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

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The Danger of a Two-Party System

A two-party system is good at managing extremism, but when it gets to be 15%, it can gain time. Sweden has a party by the name of Sweden Democrats and avowed neo-Nazi party. The people who participate are only about 10% of the US population. So Yasha paints a very dark picture of proportional representation systems that are not doing so well.

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