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US: No mention of other political parties, other than republicans and democrats? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Papanca@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca
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First off, i live in Europe, so i honestly don't know too much about politics in other parts of the world, other than what i sometimes see in the news. I hope my innocent question doesn't trigger any nastiness.

My question is; in discussions i see only talk about democrats vs republicans, for instance discussions only about Biden and/or Trump. But my understanding is that there are other political parties one can vote for. However, i never see any mention of them. So, is it that most people are not interested in those? Or maybe they don't get enough media time? Or are they seen as too extreme? Are the US basically a two-party system? And does it change over time? There are a lot of worries in the world - i don't need to name all of them - but this seems to trigger more extreme views. Does this mean that those other parties attract more voters nowadays?

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[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Consolidation of power. It sucks. They have found we are easier to control when you just have a bad choice and a worse choice. Easier to divide into “us vs them”. And we have too many people that ate lead paint chips when they were young running things that think this is the only way and refuse to change it.

[–] Papanca@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That sounds like they - democrats and republicans - would not have any incentive to change this by law, to make it more fair...

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

They don’t. Corporations buy them off and force their agenda through the system, further entrenching their power. Also, in America, companies have the same freedoms and rights as individuals, according to Citizens United vs FEC.. So now I’m sure foreign entities are now using this avenue as well to further their agendas.

We need a good old “French Revolution”.