There are theories like Duverger’s Law[0] to try to account for why a two-party system emerges from the voting conditions in most of the US. Giving the appeara

There are theories like Duverger’s Law[0] to try to account for why a two-party system emerges from the voting conditions in most of the US. Giving the appearance of conceding to collective bargaining, when really just ensuring that a single monopoly union is in their pocket, is just another type of regulatory capture. [0]: < https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law > Added: a concise way to understand Duverger’s Law, if you are mathematically inclined, is to say that plurality-rule is like L1 regularization among political parties, tending to force the participation of small parties to zero and create a sparse set of parties (generally only two). Whereas proportional representation is like L2 regularization, allowing non-zero participation by many parties.