And yet we have muddled through for 240 years with a 2 party system. What changed, and when?
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Lot periods of peace and prosperity make outside threats fade, and focus us on internal divisions.
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I question the overall premise. Americans are generally fairly narrow in their political outlook, compared to the breadth of party platforms nationally (ie Germany Linke, Green, AFD, or Italy with Liga, 5 star)...and then across Europe, from Poland/Hungary/Austria to W Europe!!!
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Theory also predicts that difference, due to the same 2 vs 3+ party effect.
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I really believe this is such a US-centered few, and you are dead wrong about political polarization in Europe. Far left and right in Europe hate each other way more than left-right dislike in US (extreme groups actual street war with each other). Google May 1 Berlin riots...
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Parlamentarism has one great flaw: smaller parties often get way more political power that what they actually represent, because they are caught having the power to swing the election between 2 larger parties, who will compete for their vote over-concedeing power.
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Sure, that can also be true.
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Is it less polarized? What metric are you using here?
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I just visited and talked with many people, and got a clear impression of less polarization.
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This is a poor basis for jumping to such a generalized conclusion. That should be obvious to anyone who deals with data.
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Ireland and the UK might disagree. Spain as well. The Balkans. Germany. Poland.
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The grass is always greener on the other side...
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Amazed that anyone could reach adulthood and not be aware of the IRA and the violence that existed for decades. Also amazed that anyone tweeting about politics missed what happened in Spain and Catalonia last year.
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Let’s not forget Americans left Europe to get AWAY from the centuries of European civil strife. Not reminisce about “the good ole days.”
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Oh yes. I'm Cajun on both sides. The British literally tried to kill my ancestors simply for farming land that England won in the French & Indian War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians …
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It seems to me like the high-level meta of any system of representative government consists of coalition rule with shifting coalitions. In a european-style parliamentary system, this is explicit and regulated, trends can be observed, and systemic tweaks are easier to make.
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Whereas the game theory of first-past-the-post voting and district-bucketing in the US necessitates having exactly two attractors. The coalitions form among groups behind the scenes, within or between members of the official parties, but the narrative is one of two tribes at war
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In cognitive style, Europeans are intermediate between East Asian and Anglo-American. Americans polarize ideas more. That's why Americans are more creative and rational. I suspect that's why polarization is seen as the biggest evil on earth:https://www.amazon.com/Geography-Thought-Asians-Westerners-Differently/dp/0743255356 …
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Brazil has multi party and is as polarized as US at the moment
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You haven't watched Italy recently, or austria, have you?
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