Reply #8: A modest proposal: A National Preparedness political party

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I think it is time to discard "left" and "right" political categories. The political party of the near future should be the "National Preparedness Party", whose platform will be that the government's primary function is to protect the public from harm. This would be a party that would work to harden building codes and infrastructure, and prepare for coming disasters. The party would be pro-environmentalist because enviromentalism isn't a matter of protecting cute spotted owls, it's a matter of national security. Healthy air, water and land will be needed to feed us and protect us from massive flooding and so forth. The National Preparedness Party will also take dramatic action towards energy independence, instead of leaving our energy policy to the transnational petroleum corporations; and of course it will take decisive action against greenhouse gas emissions.