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Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be. (lemmy.world)
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[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yet we still always have the Liberals or the Conservatives in power... the power always ends up consolidated anyway, at least here in Canada.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

That makes sense logically. At the end of the day people lead toward groups with shared views. A lot of the issue tend to be yes/no like answers which creates two parties

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 1 month ago

Don't think of it as politics, think of it as a regime. They control the political process and switch spots based on public sentiment.

The political process is a charade as long as people keep voting in polarized way. The propaganda is there to keep us polarized. Most Anglo sphere appears to be infected at this point.