Josh Plovanic's Writings and Thoughts

The Dichotomy of Choice In the United States government, the two party system is the preeminent system of political discourse and action in american government and politics. In other nations there may be more than two parties. However, I have come to the understanding that there is an essence a two party system in every major democracy in the world. The reason I believe this to be the case is because of the dichotomy of choice, in that there are often only two choices presented on every major issue facing a legislative governing body: yes or no, for or against, yea or nay. You may abstain from voting, but their is no maybe vote. It either passes or it does not. Also, the two sided political spectrum classifies every major party that exists on this 2 dimensional spectrum as either to the left of center or to the right of center. Because of the Dichotomy of choice, where there are only two valid options to choose from on every major issue when it comes to a vote, there will always

Freedom’s potency as an idea and concept of how we live our lives and what we strive for both individually and societally is unrivaled. We fight over and for this concept in our politics and even have engaged in warfare over this concept. Freedom, by definition, is the ability to make choices without compulsion or force. As an individual it is the ability to direct yourself down the path by which you desire to go down in life and not be forced into something you don’t wish to be a part of. As a nation, it is the ability to govern oneself without the forceful influence of other powers. I want to talk about a metaphysical concept of freedom. This idea entails the perfect manifestation of the state of being free, rightly entitled perfect freedom. Simply put, it is freedom of choice with unlimited options, all of which are benevolent options. In a sense, you could do no wrong, but you could do everything right. Now reality, by its sheer finite nature, has only a