An interesting history of American politics.
Why can’t the United States muster the will to create a viable third-party to challenge the calcified, shame-immune, institutional bureaucrat incubation pits known respectively as the Democrats and the Republicans? Throughout American history many idealistic souls have longed for a third-party alternative to the ensconced two-party system, and, despite a few fleeting exceptions, they have been sorely disappointed. The American tradition of mass democratic politics has historically combined with structural limitations within the country’s governing institutions to make third-party movements akin to knocking on Mordor’s gates and hoping to be let in with a wink and a smile. Yes, one does not simply start a third-party in America.
These facts, however, have never stopped Americans of all backgrounds and political persuasions from advocating for a third-party. Over at Time’sSwampland blog, Joe Klein is merely the most recent Prospero calling into the political tempest for a third-party to wreck onto…
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