"I'm kinda interested in why people want to 'belong' to political parties."

I think if you want something done, you need to accept that on your own you are effectively powerless.

So you need to look for an organization that reperesents your interests the best and is most likely to be able to get something done about them.

For most people in the UK and the USA that means voting for one of two main political parties.

For some it means joining one or other of them to try and influence the outcome of elections to a greater extent than a single vote allows by campaigning.

For less, it means joining and trying to influence the party of their choice to be more representative of thier views.

For a very few, it means seeking to lead the party of their choice and using the party to become elected into positions of political power.

I know what I think, and you might sometimes have the patience to read about it, and on occasion even care. ;-)

But my voice is a drop in the ocean of ones and zero's that constitutes our virtual global consciousness and the chances of me being the social butterfly who created the political storm are infinitesmally small.

If I had the motivation I would join a party, but for now I content myself with using my vote as intelligently as I can.