Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why So Many Americans Hate Political Parties" video.

  1. Two party system isn't really a good thing, people have views that are all over the political spectrum and yet they are being locked into two ideologies with the Democrats and Republican parties and that isn't healthy for democracy as it polarizes people into two camps and as we are seeing, it's dividing the US. The US isn't alone in this, just look at the UK which is more or less a two party system, yes there are options for other parties but they have little hope of gaining power and worse yet, because the way the system is created, it actually splits the votes which favours one or the other two major parties and as we are seeing in the US, the UK is very polarized into two camps that both sides feel their voice isn't being heard on many subjects. Contrast that with many European countries, Germany for example that has many parties and all can gain a stake of the pie when it comes to power, either by winning the election or by coalition, now the system might look messy on the surface but it forces governments to listen to the views from many different groups of people, which usually means compromises and that is how it should be when people are so diverse across the political spectrum, basically, people feel they have a choice and that their voice is being heard more, whereas in the US or UK, you've got two choice and in a lot of cases, they don't represent your interest and to make things worse, voting for alternatives, becomes a wasted voted that your voice won't get heard unless enough people vote that way. The truth is, the political system needs major reforms in both the US and UK and none of the two major parties are going to do those reforms as the system as it now favours those two major parties at the expense of other parties. Personally, I actually consider a two party system to be a weak democracy that limits choice, doesn't listen to a massive number of the population and puts people into two camps which creates a lot of division, all of which we are basically seeing in both the US and UK over the last decade or so and it seems to be getting worse over time as people are getting left behind.
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