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mk · 3582 days ago · link · · parent · post: Complex Systems and Failure: Is America’s Two Party System Heading Towards Collapse?
I agree that the system is growing ripe for an upheaval. However, I don't see how the election of Hillary Clinton in 2016 would be the spark for one. Third party candidates can upset the electoral map, but even a Ross Perot is just one person. It would take a third party to get a significant number of seats in Congress to seriously upset the status quo, and I can't see such a party developing in this landscape. Personally, I'd like to see an independent movement, where a significant number of politicians did not belong to a political party, or caucus with one.