Fidel Castro took a repressive path. US imperial arrogance drove him to it.

[Ken Burch]

24. How about the U.S. Constitution? The Electoral College effectively vetoes alternative parties.

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It makes it impossible for other parties to have any real chance in presidential elections.

So do the laws banning fusion voting and mandating the "first-past-the-post" electoral system rather than proportional representation.

Both of these give the status quo a veto over the development of new parties, which is effectively the same thing as giving the Democratic and Republican parties themselves a veto, since the two major parties and the rich are the only beneficiaries of the current political order. That order represents nothing but powerlessness and hopelessness for most of the people who vote for our party.

I say all of that as a person who wants THIS party to renew itself by being the party of everyone who has no say in this society-a group that, if actually given a reason to think it was worth their time to vote, would represent a huge majority for the kind of change this party exists to achieve.