(April 17, 2015 at 10:47 am)Faith No More Wrote: I don't think the Democrats are near as bad as the Republicans, but I do think the two party system absolutely has to go. We keep propping up bad politicians to prevent even worse politicians from taking power. Combine the billionaire influence and all of the money corrupting the process and the whole thing becomes a farce.
The true problem is than any real change falls into the category of idealism given the concentration of power lies with the people who like the system just as it is. Because of all these issues and the insignificance of my one vote, I've become extremely apathetic to voting, but somehow, every year, the GOP manages to pull someone out of their ass that frightens me enough to vote for a Democrat.
More choices doesn't mean a system cannot be gamed or that the system will be more effective. Again, India has tons of political parties, and still has way more poverty than we do.
The problem is not our system, outside Citizen's United, and say lack of term limits for all of congress. But more parties has nothing to do with will that alone fix things, and the answer is no.
Effectiveness is what matters, and even if you add more parties you still have to have something effective in the end.
More choices vs less choices is a dodge. Anti monopoly enforcement and economic stability are what matter.
