"Party loyalty" is antagonistic to real democracy.

The democratic spirit is a spirit that emanates from the Bottom of triadic government and instigates the Top of government to structure itself for the benefit and "welfare of the People". "Hard" Party ideology is antagonistic to this spirit because it fixates the parameters of Party ideology in such a way that it excludes the welfare of the People. Its Party platforms usually benefits the Party as an institution and the corporate structures. Its connections to the corporate world reflects the obvious fact, that its primary concern is to follow the value system of capitalism, which uses a medium of exchange( money and property) to sustain itself. Capitalism is important, but capitalism is driven by a different value system than the democratic spirit. Is there anybody in political office that can see that? Capitalism is an economic system not a democratic system. The economy is important, but it should not be the engine of democratic politics. What has happened to us? We invent an economic system that drives itself and then( here is where we make our mistake)turn all our political attention to the medium of exchange(money)of the economy. What happens to democracy? Well, we say, first I want to be comfortable and then I'll become democratic. Well, that attitude underestimates the power and force of Greed. No, when it comes to accumulation of money and striking a region of comfort, there are no parameters. The sky is the limit and that 'sky' reaches all the way up; all the way to the Top 1%. "Hard" Party affiliates assume that they are driving the force(greed) and its the force(greed) that is driving them. Evidently, someone who has a lot, always wants more. That attitude can completely destroy democracy; it can very well produce a Plutocracy in its place. Greed cannot drive democratic government, but it sure can destroy it. Politicians must learn not to 'mix' oil with water; that they 'play' two 'games', one is politics and the other is 'economic'; and never should the two mix. Its not efficient. Politics is not about profits, and the economy is not democratic.