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Originally Posted by FRPLG
This is what I keep saying. And it floats right up to the politics. The two-party system is just too restrictive in handling the complexities of a nation like ours. It fosters bad ideas and is largely responsible for the mess we're in now.
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It's really a difficult line. I believe in the two party system far more than the fragmented European style systems. But, without doing a historical essay and research, I think that since the nationalization of politics through a powerful media, the 2 party structure has been able to squash any grass root movements that might have risen to challenge them. I think back to the support that Perot received, and feel that in the 1800's that same movement would have had the opportunity to rise up and replace one of the two mainstreams. this is kind of how we kept new ideas percolating with out having our government sorta fall apart when one coalition or another decided to leave.
I hope historians will be able to look back at this period and really evaluate the good and bad effects of the media. I know we are too enmeshed in the now to get an objective view of it.