Party Discontent at Cal Maritime and Nationally
America is supposed to be the great democratic experiment. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness guiding the purpose of government. A place where you can worship whoever and whatever you want while being able to speak your opinions without legal repercussions. A government for the people by the people. Nothing is perfect and everybody cannot be happy at the same time but if these guiding principles are followed government could maybe get close. That dream of a perfect government has been adulterated and now to many Americans American government has become by the party for the party.
People feel that they aren’t being represented by the people they have elected to represent them leading to …show more content…
Ethan Beigel, a friendly 4/C male cadet, gave his thoughts on the effectiveness of parties in politics. He believes political parties were important because without them there would be too many opinions to get one focused goal accomplished. Beigel also expressed that parties can be harmful when they are too big by creating biased opinions in their constituents through media and campaigning. He suggested that parties should be smaller to allow smaller parties to have their voices heard. Erik Schlechter, a quiet yet happy 4/C male cadet, thought that parties had a lot of potential to offer the function of government. His view was that parties were able to represent large groups of people with different views and interpretations on issues allowing the government to function for the people. He thought parties should have less power because representatives in Congress seem to represent their party more than the people that elected them. Joseph Foust, a serious looking 4/C male cadet who was a Boatswain mate in the Coast Guard, had a pessimistic view of parties in government. In his view government would be better if parties didn’t exist such as when George Washington was president. Without parties, he believes that people wouldn’t have to pick sides and that representatives would come together to find a middle …show more content…
Wycoff believes that parties are going to be a reality in politics because people will always come together around their interests to represent them. Wycoff also expressed that parties have much to contribute to the effectiveness of the political process, comparing parties to one person trying to organize and fund a frat party instead of a bunch of people coming together to put on a party. In politics, a party can come together and control committees allowing bills to come to the floor quickly. When people come together to get something done they will be more effective than as individuals. His critique on parties and collective voices, in general, is that they can be Darwinistic and silence the smaller voices. Parties can be an effective way of representing people and getting things done but currently, they are too unwilling to
America is supposed to be the great democratic experiment. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness guiding the purpose of government. A place where you can worship whoever and whatever you want while being able to speak your opinions without legal repercussions. A government for the people by the people. Nothing is perfect and everybody cannot be happy at the same time but if these guiding principles are followed government could maybe get close. That dream of a perfect government has been adulterated and now to many Americans American government has become by the party for the party.
People feel that they aren’t being represented by the people they have elected to represent them leading to …show more content…
Ethan Beigel, a friendly 4/C male cadet, gave his thoughts on the effectiveness of parties in politics. He believes political parties were important because without them there would be too many opinions to get one focused goal accomplished. Beigel also expressed that parties can be harmful when they are too big by creating biased opinions in their constituents through media and campaigning. He suggested that parties should be smaller to allow smaller parties to have their voices heard. Erik Schlechter, a quiet yet happy 4/C male cadet, thought that parties had a lot of potential to offer the function of government. His view was that parties were able to represent large groups of people with different views and interpretations on issues allowing the government to function for the people. He thought parties should have less power because representatives in Congress seem to represent their party more than the people that elected them. Joseph Foust, a serious looking 4/C male cadet who was a Boatswain mate in the Coast Guard, had a pessimistic view of parties in government. In his view government would be better if parties didn’t exist such as when George Washington was president. Without parties, he believes that people wouldn’t have to pick sides and that representatives would come together to find a middle …show more content…
Wycoff believes that parties are going to be a reality in politics because people will always come together around their interests to represent them. Wycoff also expressed that parties have much to contribute to the effectiveness of the political process, comparing parties to one person trying to organize and fund a frat party instead of a bunch of people coming together to put on a party. In politics, a party can come together and control committees allowing bills to come to the floor quickly. When people come together to get something done they will be more effective than as individuals. His critique on parties and collective voices, in general, is that they can be Darwinistic and silence the smaller voices. Parties can be an effective way of representing people and getting things done but currently, they are too unwilling to