Ask HN: Could the HN model help cause an informed citizenry regarding politics?

If you (being sufficiently motivated to read here and write this query) are still voting along party lines, why do you think it would change anything among your Daily Show / Fox News watching family.

So you make a site, and the first article says this: "Raising the minimum wage helps working families and is good for the economy." and the second article says this: "Raising the minimum wage destroys jobs and is bad for the economy." What, exactly, has been accomplished?

You can go find countless examples of such articles on the 'net already - free for the reading. And most still vote along party lines.

I frequently read articles that argue a different position than the one I hold. They're occasionally interesting, but rarely even make me think, much less change my mind.

If you want to improve politics here in the US, it appears the only solution is some form of balkanization ... not another useless website.

And even if MayDay PAC does "fly", all that really means is that they got some crowdsourced money - this does not mean they will have any influence at all on US elections. Color me skeptical. Perhaps they will, but worrying only about how campaigns are financed strikes me as rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic - it's debatable whether that is even in the top ten of our list of dire problems.

For instance, "pro-family" organizations oppose abortion, but don't oppose any of the many social changes that destroy families, such as divorce.

Organized feminism, such as NOW, sticks to "pro-choice" as the only "pro-women" policy that their members can agree upon.

So long as an irreconcilable issue like this exists, politicians don't need to talk about anything else.

Republicans back the Keystone XL pipeline because it proves they are "good for business" and the democrats are not.

Democrats oppose the Keystone XL pipeline because it prove they are "good for the environment" and the republicans are not.

In reality, either having or not having the Keystone XL pipeline is the end of the world. But while politicians are pretending it is, they can appear "legitimate" without having to deliver anything at all in terms of promoting business or protecting the environment.