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It lends itself particularly well to a two-party system. I mean a two-party system is basically a one-party system with an extra step. Right or Left, Black or White, Up or Down, This Thing or That Thing. Very easy to pit people against each other. Candidate A wants lower taxes and reinstitute slavery. Candidate B wants higher taxes and blanket death penalty for all crimes. Which side are YOU on?
I cannot believe how broken the American political system is, and I do not see it surviving, it is going to just slowly crumble like Rome did, only faster. It just can't survive, it is fundamentally flawed and is incapable of scaling over time, it's like a perpetually growing Jenga tower that also constantly has load bearing pieces plucked out of it.
I'm genuinely surprised it is actually still standing, I thought it would be over by now, like when the needle has been firmly stuck on red for twenty minutes and your car just inexplicably keeps going on fumes, like, how can this fucker still be going?!
A two party system is infinitely better than one.