Eehrrnm... nope. In Chile we’ve never had a single party, BUT different coalitions. Right now there are 3 coalitions, which is good because it helps moderate the discourse.
“Wanna have a chance at government? Either moderate your discourse or stay the f*ck out of the coalitions. “
In the end, I think coalitions to create government would greatly help the US to regain national unity, but that would inevitably require for the EC to disappear.
Not sure why I said Chile, I wanted to say Spain to follow what I previously commented.
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I dont think that coalitions help to create unity, at least it doesnt seem to be working on Argentina or Spain. But enable two things: Real political negotiation and more representative options for the electorate.
In example, if rather than 2, US would have 6 political parties, let say:
* Left (Bernie, Squad, etc)
* Center left (Biden, Harris)
* Libertarian (Rand Paul)
* Center right (Bush, Rubio)
* Nationalist / Right (Trump, Cruz)
Americans could vote something that is more representative of what they actually stand for.
When you have only 2 options, you end up discarding and voting for the "less bad" option.
The cool thing is that having multiple parties enables more positions to actually be heard -and eventually translate that into real legislation-. Basically, you can vote for a candidate that you know it will lose the election, but if it gets your vote will be able to negotiate with the winning party to pass some policies.