tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051621605614945803.post2975837984029378920..comments2023-12-23T00:18:17.990-05:00Comments on Third Party and Independent Daily: Juan Cole: the Two-Party System at the Root of the Warfare StateThirdPartyDailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992207263274562771noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051621605614945803.post-77287714194453234202010-12-09T16:14:23.259-05:002010-12-09T16:14:23.259-05:00And the reason the two parties tend to have the sa...And the reason the two parties tend to have the same military policy is the fear that failing to side with big money on such would help the other side too much, tilting the control of the US polity in their favor.<br /><br />But if the US polity didn't tilt then we wouldn't have had LBJ fearing that he'd be accused of being soft on communism if he got us out of our armed conflict in Vietnam.<br /><br />But the only way you can make the system not tilt to effective single party rule is by using both winner-doesn't-take-all and winner-take-all elections..., so the clarion call is not to push for an even playing field across all parties, but rather to incorporate more winner-doesn't-take-all elections into our existing system!!!!DLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709279441985086959noreply@blogger.com