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@ Sjors Provoost
2025-04-21 16:30:00
The heavily polarized two party system in the US indeed has unhealthy tribalism. But it hasn't always been that way historically and it's not the case for all countries with a two party system (which itself is a result of first-past-the-post voting systems).
Multi-party systems have less of this problem. Perhaps because the need to make different coalitions each election, which means it's a bad idea try and obliterate the other side.
No politician party can ever fully represent your views. Having more choice helps, but when parties get too small you run into other problems (e.g. too much self promotion grand standing, not enough time to read a law before passing it).
Modern technology might be able to find a better coordination mechanism that political parties. Though I used to be more optimistic about that.