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And the identity of those two parties has changed over time- when a party loses touch with its base, it can and will be replaced.

• nsonha 5y ago
  you can say the same thing about a single party system, each administration is different
  • avgcorrection 5y ago
    And dynasties… people have kids and die.
    • nsonha 5y ago
      cronyism is still slightly better than bloodline, and not worse than random selection, I mean democracy. Politicians don't spend all of their office time running instead of doing work.
      • avgcorrection 5y ago
        > and not worse than random selection, I mean democracy. Not worse based on what? > Politicians don't spend all of their office time running instead of doing work. Of course not. They just spend a ton of time on the phone with the people who are their actual constituents, i.e. their donors.