Letters to the Editor
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One power; two parties
If you are part of the ruling elite and you supports the US capability to take control over global resources (with force if necessary), then how would you engage in a political system that is privately funded?
You could back one party (the GOP) and hope Democrats don't win. Or you could buy your way into both with campaign donations and media manipulation and win either way. Since it is cheap to buy political campaigns (a few hundred thousand dollars can buy billions in profit through government policy), the latter strategy is a no brainer.
Such an approach leaves liberals with the feeling that they have representation and makes them less likely to take the streets, but the elites get all the benefits of single-party rule. The few real differences are meaningless to the elite; their kids can get abortions no matter who wins, or enjoy a full relationship with their same-sex partner whoever wins.
Think about it: without the Democratic Party as it currently exists, the elites that favor imperialism and detest democracy could not accomplish what they have been able to accomplish. Republicans move them three steps ahead and Democrats move them two steps ahead while rhetorically bashing the third step. We are left the suckers.