@MySideIsHumanity @freemo

And everything in the entire world that is wrong, or ever goes wrong, is always your fault if you vote third party!!! Never hold power accountable!

@Mary625

Remember a vote for Trump is a vote for Trump, a vote for anyone who isnt Trump is also a vote for Trump... except Biden, he is the only person you can vote for without voting for Trump!

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@freemo @Mary625 @MySideIsHumanity

I wonder how you all got here, why there are only two parties and two presidential candidates in the United States ๐Ÿค”
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So the two party system hoax, is bore out but an illusion that does lend to this thinking, and it can be understood why.

In FPTP voting systems there is a strong tendency for each election for there to be at most 2 parties that collect most of the votes. What a FPTP system does not do is cause the same 2 parties to consistently win during each election.

But its an illusion because it is not reflection actually support from the people. They will vote for someone other than who they want as a compromise. Sot eh actual "real" support is usually wildly different than the public manifestation of support in the form of votes.

In other words if parties have A: 35% B: 33% C:32% in terms of peoples preferred candidate, what you will see is the actual vote will turn out to be A:51% B: 49% C: 2%

However the very next year if C gains 1% support and B looses 1% support then the very next year you will see a sudden shift in votes at A: 51% B: 2% C: 49%

So while there isnt **really** a two party system this illusion tends to make people thing it is. Then once they think it is it becomes self reinforcing people people are idiots.

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@freemo @MySideIsHumanity

Exactly what it is here. The DNC admitted in court that they choose the candidate in backroom deals. It's all about, and always about, the money.

Nothing was done about voter's rights, women's right, healthcare, minimum wage, the wage gap, the wealth gap, raising taxes on the wealthy, closing the tax loopholes for the wealthy, etc etc

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