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Is the Internet destroying the U.S. two party system?
- jcslzr 11y agopolitical parties should be illegal, one of the founding fathers warned us about it
- thekaleb 11y agoA good first step would be to get rid of the R and D next to names on state sponsored ballots.
- PaulHoule 11y agoThe system is destroying itself. Nader likened in 2000 to two drunk boxers who are leaning on each other for support. The constant state of "phony war" means that politicians can get legitimacy by participating in symbolic fights over unimportant issues and thus don't get called account for dealing with the problems in front of them. At point it is breaking down. Right-Wing hysteria is revealing itself to be a scam like Scientology.
- dozzie 11y agoThe big problem with modern politics (US or otherwise) is that the issues are bundled together without any regard of being connected other than "it was always bundled this way", like gun ownership with gay marriage with market regulation. Society can't hold politicians accountable for specific issues, it's always a package. The (hypothetical) guy did a good job on banking regulation, but made sh&t all over intellectual property, and he only can be "fired" as a whole, by not being elected later. And now try to rally up enough force because of the IP bill! You won't get much leverage, because you attack him, which includes banking issue, so you'll get an opposition that doesn't care about IP, but likes his work about banks. Why not reward him for the former action and punish for the latter?
- DougN7 11y agoIMHO, the best thing for the US would be a legitimate third party. Doesn't even really matter too much what it stands for as long as it forces coalitions to form which I hope will pull everyone back towards the center.
- thekaleb 11y agoThat cannot happen until the US does away with first-past-the-post voting.