I think you can certainly make the case that political parties, as least
as I understand their operation (in the US, the UK and Canada) do claim to
take the long view on the implications of policies. I do not claim
expertise in political science, but I believe that our current parties
descended from what I might call 'general interest groups' -- but today
they seem to be more like collections of 'special interest groups'. It
seems that attending to the general interest has lost its appeal. Indeed,
when I look at parties today, I see lots of instances of Tragedy of the
Commons.
Michael A
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