Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWhat keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country?message-squaremessage-square254fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down131
arrow-up1224arrow-down1message-squareWhat keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square254fedilink
minus-squareLostinthecroll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·7 days agoAnd that’s the problem. The two party system is flawed. It’s either one extreme or the other. Moderates no longer have a say. As long as it’s seen as my team vs yours and no side is willing to compromise this will always be the problem.
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days ago Moderates no longer have a say. Many view the democrats as being right of centre already and that “moderates” are largely unrepresented because both parties lean right.
minus-squarescoobfordlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 days agoRespectfully, I disagree. I struggle to think of candidates more milquetoast than Biden and Harris of all people. I think the problem is that we have no progressives. The right moves things right, the center does nothing, and there is no left.
And that’s the problem. The two party system is flawed. It’s either one extreme or the other. Moderates no longer have a say. As long as it’s seen as my team vs yours and no side is willing to compromise this will always be the problem.
Many view the democrats as being right of centre already and that “moderates” are largely unrepresented because both parties lean right.
Respectfully, I disagree. I struggle to think of candidates more milquetoast than Biden and Harris of all people.
I think the problem is that we have no progressives. The right moves things right, the center does nothing, and there is no left.