Is there a Two Party System?

[MGee]

Pretty interesting read arguing, in effect, no: HERE

 

[Pauls' Revere]

Props!

 

[FrankRep]

Professor Carroll Quigley explains why United States Policy doesn't change:

The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to the doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can "throw the rascals out" at any election without leading to any profound or extreme shifts in policy. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies.

- Professor Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope (1966), p. 1247-1248​

 

[akforme]

Both parties have the exact same primary principle, primary goals and they both do the exact same things to achieve it. The primary principle is win the next election. They'll sell everyone and every belief for that. And it's what's causing the gridlock.