No, a “viable third option” will never exist in the current system. Your democracy isn’t democratic.
In Europe we don’t use a winner-takes-all system like in the U.S.
Instead, we use proportional representation, which means parties get seats based on how many votes they receive.
That’s why we have many parties in parliament, not just two.
But even the European system is in my book not a true democracy. Its simply the best democratic system we could come up with before industrialisation, but the world is different now.
The only real democracy in the world, which i wish my country would adopt, is the Swiss.
The two party system is only the issue superficially. Compromises have to be made at different stages. Germany has a multi party system, with the effect that governments have to be formed as coalitions based on compromises. Suddenly the party you voted for because they support renewables starts to support surveillance tech and wants to kick out immigrants. Then they write a coalition agreement that isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, and let themselves be pushed through their 4 years by right wing media.
Two party systems have their issues, but once a party is elected, they can actually do what they said they would do. Now everyone is shocked trump does exactly that
No, a “viable third option” will never exist in the current system. Your democracy isn’t democratic.
In Europe we don’t use a winner-takes-all system like in the U.S. Instead, we use proportional representation, which means parties get seats based on how many votes they receive. That’s why we have many parties in parliament, not just two.
But even the European system is in my book not a true democracy. Its simply the best democratic system we could come up with before industrialisation, but the world is different now.
The only real democracy in the world, which i wish my country would adopt, is the Swiss.
This mf thinks Europe is a country
The two party system is only the issue superficially. Compromises have to be made at different stages. Germany has a multi party system, with the effect that governments have to be formed as coalitions based on compromises. Suddenly the party you voted for because they support renewables starts to support surveillance tech and wants to kick out immigrants. Then they write a coalition agreement that isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, and let themselves be pushed through their 4 years by right wing media.
Two party systems have their issues, but once a party is elected, they can actually do what they said they would do. Now everyone is shocked trump does exactly that