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I'd argue a much more core issue is simply the primitive voting system guarantees a two-party system. The US desperately needs ranked choice voting which would

I'd argue a much more core issue is simply the primitive voting system guarantees a two-party system. The US desperately needs ranked choice voting which would inject diversity into the system, diversity that's necessary for survival. Any political structure is going to fail when you have a duopoly. One side decides to not play "fair" and bam, everything falls apart. You need to avoid any individual party having full control in the first place. Then the checks and balances can actually function.

temporarely 2y ago
That would be a component of a more modern system but I remain convinced that static functional groupings are systemically erroneous. Arguably the entire political parties approach is boneheaded as well. Entrenched structures and groups. How do we prevent this from happening while insuring sane collective governance with reasonable continuity. That is the question.