So just to talk about the Coke vs Pepsi thing a bit... I love Diet Coke, I'm a Coke person for sure. But I have to admit that Pepsi is winning the business wa

So just to talk about the Coke vs Pepsi thing a bit... I love Diet Coke, I'm a Coke person for sure. But I have to admit that Pepsi is winning the business wars, not because of their beverage business, but because of all their other investments. Pepsi used to own KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut (later spun off into Yum! brands), and they still own Frito Lay chips. Coke I don't think has been as good about diversifying their income stream. To take this to the political sphere, the way to win a Duopoly is to cheat and outsmart your opponent. I'd say the republicans are winning this one though, with the electoral college, citizens united, and the way they are playing for votes with fear and hatred. Now to be sure, I'm a democrat, and I don't like what is going on, but even I have to admire an evil genius and how they manage to somehow hold on. It's finding ways around your opponent, not trying to attack them head on. I think if we changed the voting system to a ranked choice system, this would be a big way to swing things back toward the democrats. I'm still always freaked out by people that vote green, and you can see how blue + green > red, but red is still the plurality. Ranked voting would really change this. Even I want to vote green, but am worried that I will affect the spread. Being able to bring in new blood with low risk of going with the worst option would be a huge improvement.