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#176 - Is the Two-Party System Good for Democracy?

Open to Debate

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Can You Really Pass Any Laws?

We need to essentially find a majority in one way or another. That is the big this analogy to this lovely example of the BN wine industry. We don't have to agree. In order to pass laws, you have to broker majorities. The problem with our current system is not just that we have two parties, but that they are guaranteed to continue to remain the only two parties when 90% of people are not phenomenally satisfied. And that's what we need to change in our political system and it doesn't take proportional representation to do that. So Catherine, your beer wine test was used against you. That's okay because you used it wrong to get quite understanding.

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