Independents and Our Binary Political System

[ismnotwasm]

19. So.

You prefer British, Mexican, French, Canadian or Israeli politics to an American politics? That’s interesting. I fail to see the benefit as far as results. Then again, I have a horror of, say, Libertarians politics gaining traction. Parties evolve out of the nature of country, and I just don’t want to see a White Nationalist Party given a platform because enough people thinks it’s ok. Of course, I might jump right into The Feminist party, but I prefer to work with feminists within the Democratic Party.

Anyway.

We have a fairly powerful constitution with no history of monarchy. From what I have read, for now, we are stuck with a two party system, the question actually being, and probably more to your point, is which two parties. Third and other parties sway results. It’s a participatory process, where it fails is simply lack of participation, not Greens or “Independents”. They piss me off, yes. I’ll be pissed off for the rest of my life and I’m ok with it.

Trump, with his disregard for law, may change the presidency in unanticipated ways. As always, elections have consequences is the one take away from this clusterfuck we live in.