our lord and saviour corbyn thread

[Kentucky Fried]

i find it bizarre that this must be explained to americans
enjoy your bipartisan shithole

[grue]

tbh every 4 years someone has to recall me on how the american system works because it's all so foreign

[Delirious Biznasty]

tbh every 4 years someone has to recall me on how the american system works because it's all so foreign

and this is why the post above yours is made by a mouthbreather

"what do you mean you don't know who orchestrated the start of the war in 1914? fucking uncultured plebeians"

[Kentucky Fried]

don't take a joke too hard man
not trying to blame you
the american political system just baffles me

[Kentucky Fried]

like you do have other parties but they are just kinda there and do nothing or what?

[Kentucky Fried]

this shit's strange

[Delirious Biznasty]

like you do have other parties but they are just kinda there and do nothing or what?

The two party system has been in play since the beginning of the country. Alexander Hamilton (the guy on the $10) wanted federal power while Thomas Jefferson (guy on the nickle and $2 bill) wanted more power to the states. Since then there had been dissolved parties that were replaced by other, keeping the status quo, or in one case they switched their names.

It's been, through the entirety of the US history, a north and south divide. And it is, for the most part, been about states rights. In a way, the two party system became a part of the countries culture.

The only time a third party came close to winning was in the 1912 election, when Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) and William Howard Taft (Republican) ran. Theodore was livid at the way Taft ran in his 4 years, after molding him into his protege while he was in office, so he ran for a third term as the Progressive Party. Taft and Roosevelt split the vote and Wilson got the presidency. Since this happened, the thought of "if I vote for 3rd party its a wasted vote!" is imprinted in the minds of the american people. This is why Bernie and Trump didn't go independent, but disagreed with the parties views. WW and FDR went on to making the federal powers supreme over the states, cementing the two parties hold on the elections, so that a third party will never get a chance with the funding the Democrats and Republicans get.

There is much, much more but this is an incredibly simplified version of a harrowing political system.

this shit's strange

Gerrymandering

[Delirious Biznasty]

I am still mad that Lord Buckethead lost

[Kentucky Fried]

a war or two could help reshaping your political system
worked for europe

[Delirious Biznasty]

a war or two could help reshaping your political system
worked for europe

Wars are what caused it all

[Kentucky Fried]

try another one
like resetting a save file