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Article: Why I left the Greens.(Thinking Politically)(Personal account)
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- Synthesis/Regeneration
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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This article is intended as a warning to those Greens in developed Anglophone countries who live in a bipartite regime and, consequently, look to the successes of European Greens and sigh: "If only we had proportional elections too ..." Yes, it is true; we had a lot of elected members. So what? Do you think it is a fairy tale now? On the contrary, please walk the children out; I am going to tell you the awful truth.
The presence of a high proportion of elected members in a relatively small party creates two social classes internally. I mean social classes, not just social groups. The differences in income, social contacts, job opportunities, access to ...