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Originally Posted by Yuri
In a country like the US, with two parties only, it's almost impossible to answer this question.
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Originally Posted by sopas ej
That's the thing, the US has several parties, but the status-quo same two parties have rigged the system to suppress other political parties. They've made it so that those other political parties have to jump through several hoops to make it on the election ballot, and the private organization that organizes the televised presidential debates have basically not allowed other political parties from joining those debates.
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Originally Posted by mhays
It's not the parties, it's the system. You need a broad tent to win. You want your opponents to have a strong third party.
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It will always come down to 2 parties, no matter where you are. This choice versus that choice.
We'd all love to have that 3rd main option in life, right? Except it doesn't exist.
Platforms, philosophies, tenets of other "third" parties become absorbed/watered down/assimilated into one party or the other, generally the "Left" party or the "Right" party.
This is the way it works... action/reaction, North/South, East/West, Yin/Yang...
The idea of a battle, contest, game, election, etc. between more than 2 main parties goes against the very basic forces of our universe.
When is the last time you watched three teams playing against each other on the same field or court?