>Bautiste wrote:
>>Anyone heard of political science studies that seem to indicate and
>explain why
>>3rd/4th parties won't work in America?
>
>Yes, they are assigned to every freshman political science class in
>American colleges. This is part of the brainwashing that goes into making a
>docile population that will dutifully go to the ballot box every 2 or 4
>years and vote for one of the two ruling class parties and therefore feel
>that it is exercising its democratic rights. This hoax, along with racism,
>are the two strategic devices of the capitalist system to maintain its rule.
There are substantial institutional blocks to 3rd (and beyond) parties in the U.S., ranging from the way that Congress formalizes the two-party system (they didn't know what to do with Sanders, so he "affiliated" with the Dems). The majority/minorty system, committee assignments, etc., all treat the Dem/Rep binary as if it were hardwired into the system. Also, lots of states - and New York is the worst of the 50 on this - make it difficult to get on the ballot, even for insurgent members of established parties.
Doug