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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by Sharlin on Thursday July 09, 2020 @02:10PM (#23783187)
I… find it rather difficult to believe that a sufficient number of Americans coordinated and voted strategically over decades in order to intentionally bring to existence the current two-party deadlock situation.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by krapp on Thursday July 09, 2020 @02:50PM (#23783647)
What is a political party if not a means of mass coordination and strategic voting?

American politics has become less about policy and more about ideology and party loyalty over time, and that ideology has become more entrenched and unwilling to compromise with opponents.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by lukifer on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:22PM (#23785937)
Robin Hanson argues [0] that most of politics is not about outcomes; it's about in-group signaling.

[0] http://elephantinthebrain.com/

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by nemothekid on Thursday July 09, 2020 @02:17PM (#23783285)
It's working as designed. The same system that prevents Congress from properly voting on PPP Loans is the same system that prevents Trump from banning all muslims from the country overnight.

I'm not smart enough to know if there is a better solution for America.

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