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Hypothetically, what could we do to our political system to foster cross-party policy? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 weeks ago by AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
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I'm wanting to see more well-rounded policy that can be supported by the major parties regardless of 'who floated it', hoping for better enduring government rather than this 'rip and replace' bullshit.

Obviously with the right wong think tanks invading, this is nothing more than a thought exercise, but i reckon its worth exploring.

My heretical angle is significantly reducing thenterms that parties have in power - not extending to 4 years but instead reducing to 1 or 18 months. The thinking being: If you cant get anything done because the only work one is interested in doing is ideological nonsense that caters to a narrow part of society maybe it shouldn't get off the ground in the first place?

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[โ€“] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for all the clarifications. I would support giving this a go! I think NZ would be a great test bed for major reforms in western democracies, if only we could convince people to give it a go.

[โ€“] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago

Obviously we are never going to give it a go. We are stuck in our ways and follow what we have been given to us by England.

I would love it if the country somehow agreed to a reset. Let's declare ourselves a republic, let's write a constitution, let's set up new and better institutions that will protect human rights and democracy no matter who is in office.

Pipe dreams though. This country is way too conservative to think outside the box. Hell we can't even legalise dope FFS.