It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
originally posted by: Vroomfondel
Bernie Sanders said that voters have rejected the two party system in the mid-term elections. It isn't hard to see that people don't believe the two party system works when the left and right wing are both on the same bird. Either they flap together and fly in a direction the people don't want, or, they flap opposite each other and fly in circles. Either way - America loses.
It started becoming obvious that people have had enough with both major parties years ago. The end result of that seems to have been the division of both parties into sub-sets of the original, each extolling some of the partisan platforms of the parent organization. It is insulting to think the parties both split down the middle and offered us two new choices: we can either choose the half that lies, or the half that poops. But its still all the same animal and regardless of which end you support, you still end up going where the animal goes. In other words, they offered us nothing new.
So the question is this: is it still possible to change? Does Trump making waves show that the people are so fed up with the same choices that they would even vote for him actually proving anything? Or does that also play in to the hands of the same two party demon? It is becoming more and more clear that if Trump wins he will not have the support of either party. What does that say for his chances of getting anywhere with congress?
The two parties are more divided than ever before and the hatred and animosity is at an all time high between them. It is unlikely that either side would accept a really great idea if it came from the wrong side of the aisle. What chance does Trump, or anyone else have, in getting things done to actually benefit this nation and its people? The two major party ideologies have become so polarized that neither one is effective any more. Nothing so extreme can exist in balance and harmony and be effective. With both parties as deeply entrenched as they appear to be, what chance is there for real change? How do we make it happen?
In real world terms, can it be done or is it a pipe dream?
originally posted by: Vroomfondel
Bernie Sanders said that voters have rejected the two party system in the mid-term elections. It isn't hard to see that people don't believe the two party system works when the left and right wing are both on the same bird. Either they flap together and fly in a direction the people don't want, or, they flap opposite each other and fly in circles. Either way - America loses.
It started becoming obvious that people have had enough with both major parties years ago. The end result of that seems to have been the division of both parties into sub-sets of the original, each extolling some of the partisan platforms of the parent organization. It is insulting to think the parties both split down the middle and offered us two new choices: we can either choose the half that lies, or the half that poops. But its still all the same animal and regardless of which end you support, you still end up going where the animal goes. In other words, they offered us nothing new.
So the question is this: is it still possible to change? Does Trump making waves show that the people are so fed up with the same choices that they would even vote for him actually proving anything? Or does that also play in to the hands of the same two party demon? It is becoming more and more clear that if Trump wins he will not have the support of either party. What does that say for his chances of getting anywhere with congress?
The two parties are more divided than ever before and the hatred and animosity is at an all time high between them. It is unlikely that either side would accept a really great idea if it came from the wrong side of the aisle. What chance does Trump, or anyone else have, in getting things done to actually benefit this nation and its people? The two major party ideologies have become so polarized that neither one is effective any more. Nothing so extreme can exist in balance and harmony and be effective. With both parties as deeply entrenched as they appear to be, what chance is there for real change? How do we make it happen?
In real world terms, can it be done or is it a pipe dream?