Good Cop-Bad Cop

Democrats play good cop. Republicans play bad cop.
Both serve the interests of the super rich. Dems will let a few more crumbs fall off the tables of the wealthy and give lip service to various issues while doing their best to block any substantive changes. Republicans make no bones about despising the poor.
Essentially a one party state.

One huge improvement that is starting to be talked about is giving 3rd parties a real chance through ranked preference or multiple choice voting so that people can vote for who they really want to vote for rather than the lesser of two evils.

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