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thomhartmann

(3,979 posts) Thu Jul 28, 2016, 03:09 PM Jul 2016

How Did The Two Party System Take Over America?

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How Did The Two Party System Take Over America? (Original Post) thomhartmann Jul 2016 OP

There have always been two marybourg Jul 2016 #1

Yes. We were warned. zentrum Jul 2016 #2

It seems like political parties often form two camps, the optimates and the populares, tclambert Jul 2016 #3

marybourg

(12,586 posts)

1. There have always been two

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 03:55 PM

Jul 2016

(major) parties. Just not with the same names as the two we have now.

Or were you really implying that they have somehow "taken over" the country? If that's the question, I don't know the answer.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)

2. Yes. We were warned.

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 05:50 PM

Jul 2016

Wish we had a parliamentary system like other seemingly more democratic democracies.

For example, I think the terrible gridlock that so hurt Obama and us for the last 8 years could not have happened.

tclambert

(11,084 posts)

3. It seems like political parties often form two camps, the optimates and the populares,

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 08:43 PM

Jul 2016

to use an ancient Roman example, the aristocracy versus the commoners. One party has the wealth, but the other has the numbers.

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