mildly curious about likely the effect of Wealth Taxes and 70% marginal rates on the ability of the democratic candidate to raise funds
naw parties got vulnerable to capture by the fringes because of the primary system implemented after nixon
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disagree. primaries accelerated the process by making it substantially easier for fringe groups to concentrate their influence on smaller surface area, but that's not the underlying cause. the underlying cause is a system that drowns out anyone but extreme positions.
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I'm confused about your complaint, is it that political clustering around the middle is bad because it later leads to political divergence to the extremes?
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