re: #274 laZardo

Unfortunately, the dominating presence of two big parties over the last century or so has resulted in this polarization and little alternative. Hopefully we can see more open alternatives for people in the near future although the fact that only those two parties have really had the resources to really compete makes it less likely.

The way the party system here in the US developed is an interesting study. It has brought a stability to this country which is amazing. It does, however, tend to polarize the populace. In other democratic countries, where there are many parties, they trade their diversity for instability. When you have build coalitions, sometimes strange bedfellows develop.