Why we have political parties

I recently heard someone say that we should do away with political parties, and just focus on beliefs and values. The problem with this is that there are two prominent, very strong and mutually exclusive ways of looking at the
world, which also happen to correspond largely with the two major political parties in the United States. One values the historic principles of the foundation of the United States, as well as traditional values and morals
that have, in general, served humanity well for the last several thousand years. It believes that human life is sacred, and strives to promote individual liberties and the ideals of capitalism, starting with individual
hard work.

The other party holds almost a complete opposite view of the world. It posits that the United States is a fine establishment, but that it must be fundamentally changed in order to be what the founders intended. (isn't
this strange...the founders established the United States over 200 years ago, and just now, Liberals have discovered that the founders had it right, but that we've been on the wrong track for all these centuries...) They
also feel in general that we must change society in order to better reflect changing times. They value human life, but only insofar as it doesn't impede on a woman's right to destroy human life that she has been a party to
creating when it's inconvenient for her. They believe that individual liberty is nice, but it's more important to confer our freedoms to an ever-expanding government that MUST obviously know better than ourselves
what is best for us because, why else would an all-powerful government be all-powerful, if it didn't know better than the individual? And of course, they believe that capitalism is the root of all evil, and that to truly be a
righteous nation, we must take everything that has been earned by any person or entity of ambition, and transfer it to anyone who hasn't worked equally hard, but who feels that they want those benefits which they have not
earned.

In summary, one party furthers the notion that hard work should be rewarded, and that individuals who act like adults should be treated like adults. The other party instead feels that people who work hard, and people who do not work hard, should receive equal reward, and that, because some people are not worthy of being treated as adults, that NO ONE should be treated as an adult. Until these two worldviews can be reconciled, there will always be a need for two political parties.