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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I'm somewhat surprised we're even still talking about this. If anything, this election showed just how much american politics is pre-determined theatre not unlike the WWF. Sometimes things go off-script but mostly it's a carefully orchestrated show.
A third party?! The Democratic establishment crushed a progressive interloper from within the party, not some radical outsider outside the bounds of general political discourse but a regular member of the progressive wing of the Democratic party.
The debates, tv appearances and corporate lobby structure are all decidedly aligned to support the 2 party system. At this point the only third party with a chance would be a breakaway fascist wing of the republican party, but at this point that may not be necessary.
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Excellent post. American politics summed up perfectly, a democratic nation in name only.