[WS:] C'mon, be serious. He was talking about the United States. The hell will sooner freeze over than a third party will have any political impact other than being a spoiler by siphoning out votes. The system is fixed and nothing short of a revolution or outright disintegration of the US will change it. Since neither of these is likely to happen in our life time, the only real options are to either stop paying attention to the electoral circus, since it does not matter anyway, or become an expat. I have EU citizenship and a place to stay there, so the latter is a real option for me.
Wojtek
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:04 AM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Marv Gandall
>
>
> Michael Lind gives it a try:
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> The Tea Party will prove transient By Michael Lind Financial Times
> October 19 2010
>
> ^^^^^^
>
> New American political movements come in two varieties: genuine
> third-party movements and those that just mobilise the base of one of
> the existing parties. The former transforms an existing party system;
> the latter reinforces it. And the Tea Party is an example of the
> latter – so while it has attracted a great deal of attention, it has
> little long-term potential to transform America’s political landscape.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^
> CB: Hope it isn't wishful thinking to call the TP transient.
>
> What are Lind's examples of actual historical examples of the "former"
> - third parties that have transformed the existing party system ? I
> assume he doesn't include Bolsheviks , Fidelistas, etc.
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