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Originally Posted by ResAlien
It seems to be that the conservatives are happy to embrace those in their party who are further to the right because that’s what they want the party to be. Democrats are terrified of embracing those further to the left in their party because they in no way actually want those things. There is a right wing party and a centrist party in the US and people get pissy when the left wonders why they’re expected to support the people who are “basically sort of closest” to what they believe.
One party embraces their ideals, the other just wants watered down versions of the other party’s goals. Yeah it’s a real shocker that progressives aren’t exactly gung ho about this.
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Unless you have a strategy to overthrow the electoral college, it is a two party system. But even the countries that don't have the electoral college are generally two party systems. Canada hasn't given the NDP a chance to govern, never has and probably never will. That the progressive wing is basically capped at 30% is just reality, I don't know how they get over the hump, but until they do the fear of avoiding the worst is just how it is. But Bernie didn't lose because of the DNC, he lost because 70% of the party isn't progressive. We always hear that "the next generation" will be the one to swing more left, but then people grow up, they just become more moderate and it remains the same cycle.