Comments by "BaltimoreAndOhioRR" (@BaltimoreAndOhioRR) on "2018 Midterm Pre-Game and Advice for the Reps, Dems, and Libs" video.
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Its sounds rhetorical, but it's getting to the point that this is a serious statement. many of the far left who would vote Democrat literally hate this country and want to change it, want to "punish" it, and can be considered enemies of our state.
they seem to be trying to start a real civil war to overthrow the standard norms of this country.
they have started a few battles already, with the riots around Trump, and the riots to prevent conservative lecturers from speaking.
civil wars arent planned for and dont start on a predetermined calendar date.
they start when two opposing (or one opposing the state) groups start that one battle that just continues..... and escalates.
as we sit now, we seem to be on that path. and it looks like a very vocal segment of the Democrat party is all too eager hasten the pace.
by continually allowing these battles to even begin, and then doing very little or nothing afterward to punish the criminals, we are encouraging ever more battles.
one day, one of those battles may last more than just an evening, or overnight.....
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The two party system will ALWAYS exist, not because of corruption or any nefarious reasons, but simply because of human nature. When there's "one" winner, there's a tendency for non-winners to team up against the winner. Just like the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, World Series, and all other forms of sports competition. Yes, we actually do have more than two parties right now, it's just that they are weak, they are perpetual losers. (The Greens are wacko environmentalists who would bring the country down to 3rd world levels if they could. The Libertarians, while making ground, are still regarded, and attract, drug users & abusers, while not having much grasp of world affairs , only thinking about drug use as their only issue)
So, when you pick your chances for the Super Bowl at the start or in the middle of the season, do you pick the teams in the bottom of the field? Or do you pick one of the few who have a serious chance to win?
And of course, it all comes down to TWO teams at the end.It's just human nature.
Even if we somehow got rid of our system and started over with 10 equally-advantaged parties, by the time of the actual election, most of the population would have gravitated towards the single front runner on each end of the spectrum. Or each side of the line. It would come down to the most popular candidate on the "right" side vs. the most popular candidate on the "left" side.
I'm not saying its good, bad, or anything else, just that its basically inevitable, and cant be changed. The only thing that can be done is to change the actual parties. But you're always going to get a choice of one side or the other in the end.
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Arth Denton i didnt say politics was sports, i used sports as an example. In the beginning, people back various candidates and various parties. As time goes on and election day nears, most people stop donating or campaigning for their favorite, in favor of the more "popular" one.
I dont know about other countries (can u give some examples), but in the US, its always going to come down to 2 major parties. They may change. May change names, may change platforms/beliefs... but the population with always gravitate to one side or the other.
If we have party A with about 50% percent of the vote, and parties B and C with 25% each, neither has a chance of winning, so people who are against party A, will support whichever of the other 2 that has a better chance. Eventually, the majority go to that party, and the third one is left with single digit support.
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