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Re:Was there ever really a “sugar conspiracy”? by watwut on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @07:25AM (#16419812)
> This is why many democracies end up with two party systems

Are two party systems really worldwide phenomenom enough to claim it is people issue? I thought it is consequence of American constitution or appears in counties with constitutions based on American one.

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Re:Was there ever really a “sugar conspiracy”? by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @08:18AM (#16420053)
It's a global phenomenon wherever people use first-past-the-post voting methods, it's pretty inevitable from there according to Duverger's law

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law

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Re:Was there ever really a “sugar conspiracy”? by cup-of-tea on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @07:33AM (#16419851)
I'm not sure and if there is an underlying problem it is certainly exacerbated by the first past the post voting system that is used in the US and UK. But in any case I certainly see the principle in politics all over the world, in particular pigeonholing every person into "right" or "left", for example.
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