Thought provoking post, Guy.

In theory, at least stateside, your acknowledgment that more parties will create a better political system to represent the the people and ensure that less voices feel forced out of the conversation is spot on.

the problem, of course, being that in order for the two major parties to relinquish control of a system that they have ensured has extremely high barriers to entry at any level they have control (read fundraising entities, resources, political gerrymandering, etc.), both parties will have to agree concurrently to relinquish some of their power in order to better represent the constituency.

not so much a counterpoint as just a possibly equally relevant one on the confrontation of new and dangerous xenophobically charged nationalist fronts, including the neonazi revival movement, a reason consistently cited for the movements in all geographies has been exactly what you covered, political under-representation, and i can't help but think that the sheer amount of bureaucracy that continues to be built between the decision makers and the people can only lead us down a more dangerous path for the future.

thank you for the post, Guy, it's so important in today's global climate to realize that these movements are symptoms of a larger disease that, if ignored, will continue to become more of a problem for a long long time.

important content!