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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread

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To: Bilow who wrote (20544)11/20/2001 11:00:38 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 59480
 
Heck, we only have two significant political parties, and there's not a "dime's bit of difference" between them.

They aren't the facists and the socialists but there is a bit more then a dime's worth of difference. In the end the controversial decisions often require some broad support to pass so one party needs the moderates from the other, but if one party had total control that they thought would last you would see a difference from the other party, particularly if there was a move toward either the liberal wing of the Democrats or the conservative wings of the Republicans.

There is some overlap between the parties so in that sense there is little difference, if that's what you where talking about. Since there are only two major parties and since the electoral system is set up in such a way that minor parties have little power, its in the interest of different groups that see some common ground to join together under a bigger tent. What would be a radical party in another country becomes a radical wing of a bigger party here. There is a lot of differences but in the end the actual decisions are likely to be somewhere in the middle.

Tim
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