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Simone Weil, Simon Leys, Czeslaw Milosz: On the Abolition of All Political Parties (2014, New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The)

On the Abolition of All Political Parties

Weil nails the reasons why political parties are a danger to freedom and truth. However, although I think political parties are a scourge, I'm less sanguine about passing a law or laws outlawing them. Can't lobbies and uncapped campaign contributions, as well as dozens of other "groups," be just as dangerous? And how would such a law get past the Assembly and Petition clauses of the first amendment? Still, just thinking about how corrupting political parties can be is a move in the right direction.

A short, thought provoking read.