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In reply to the discussion: What's your response to the "There's [almost] no difference between the two parties" comment? [View all]Maedhros
(10,007 posts)The issue at heart is that, despite the apparent differences in the respective Party platforms, the core behavior of the government does not change when the Party in power changes. This was recently and clearly demonstrated with the transition of power from the Bush Administration to the Obama Administration: the policies in place to wage the "war" on "terror" continued seamlessly from one to the next. Many of the programs initiated under Bush - civilian surveillance and drone warfare being the best examples - actually intensified under Obama. Likewise, the erosion of basic civil liberties continued apace. Our military adventures abroad multiplied, by 217% in Africa, under Obama. Secret courts, secret laws, secret government.
In exactly the ways we need the Parties to be different, they behave the same.