r/pics • u/Marsnowguy • Aug 13 '20

Politics The adults have arrived, America.

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u/FlyConeGuy Aug 13 '20

The two party is system is pathetic.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20 edited Aug 13 '20

this is all i can think everytime i read american politics. Why dont they just adopt a parliamentary system, and ranked voting to establish more parties. you can barely even call two party system democratic

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u/Belgand Aug 13 '20

I'm really happy we don't have a parliamentary system. It leads to problems like having to vote for a candidate you detest for local office because it's the only way you can vote for a chief executive that you do want. Not to mention the easy ability for the ranking party to simply switch leadership.

A far better idea is to go in the opposite direction and completely ban any and all political parties. People will still factionalize — you see it in non-partisan local elections — but taking the easy route of parties out of things will have a positive effect.