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this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2026
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Isnt this the same in every democratic country? A political party is an organized group of people who share a common set of goals, values, whatever. They make their own rules, and who they decide to put up for election is entirely up to the organization by the rules they have set up for themselves.
Might be different in the US since you have a two party system and it seems that there is some official involvement in the elections of candidates
To me this sounds somewhat similar to elections that happened in socialist dicatorships. People voted but not much to choose from.
Well. Thats an issue. You can only choose from people whom the organization has put up. Few people participate in organizations/parties.
But you are free to make your own party and nominate who ever you like. So I don't really agree with your statement.
It's easy to complain. How would you organize elections?
It was a bit of tongue in cheek comment...but I agree that a mere possibility of change can restrain the rulers. Those socialist systems fell apart when people had option to disagree.