[acc4everypici]

you've pointed out the problem with the contemporary american two party state.

it's a see saw of nobody does anything but blame their systemic rival

either USA party system gets more than two parties because they're on a steady stalemate, like other poster was saying, 35 years of gridlocked congress because of two way ties.

or look at china, my prediction is that soon enough a ballsy european monarchy is gonna go full-blown one-party democracy or something clever like that

[jfengel]

You can't pass legislation without a majority. Adding more parties won't make that easier. It just creates more rivals.

[batch12]

And temporary allies. Maybe with more than two parties we could move past the idea that the platform of one party has to be the exact opposite of the other on every issue. Then, maybe, not every effort would result in a gridlock. Perhaps a nice side effect could be that people stop seeing others who disagree with them as evil.

[acc4everypici]

or maybe it gives a voice (i.e. political representation) to a larger pool of diverse people and communities?