The American Two Party system

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(03-05-2023, 09:23 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I understand it doesn’t sound great, but we run on our own pretty well, and a lot of us would prefer to be left alone.  You can be an informed voter and not live it day to day. I’m done with Republicans for now and I’ve never had any time for Democrats (nationally speaking) so I don’t have much to discuss as your OP suggests.   We are supposed to have a very limited government. That means we shouldn’t be constantly talking about what they are doing. Cutting  back the worldwide military presence would be a good start. If someone starts something with us or an ally then fine, otherwise let people deal with their own crap.

So first things first, as an European I forbid you to cut back on the military. You make us safe. And not only that, we still can make fun of you and your absurd military spending, call you names, feel all complacent and superior for we thought our pacifism through and have left ourselves defenseless. You have to be there for us, what if someone does not respect our peaceful selfs? Just think of all the jobs in the industrial complex, the one industry that will not be outsourced to China. And all the young men that can get healthcare through the military. No, please keep arming yourself... except when you vote for Trump again, then stop immediately, he scares us.

As for the other point, yeah it doesn't sound great and it's not really getting better through expanding on it. Limited government or not, political decision are to be made, concern society as a whole, are impactful and important and in a healthy democracy need a public engaging in a nunaced debate. Your bipolar political system is detrimental to that. Not great at all.