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[–] sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social 34 points 5 days ago (25 children)

As a German I don't understand why the USA basically do have two political parties. I know there are technically other parties but they have no impact.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It is actually 2 flavors of the same party. The USA is a one-party state, controlled by the capitalist party.

EDIT: lol you can downvote me while you decide whether you want to vote for the Israel-defending-capitalist-that-ran-on-"securing"-the-border or the other Israel-defending-capitalist-that-ran-on-"securing"-the-border 🤪

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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because they don't do proportional voting like you Germans or we Austrians do, most of their elections (and all federal ones) have one winning candidate in a state or congressional district.

And there is mostly not even a requirement for 50% of the vote, but the candidate with most votes wins. That creates the two party system.

The parties in the US are much broader than in our countries, it's very common for different members of the same party to vote against each other.

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[–] ileftreddit@piefed.social 24 points 5 days ago (9 children)

MKULTA and COINTELPRO were pretty wild. Operation Northwoods as well. And the FBI basically admitted to assassinating Dr King. By the 1990s they learned to eliminate the paper trails, so probably no telling who actually knew what regarding 9/11 or the 20 trillion dollars that vanished into thin air during Iraq and Afghanistan

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[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

For me, it’s the American belief that their laws apply in other sovereign countries. Calling Julian Assange a traitor when he’s Australian and never held American citizenship for example. Demanding his extradition and strong-arming other countries when he’s not beholden to American laws nor constitution as a non-citizen, and believing that it’s their right to do so.

And that’s from speaking with countless American who believe that this is totally justified and above-board.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Flag heilling

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (8 children)

We're weird about foreskins for one

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[–] 5paceThunder@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

I notice American's habitually cannot mind their own business.

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