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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here...adding...The US is the only developed country with a two-party political system, and I believe this has destroyed our great democracy.[/quote]

Completely disagree. [b]The two party system forces both sides closer to the center than they otherwise would [/b]and avoids the chaos we see in governments like France, where odd bedfellows (even communists) come together to govern without people voting on it. [/quote]

Really?  So why are the Dems in trouble? How did Trump win the last election? Because the Dems resisted/refused to side closer to the center - creating an imbalance!! It's not rocket science. [/quote]

The dems are in trouble because they didn’t govern from the center. Biden was elected as a moderate who would “return us to normalcy” but swung wildly left once in office. His current attempts to backtrack like with his border executive actions are too little too late for many swing state voters. [/quote]
Oh, tell us how Trump and the GOP governed from the center. The Democrats do govern from the center, it’s just that the GOP left the center so far behind that they can’t see anyone but their own extremists. “Mandate,” they cry, rolling over the majority opinion.[/quote]

What you're saying isn't logical at all. You guys hate the slogan "make America great again" meaning you don't like how America has ever been before. By definition that isn't a centrist view. Most Americans do like America and find many aspects of America to be really great. So the idea of MAGA is inherently much more centrist since it has a favorable view of the US. [/quote]

Don't be daft.  MAGA means "going back" to some ideal that white people falsely believe existed in the 50s or something.  For most marginalized groups and those of us who are not white supremacists or religious zealots who want to foist Christianity on the entire populace via the government, going back to their fantasy "ideal" is not at all appealing.

When you say "Most Americans do like America and find many aspects of America to be really great," I agree.  American has many great things about it.  Those of us who see MAGA for what it is find people who are looking backward instead of looking forward, trying to make America even greater, are telling me something unfavorable about themselves.[/quote]

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