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2/3rds are unhappy with the two main parties but they're not unhappy in the same ways, so it's not possible for any third party to capture that 67% or probably
by Mountain_Skies 4y ago
2/3rds are unhappy with the two main parties but they're not unhappy in the same ways, so it's not possible for any third party to capture that 67% or probably even 33% or 3.3%. Once they come up with their own bundle of positions, most people are going to be unhappy with something in their platform. Living in an intersectionalist age, anything other than absolute compliance with one's unique set of positions makes others unacceptable and often are seen as being just as "evil" as those who are 100% opposed.
- carapace 4y agoIt reminds me of the "happy families are all alike, unhappy families are unhappy in their own way" quote from Anna Karenina. I think to be successful the first order of business will be to establish the process of reaching compromise itself a base principle. We have to recognize that we can't all get everything we want, but we can try for the "highest common denominator", if you will, of our shared values. We can respect each other even if we don't all agree on every issue.