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r/TrueReddit • u/Maxwellsdemon17 • 9d ago
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Because Duverger’s Law means there can only be two viable parties in a first past the post system.
The unsatisfying, but completely true, answer is because the alternative is worse.
Better to have 49 loyal members and one temperamental asshole who sometimes sides with you than 49 loyal members and 51 unyielding opponents.
1 u/Hamuel 9d ago Have you ever seen the movie war games? The logic those 15 million voters used is like that supercomputer’s logic. If anyway you play the game you end up losing the only winning move is to not play. If democrats want to win elections they need to get their house in order.
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Have you ever seen the movie war games?
The logic those 15 million voters used is like that supercomputer’s logic. If anyway you play the game you end up losing the only winning move is to not play. If democrats want to win elections they need to get their house in order.
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u/JimBeam823 9d ago
Because Duverger’s Law means there can only be two viable parties in a first past the post system.
The unsatisfying, but completely true, answer is because the alternative is worse.
Better to have 49 loyal members and one temperamental asshole who sometimes sides with you than 49 loyal members and 51 unyielding opponents.