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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Feb 2017

    Idea: Start a new political party, and only allow a new D to join when you can recruit a new R as well (or vice versa).

    5:55 AM - 27 Feb 2017
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      2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Advanced version: Make the new D (or R) find the new R (or D) themselves before they can join.

        10 replies 4 retweets 16 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Feb 2017
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        To make this work, you'd be forced to discover a platform that would appeal a lot to moderates.

        2 replies 1 retweet 26 likes
      4. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Just as startups, in order to grow, are forced to discover an idea that appeals to users.

        9 replies 6 retweets 38 likes
      5. David Silva Smith‏ @DavidSilvaSmith 27 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        that's interesting. I was trying to wrap my head around why people would join

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      6. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Feb 2017
        Replying to @DavidSilvaSmith

        The point of this exercise would be discover the policies that would make them join.

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      7. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Feb 2017
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        To use the need to hit growth targets as a compass, the way startups do.

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      1. Mike Eisenstein‏ @m_eisenstein 27 Feb 2017
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        like the Missouri Compromise but for Congress itself

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      1. Gary McGhee‏ @gazmcghee 28 Feb 2017
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        Yes! Would defeat a lot of silly binary divisions and gain public support at the same time. Something radical like this is required.

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      1. Will Barnes‏ @willcbarnes 28 Feb 2017
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        I was just talking about something similar 👍

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      1. Alex Zuzin‏ @zvozin 28 Feb 2017
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        long as you freely admit the unaffiliated. But given the ballot access laws, why even?

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      1. Fabrice de Gaudemar‏ @fgaudemar 27 Feb 2017
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        look at @EmmanuelMacron in France, who founded a new political movement from scratch, with progressists from both sides #EnMarche

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      1. Null Vector‏ @clkunzang 27 Feb 2017
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        Will there be Feynman diagrams?

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      1. Matt Laszuk‏ @mlasz 27 Feb 2017
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        I think states we're added to the union in a similar way, pro/anti slavery being the divide

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      1. Graeham Douglas‏ @Graeham 27 Feb 2017
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        Counter-proposal: do not allow the President to rep or be funded by a party. Separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

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      1. vijaygkg‏ @vijaygkg 27 Feb 2017
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        if they fill in a form jointly (+supply a joint statement of the cause they want to promote), and if they are both card carrying R &D

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      1. cuchullain‏ @cuchullain 27 Feb 2017
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        Let the wolf and the sheep decide what to have for lunch?

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      1. Shannon McNay‏ @shannonmcnay 27 Feb 2017
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        Yes. We need collaboration, not division. We need our disagreements to challenge us in a positive way, not shut us down.

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