Well neither of you have addressed the questions and\or maybe aren't able to or willing to because oh no we can't address truths but speak in platitudes.

I'm assuming we are going to pretend to ignore them. If we can't talk about the actual reality of TSP and what has happened then we are going to ignore the fact that parties evolved out of the state of very real events. I mean one parties platform at least grew out of actual events in the region.

Again,
1. What are you proposing in terms of parties? Some measure of control or?
2. How does curtailing parties in any way protect democracy?
3. How does curtailing parties stop the old-fashioned politicking that has been going on for quite a while?
4. How do you ensure fairness for all people, especially the majority?

I'm not a member of a party, at least not as of yet. However, within this discussion and the other two threads that revolve around or somehow turned into a discussion of parties I see critiques:
1. How can a party member be neutral (regarding Farengeto's appointment by DM)?
Which really doesn't make sense based on the fact that our previous appointee Raven was not only not neutral (and prone to high emotions) but had very clear sides\friends\imperalist goals.

2. Parties choosing candidates is a BIG PROBLEM bc we're a meritocracy aren't we?
Nope, honey, we're not. See: Wolf, et al.

So, again what are parties doing (other than the transparency - which some of this discussion seems to be a "Hide away what your doing to make it less obvious like the rest of people do") that is abnormal? Or what is being proposed regarding them?