I grew up during the second half of the 20th century during a time when some sense of patriotism existed in our local schools. We recited the Pledge of Allegiance in front of our American flag to start every day in class and studied about American history in related classes. There was, however not much discussion on political parties since this was considered a subject that could cause great contention, and that was avoided at all costs.

After graduating school and starting my adult career I was confused about political parties and how I should feel about them. My parents were pretty closed mouthed about politics. The friends I had that had political affiliations made pretty weak arguments when I questioned them on their beliefs. I can’t count the number of times I heard rhetoric that went something like “My grandpa was a democrat, my dad was a democrat and I’m a democrat, too”. Or “Republicans are just for big business”. Maybe something like “Democrats are for the farmer”.

I took all this in with skepticism, always looking for proof of their point in real life, but never really finding any truth in what I observed. Fact was, I saw some good in the way politicians handled public affairs and some shadowy acts, from both political parties. Over the 30 years of the 20th century that I enjoyed adulthood I saw very few politicians that I admired, learned that most all of them would say anything to get elected and then do whatever they pleased. Most elections were more about keeping the seemingly evil candidate out of office, but feeling like the one who won wasn’t much better.

As I grew older the thought that haunted me more than any other about politics was “Why can’t we get someone to run for office that I feel good about, someone who honestly wants to help us?” But as we entered the 21st century and continued the march onward it became apparent that there simply weren’t good choices in candidates presented to the voters. Then as the years progressed I became highly suspicious that our votes were even being tallied correctly. Although I consider it my duty to vote my conscience, I feel that what I put into the ballot box may be “flipped” into a vote I did not cast.

I began to study the progression of bogus politics due to my frustration with a system that I felt I couldn’t trust. All along I have been suspicious that:

• The two main political parties are both corrupt
• I am uncomfortable aligning myself to either political party
• I feel the political parties are manipulating voters by dividing them on issues
• I feel that most candidates use this division to gain office and will lie to get it
• That once a politician is elected they will do whatever they please no matter how their constituents feel about a given topic
• That most voters have been conditioned to buy the lies and vote as if they were picking a favorite sports team

Don’t misunderstand; I’m not suggesting that ALL politicians are corrupt, but I do believe that there aren’t very many good ones. So upon pondering the situation the question came to me “Why do these political parties exist when we feel we can’t trust them, and has this always been the way political problems were handled?”

Political Parties Did Not Always Exist In America

It appears that at least some of the founding fathers were against the notion of political parties existing in our new republic. This was based on experience from the history of Europe and the problems that arose from them. It’s not necessary to study deeply into history to discover their reasoning – just look at the result from the dictionary site Britannica:

political party, a group of persons organized to acquire and exercise political power.

OK, so power over who? Well, given our hindsight of 200 years we can see the result. Members of congress, for the most part, seek election for 2 reasons:

• Power
• Money

From my experience members of congress spend enormous amounts of time and money wrestling for power and making sure they are well paid. A retiring congressman will make a fat income for LIFE, and a career congressman will continue to amass fortunes while in office. All the while our true interests as citizens are ignored in favor of cronyism.

Are Political Parties Bad?

My feeling is – NO. Not necessarily, although the existence of political parties in our current system of government attracts predatory individuals who are mostly interested in – you guessed it POWER AND MONEY. Every election cycle we see candidates running for election that claim to be “for the people”. Then after the election we sometimes find out that they never had any intention of representing us, but are in it for their own best interests.

Worse still, some candidates are secretly representing our own worst enemies and when found out can be very hard to remove. Many voters do not take the time to research who they vote for, and it’s not always their fault. I’ve found it can be really hard to find much information about a candidate before the election.

Having differences in opinion is healthy for the law making process. This is natural when the whole country is represented in the process, and so it seems logical that political parties should exist. It’s the way things have been done all our lives. Although we may not like the way politics is handled in our country today, it’s hard to imagine something that would work better.

I’ve researched enough to find a couple of alternative methods that I like better, both based on “God’s law”.

Political Systems That Have Worked Nicely In The Past

In studying the topic two superior systems came to light, and actually functioned much the same. Furthermore these two systems carried much weight in the framing of our constitution by the founding fathers, who were very conscience and informed on the subject. These were:

• Anlgo- Saxon law
• Ancient Israel law

I won’t get technically in depth with the way these factions functioned, since you can research and learn the facts just as I have. But the gist of the topic in a nutshell is that the communities were made up of families – or tribes. Everyone in the society belonged to a tribe, either by descent or by being included in some other way. In both societies the laws in general were fashioned after “God’s law” and complete compliance was expected by every family. The success of both of these societies depended on honest and virtuous nature of people in general.

Organization within the society amounted to grouping these tribes together in tens, groups of tens into one hundreds, and so forth. In order to operate their government on a large scale every tribe “elected” a member of the tribe who would represent them in a larger council. These representatives were trusted individuals who would protect the interests of the tribe in a fair and impartial way while negotiating with other tribes.

In this way “voting” was trusted to someone who was known to be impeccably honest and the entire system was simplified to the point where “big government” was truly done by the voice of the people. I think it goes without proving that these officials were held responsible for their decisions when they returned to report to their tribe.

Thus many issues of societal importance were handled at the tribal level, which took much of the burden of governing away from the leaders of larger groups of people. It was agreed that crimes such as murder or theft were simply not tolerated and were quickly resolved at the tribal level.

The Problem We Face – Dead End

During my lifetime some members of congress have become very brazen in their opinions regarding the US Constitution and how it is obsolete. They also are prone to speaking outright lies to the public through the media about their intentions or actions. They are indignant to the point of making it clear that the voting public’s opinion does not matter, or will lie about what the public really believes.

So much for “honest and virtuous” people representing us in our government. No matter how they try to follow such a nefarious agenda, it can only last so long. People simply will not tolerate being lied to, and the guilty parties will eventually be ostracized. At that point the voting public will demand a new form of leadership, and I believe “God’s law” in some form will be the result AND THE CONSTITUTION WILL STAND.