It's a simple, stark equation: Under our system, unfortunately, another major party would only split the liberal/progressive voting block, thus guaranteeing the continuing ascendancy of the Republican Party, thus authoritarianism forevermore.
The correct answer on the test is for liberals/progressives t…
It's a simple, stark equation: Under our system, unfortunately, another major party would only split the liberal/progressive voting block, thus guaranteeing the continuing ascendancy of the Republican Party, thus authoritarianism forevermore.
The correct answer on the test is for liberals/progressives to take over the machinery of the Democratic Party, which is ripe for the picking. Trying to create a viable third party from scratch to attain the power necessary to alter the outcome within a reasonable time frame -- a process that could conceivably take generations -- is a fool's errand. Of course it's never easy to get inside a party to change it, but what other real choice is there?
A "third party" is the WRONG answer!
It's a simple, stark equation: Under our system, unfortunately, another major party would only split the liberal/progressive voting block, thus guaranteeing the continuing ascendancy of the Republican Party, thus authoritarianism forevermore.
The correct answer on the test is for liberals/progressives to take over the machinery of the Democratic Party, which is ripe for the picking. Trying to create a viable third party from scratch to attain the power necessary to alter the outcome within a reasonable time frame -- a process that could conceivably take generations -- is a fool's errand. Of course it's never easy to get inside a party to change it, but what other real choice is there?
Please explain how that is NOT the case...