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Re:Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63% by InTheArena on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:13AM (#37857448)
American politics runs on fear. If it makes you less afraid of voting for a different party, it is not in the interest of the party.

Slavery is the original sin of the American Consitution - parties are the second sin.

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Re:Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63% by jcranmer on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:24AM (#37857601)
> Slavery is the original sin of the American Consitution - parties are the second sin.

How can parties be the second sin of the Constitution? The Constitution literally doesn't even envision their existence, to the point that the procedure for electing the president and vice president had to be changed to account for their existence.

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Re:Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63% by ceejayoz on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:34AM (#37857751)
Perhaps not anticipating the rise of parties is the sin.
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Re:Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63% by InTheArena on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:46AM (#37857928)
Not acting to constrain them. If you read the federalist papers, you will see that they considered it. They just couldn't figure out how to resolve that.
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