'Democracy being on the ballot' in a two party system suggests the only way to preserve democracy is for one party to win every election, forever — or until the other one somehow rededicates itself to democracy.
Folks, as if I need to say it, that's a democracy on its deathbed
Folks, as if I need to say it, that's a democracy on its deathbed
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Kevin Elliott
Agree substantively, but it suggests something that's become clearer to me in the last few days: the absolute non-negotiability of multi-partyism as the key remedy for the US's present authoritarian slide.
There is no stable escape from where we are that doesn't break up the existing parties.
There is no stable escape from where we are that doesn't break up the existing parties.
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