@McTag,
mctag quoting "raimondo" :
Quote:Re: Endymion(Post 3461081)
Raimondo writes
"Yet the electoral process is rigged, in this country: the system permits only two political parties. All others must overcome enormous obstacles to achieve ballot status. This give the War Party maximum elbow room to manipulate the political process behind the scenes, and allows them to exercise their dictatorship in a "democratic" fashion. The two-party monopoly gives the War Party a strategic advantage: it merely has to split itself in two, amoeba-like, so that both officially-recognized "major" parties" simply become the "right" and "left" wings of a single party " the War Party. "
That seems so.
looking back some years , it is interesting to note that the "allied military government" in germany made sure that a variety of different parties would be able to exist in germany . the various combinations of alliances that have reigned in state governments and the federal governments have been very diverse . in the hamburg "state" government a governing coalition of "black" (christian-democatic union) and "greens" is currently the reigning government .
germany also does not have the "first-past-the-post" election system , allowing smaller parties (and their constituents ) an outlet for their views - and eventually be able to obtain seats in the parliament .
the "greens" started out as a small movemant but were eventually able to send representatives into parliament .
that is next to impossible in a "first-past-the-post" election system (such as in canada) .
hbg
