The chans (or at least the political parts) are fundamentally anarchist (which reflects the structure of the board). Since there are only two successful parties

The chans (or at least the political parts) are fundamentally anarchist (which reflects the structure of the board). Since there are only two successful parties in the US, neither of them anarchist (or even libertarian) in any substantial respect, the intersection of chan politics and US politics manifests in weird ways.