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Why are the two American political parties so much more firmly entrenched than in other bourgeoisie democracies? (hexbear.net)
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In highschool we were taught of "party realignment" to new voter preferences, where it seems in parliamentary systems they would just form new parties and let the old ones die off. (See the UK now)

It's not entirely due to the republican structure of government, because the US did cycle through a few parties before landing on these two. Republicans being deified for winning the Civil War makes sense but why did the Democrats not die out at least?

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[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Ahhh, Thomas Frank. The first bridge into baseddom for many a commie. He’s still technically a LIB but he went on Chapo and he more than has my respect.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

Lol, yeah. I kept meaning to read the rest of his books, but like once you've read Listen, Liberal you shouldn't really need the rest of his works. People's response to it also serves as a pretty good baseline, imo, of their potential for radicalization. If they've read Listen, Liberal and they're arguing against it, they're not worth my time. That's a bigger gap than I can bridge.