America 101: Why Do We Have a Two-Party System? | History

Democrats and Republicans dominate the headlines, but there are dozens of third parties active in the United States. David Eisenbach explains how we became a two-party system. #America 101

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[clm]

this video didn't really explain why we have 2 parties...

[cainsolo]

Here's what has bugged me for years about this issue. How is a two party system indicative of a UNITED nation? Its INHERENTLY DIVISIVE, how can you have UNITY when you are of two different minds about EVERYTHING? How are you supposed to GOVERN when you can't even agree on who's HUMAN?

[oopsayoh]

I really wish the speaker would have answered the question asked in the title. It started off strong and then failed.

[_olivesinajar_]

nice job, but didnt really answer the question

[choosetolivefree]

"Sounds good in theory, but didnt really work"
Oh yea? And why didn't it work, exactly?

[Maine]

It's called controlled opposition nothing more than Criminal

[americanmutt]

It doesn't feel like a two party system anymore, it feels more like two classes of people as well as two sets of laws, the wealthy have one set and the working poor have a set that they're subjected to.

[aorusaki]

Didn't answer the question though lol

[RiverogueLander]

This didnt explain why we have a two party system

[rehmsmeyer]

It's dangerous to our democracy for America to have more than 2 parties. Lobbying will get that much more difficult and either more money will need to be spent, or parties will receive less donations.

[pidotherhotpotatoes]

I'd say this is just transhumanist propaganda.