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[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

A lot of good points here. I would slightly differ in that the cause of electoral failure in the US is not a breakdown in messaging or debate. It is because American politics are essentially cynical. Political ideas expressed by politicians are merely a means to an end, a playing card carried for the sole purpose of placing it down at the expedient moment. That is part of why the margins are so slim, because no party or politician wants to “spend” more of their cards than they must.

There is no significant diversity of political ideology in the US. It all serves the interest of capital.