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[udoswald.livejournal.com]

No disagreement there. Again, I am not one of those people.

And yet you suggest the equivalent. Voting for a third party that you know can only serve to peel off one or two percentage points from the party that is most ideologically aligned with you is functionally indistinguishable from not participating. You'd be doing yourself a far greater favor, if you want to shake things up in American politics, if you helped one of those third parties get involved in local politics. Voting for them just serves to encourage those who you disagree with more.

That is not what they think at all.

Then why do they continue to run for President, often at the exclusion of more attainable elected offices?

Oh, please. You sound like an apologist for capitalism.

No, I'm an apologist for logic.

The two-party oligopoly is not something the Reps and Dems earned with their hard work. It's just the status quo they inherited.

Neither the Democrats or the Republicans existed when this country began. They may seem dominant now but that wasn't always the case. It is undeniable that they possess a significant head start, which may seem insurmountable to those attempting to join them at the top, but they undoubtedly did earn it.

[madscience.livejournal.com]

You're just parroting the insipid lies that preserve the status quo.

[udoswald.livejournal.com]

And you appear to be engaging in a futile exercise designed solely to allow you to feel superior to status quo parrots like myself.

[udoswald.livejournal.com]

And I would also point out that going around in circles claiming that your opponent is incapable or unwilling of "getting it" is a sure sign you've run out of arguments.