A No Party System

[Sungai Pusat]

It is, I think, an inevitability for people to want to identify with somebody whose ideals are like theirs.

So essentially no, I don't think a no party system would be practical; perhaps it would be practical to encourage more parties to form, whether directly (Funding them or something) or indirectly (Making it easier for smaller parties to have their voices heard), at least if the idea is to spread the message from more unheard of voices.

Though on the note of government shutdowns, eh... the United States is a fairly anachronistic example because it's got a party that's been fucking anal about their president and a system that means, essentially, that Congress tends to be able to control a shitload of stuff for some reason and that party's been in control of half of it since 2012, so this is only going to end now (Maybe) because that same party has control of both houses and the executive branch.

[Sungai Pusat]

So, anarchy?

Just the lack of organised groups of people sharing similar ideals.

That's all.

[Great Nepal]

After you abolished parties people would just reform parties because cooperating with people of similar political views is a great way to get shit done in government.

"We aren't a party, we're just a group of people with similar ideals who have agreed to work together in order to increase our power and chance of success in government"

We could implant every person with a chip, which explodes killing both of them if they talk to people who share same view as them?

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

So, anarchy?

Just the lack of organised groups of people sharing similar ideals.

That's all.

Only problem, the ballates would be very very long. With candidates that are virtually the same taking up too many slots.

[Alvecia]

"We aren't a party, we're just a group of people with similar ideals who have agreed to work together in order to increase our power and chance of success in government"

We could implant every person with a chip, which explodes killing both of them if they talk to people who share same view as them?

Well I mean, it'd certainly prevent parties from forming. AMongst other things....

[Farnhamia]

Back to 1789 shall we?

Which lasted exactly until the end of Washington's second term.

[CountryLandVilleTown]

the romans tried this but it ended up with 2 "parties" in all but name, people will still clump together based on political beliefs

[Great Nepal]

We could implant every person with a chip, which explodes killing both of them if they talk to people who share same view as them?

Well I mean, it'd certainly prevent parties from forming. AMongst other things....

Our main goal has been achieved, everything else is just a minor bug which can be fixed latter

[Alvecia]

Well I mean, it'd certainly prevent parties from forming. AMongst other things....

Our main goal has been achieved, everything else is just a minor bug which can be fixed latter

Patching the patched patches.

[Great Nepal]

Our main goal has been achieved, everything else is just a minor bug which can be fixed latter

Patching the patched patches.

Pretty sure someone has it in their todo list; we're fine. Just try not to talk with anyone sharing the same views for now. *explodes*

[Kitzerland]

Patching the patched patches.

Pretty sure someone has it in their todo list; we're fine. Just try not to talk with anyone sharing the same views for now. *explodes*

Oh, c'mon! Did you really have to talk to him? Now we've got to clean this up.

[Alvecia]

Pretty sure someone has it in their todo list; we're fine. Just try not to talk with anyone sharing the same views for now. *explodes*

Oh, c'mon! Did you really have to talk to him? Now we've got to clean this up.

*iz ded*

[Federated Kingdom]

you'd just end up having unofficial alignments even if you outlawed political parties

[Pino Grand Fenwick]

I will refer you to my own political idea: Egalitarian Democracy.

Direct and total Democracy, no parties, no factions, all the political spectrum works together, finds the silver line in their arguments and write the laws; the people vote on them and they are implemented.

This requires; high educational index, economic index, peace, strong and capable politicians who can be called upon in the darkest hour, and general consciousness.

Thanks to NS, this UTOPIA can become a reality. But IRL, the requirements are hard to meet.

So yes; no political parties. But in a utopic, capitalist, egalitarian society of the People.

© All rights reserved "Egalitarian Democracy" [unfinished book].

[Tinhampton]

This is what occurs in Kuwait's National Assembly. However, like someone said before, factions have developed, even if not official parties.

Ditto the Nebraskan State Senate. However, this is an isolated non-party micro-system in an otherwise bi-party mega-system.

[Ifreann]

"We aren't a party, we're just a group of people with similar ideals who have agreed to work together in order to increase our power and chance of success in government"

We could implant every person with a chip, which explodes killing both of them if they talk to people who share same view as them?

We'll call it the anti-social network.

[Luziyca]

We kinda have this system in Northern Canada. Dunno if factions have developed, but this system can exist.

[Nilla Wayfarers]

From what I've read in this thread, several governments internationally seem to use a system in which political parties are dismantled.
However, virtually any system of election, and any form of governmental structure gravitates toward a two-party system. That's why in American history, we virtually always saw two factions pitted against each other. And when one dies, another takes its place.
It would be wonderful to get rid of the two-party system in the US, but factions would still be rampant and dominant groups would likely take hold and bring us exactly where we were before.

[Victoria and Vacuna]

You'd need to prevent organized groups from endorsing or supporting candidates or organizing the selection of candidates for election. Ideally by outlawing it.
That is the essence of all political parties. They organize the discovery of candidates for election, as well as the policies they follow. Without this there would be groups of like-minded people in government, but they would have reduced support systems to organize around by legal fiat.

[USS Monitor]

How do you propose to prevent parties from forming? Even without the parties being formally recognized by the system, people could still organize them.

I would be fine with abolishing the privileges that major parties get (federal funding, automatic ballot access, state support for their primaries), but that wouldn't stop people from forming political parties.

[Eol Sha]

A non-partisan system?

Correct.

Plenty of cities already have non-partisan elections and Nebraska's state legislature is nominally non-partisan. They still have political factions.

[Victoria and Vacuna]

How do you propose to prevent parties from forming? Even without the parties being formally recognized by the system, people could still organize them.

I would be fine with abolishing the privileges that major parties get (federal funding, automatic ballot access, state support for their primaries), but that wouldn't stop people from forming political parties.

Outlaw them from doing what parties do everywhere, obviously.
What they do is they seek out politically like-minded people and endorse and identify them as individuals willing to seek office, and support their efforts to gain said office.
Ban that group activity, and by the by go all parties in jurisdiction.

[Nilla Wayfarers]

How do you propose to prevent parties from forming? Even without the parties being formally recognized by the system, people could still organize them.

I would be fine with abolishing the privileges that major parties get (federal funding, automatic ballot access, state support for their primaries), but that wouldn't stop people from forming political parties.

Outlaw them from doing what parties do everywhere, obviously.
What they do is they seek out politically like-minded people and endorse and identify them as individuals willing to seek office, and support their efforts to gain said office.
Ban that group activity, and by the by go all parties in jurisdiction.

You would thereby be attempting to abolish virtually every political group.

[Victoria and Vacuna]

Outlaw them from doing what parties do everywhere, obviously.
What they do is they seek out politically like-minded people and endorse and identify them as individuals willing to seek office, and support their efforts to gain said office.
Ban that group activity, and by the by go all parties in jurisdiction.

You would thereby be attempting to abolish virtually every political group.

Yes, that would be an obvious consequence of outlawing the activities of political parties.
Any sort of social convention which would hinder the formation of parties inevitably decays. The only remaining option would be outlawing them all, and anything like them.

[Nilla Wayfarers]

You would thereby be attempting to abolish virtually every political group.

Yes, that would be an obvious consequence of outlawing the activities of political parties.
Any sort of social convention which would hinder the formation of parties inevitably decays. The only remaining option would be outlawing them all, and anything like them.

You can't effectively outlaw political organization. You just can't. And factions would still develop, just without sponsoring individual candidates.