracy taking place in North Korea, Japan’s NTV news had a man who once lived in the country reconstruct a typical voting booth scene. The instructions shown in the video are as follows:

1. Enter the voting room and bow to the staff person as you receive a voting card.
2. Your voting card will have Kim Jong-Il’s name printed on it. Old voting cards used to have ” [ ] Approve [ ] Disapprove” boxes one can select, but those cards were abolished in favor of the far more simple support cards.
3. There is a red pen on a side table that you may use to change your voting card to an anti-Kim Jong-il vote. There is a member of the secret police monitoring you as you vote, so the mere act of glancing at the red pen could get you in trouble. If you want to live until the next election, ignore the red pen.
4. To cast your vote, take your card and place it into the box. You must show your respect by bowing before the portraits of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-il as you vote. Use both hands when placing the card in the box.

Everyone must vote. To keep the voter turnout percentage as high as possible, travel permits are heavily restricted in the month leading up to the election and those who are missing on election day may be officially declared dead.

source: japanprobe.com

[boris1gary]

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@**meep** wrote:

I would also like to learn about the inaccuracies because as far as I am concerned, the information I have is correct.

While we wait........

To give a closer look at the grand democracy taking place in North Korea, Japan’s NTV news had a man who once lived in the country reconstruct a typical voting booth scene. The instructions shown in the video are as follows:

1. Enter the voting room and bow to the staff person as you receive a voting card.
2. Your voting card will have Kim Jong-Il’s name printed on it. Old voting cards used to have ” [ ] Approve [ ] Disapprove” boxes one can select, but those cards were abolished in favor of the far more simple support cards.
3. There is a red pen on a side table that you may use to change your voting card to an anti-Kim Jong-il vote. There is a member of the secret police monitoring you as you vote, so the mere act of glancing at the red pen could get you in trouble. If you want to live until the next election, ignore the red pen.
4. To cast your vote, take your card and place it into the box. You must show your respect by bowing before the portraits of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-il as you vote. Use both hands when placing the card in the box.

Everyone must vote. To keep the voter turnout percentage as high as possible, travel permits are heavily restricted in the month leading up to the election and those who are missing on election day may be officially declared dead.

source: japanprobe.com

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meep, if as far as you are concerned your information is correct is there really any point to keep going - wait as long as you like, it's all a little pointless for me to participate in a "discussion" if the other participants already feel they know all there is to know by googling it. I don't mean that to be rude or anything but like i have posted before, I don't go on the fishing thread because I don't fish and don't know anything about fishing. I could spend a little time googling fishing but those that fish would probably suss me out.

[*mrgrizz*]

we just need to master cloning........then Tony Abbott could be prime minister for ever

wouldn't that be great

[nero_bolt]

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@boris1gary wrote:

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What a great idea....... 

[polksaladallie]

Are you aware that the far right eventually meets the far left and becomes one and the same?

[boris1gary]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Are you aware that the far right eventually meets the far left and becomes one and the same?

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only if seen as a circle - although merry go round does come to mind.  but yes i have heard that term before but usually referring to trots.