既成政党の衰退 The Decline of Established Political Parties

最近の選挙で既成政党は横ばいか、議席を減らし、その総括と対策に忙しいようです。

その衰退理由は明快で、自然です。

経済成長が失われた30年間の間ずっと、議員たちは自分たちの世界だけでの権力争いと自己利益獲得だけに注力し、国民と国民生活を無視し、所得向上を実現できなかったからです。

（これは日本だけに限ったことではありませんが。）

新しく生まれた政党がこの今までの状態を変える能力と実力があるかは疑問ですが、有権者の一定数は彼らに期待しているのでしょう。（私は期待していませんが。）

成長率が止まった社会で沈滞した状況を打破するキーワードは社会構成人間の多様化、地球環境の改善技術の開発、人間社会の不平等な平等主義の打破、大都会への人口集中阻止、少人数で効率的な社会の移行推進、他ですが、そのためには個人個人がそれぞれ責任をもって他人に過度に依存せず、ちゃんと自立することです。

期待できない政党、信用もできない政党に私たちはどうすればいいのでしょうか。

In Japan, in recent elections, all of the established political parties lost seats and seem to be busy reviewing the results and devising countermeasures.

The reason for this decline is clear and natural.

Over the past 30 years of stagnant economic growth in Japan, politicians have focused solely on power struggles within their own circles and on pursuing their own interests. In doing so, they have ignored the people and their livelihoods and failed to achieve our income growth. (This is not limited to Japan, though.)

It is uncertain whether the newly emerged political parties have the ability to change this situation, but some voters are likely to pin their hopes on them. (However, I do not share that optimism.)

Keywords to breaking the stagnant situation in a growth-stalled society include diversifying society's human composition, developing technologies to improve the global environment, dismantling unequal egalitarianism in human society, preventing population concentration in major cities, and promoting the transition to a more efficient, smaller-population society. To achieve this, however, each individual must take responsibility, avoid excessive dependence on others, and achieve true self-reliance.

What should we do about the political parties we can neither expect nor trust?