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Trouble is, for people who do realize and care, there isn't much we can actually do. Our two party system is effectively preventing change through the establis
by techdmn 2y ago
Trouble is, for people who do realize and care, there isn't much we can actually do. Our two party system is effectively preventing change through the established channels, and I'm not super interested in sustaining a life-altering injury in the process of protesting.
- vundercind 2y agoThe two party system is a huge weak point. Consider what it means for someone who wants, say, limited but substantial restrictions on abortions. Their choices are a low-restrictions party or a party that attempts to ban it entirely every chance they get. Where’s their representation on that issue? Doesn’t exist. Further consider that if they decide one of those is closer to their position than the other, and they take that issue very seriously, they’re now stuck supporting the entire rest of that party’s agenda no matter how much they hate it, if they want to vote close to their own views on the issue. Repeat for all other issues. The system basically guarantees most voters don’t agree that much with the party they end up supporting. WTF. And the only way to fix it is an uphill—scratch that, up mountain—battle against the two parties, since they benefit greatly from the current system. [edit] it’s a weak point, to clarify, because it enables all kinds of bundling of terrible, unpopular, and even dangerous-to-democracy policies with other issues. It elevates those unpopular positions by holding other issues hostage, basically.