> Having grown up in a country with a vibrant multi party system, I can tell you it's no panacea. In Sweden, the multiple parties self-organized into 2 blocks,

> Having grown up in a country with a vibrant multi party system, I can tell you it's no panacea. In Sweden, the multiple parties self-organized into 2 blocks, so for a while it was effectively like a 2-party system. But occasionally some small parties would switch blocks, disrupting the balance for a while.