r/SipsTea • • 1d ago

Chugging tea "You're fired"

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u/SlightlyConfuscated 1d ago

Can we just make two new parties and start fresh? Asking for George Washington

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u/Tall-Communication34 1d ago

Goeorge Washington warned against political parties.

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u/SlightlyConfuscated 1d ago

And foreign entanglements

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u/flip69 1d ago

They all warned against having a standing army…

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u/APence 1d ago

“A well regulated militia” also…

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u/flip69 1d ago

Yes the citizens themselves being armed and capable… you know.. kinda like Sweden

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u/Whogotthebutton 1d ago

He was not the only one, just one of the first... on this island anyway.

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u/pudukai 1d ago

Silly George. What is life without a party?

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u/mathazar- 1d ago

why only 2? that's part of the problem

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u/SlightlyConfuscated 1d ago

I'm cool with 0, but more than 2 is asking for England's problems. No thanks on that.

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u/Ilkhana 1d ago

What? Due to first past the post they usually had just two parties. Labor and the Tories.

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u/SlightlyConfuscated 1d ago

There are 410 officially registered political parties in the UK. A quick Google search sorted that out

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u/Ilkhana 1d ago

If the parliament is always Tories or Labor with a PM from one of those two, what does it matter how many parties there are? The US has like 50 eligible parties but only 2 actually matter.

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u/Proper-Raise-1450 1d ago

The US also has plenty, just like in the UK they have basically no power:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States