Does anyone else feel that division between 'Left' and 'right' only serves to further divide us?

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[–]book-of-saturday 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

If you look from a foreginer's perspective, American elections are ridiculous. Two parties is not a democracy. Voting without an id, through obscure voting machines, then the superdelagates and lobbying. Even some Latin American countries (known for their corruption) have more transparent elections.

Funny how Americans see lobbying as something normal. It should be illegal that representantives listen to anyone other than the People they represent. Here in my country the government gives an equal amount of money to parties so they can spend on their campaigns. Lobbying is illegal. Elections here are still shit, but I can't imagine how worse they would be with legal corporate lobbying.

[–]Diddykingsmackin 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is two parties, but it also isn't two parties. I could be wrong, but in many countries aren't coalitions formed after the election? In the US, the coalitions are formed before the elections. One party will absorb the idea group into its platform. For example, the green movement was absorbed by the Democrats while the strong pro gun movement was absorbed by the Republicans. In other countries, it seems like you would vote for the green party, who itself joins a coalition after the election. So even though there are only two parties, they each have a good chunk of single issue voters who only vote for the part due to the pre election coalition being formed.