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Political parties became like football teams. You defended your team, not because it was good but because it was yours. You voted for this politician or that politician, not because you liked his ideas, but because he was from your party, he spoke your dialect, or you could see yourself sharing a beer with him at the kopitiam. Taken to the extreme, parties could poison democracy... Individuals changed theirs minds. Their views evolved. Part manifestos seldom did.
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