Willravel

All governmental systems breed instability and corruption, very, very rarely more than others. Democracies, republics, monarchies, etc. etc., it's all highly suceptable to corruption becuase it involves the accumulation of power to individuals. Even in a democracy, the president is given incredible power.

I can understand what everyone's saying, but your exaplinations don't work because the Democrats and Republicans are so very similar. What if the vast majority doesn't want to take the Dem or GOP direction anymore? What if a viable third party were to magicly arive and it gained a genuine voter base of over 50%? That's the real question in this. Yes, in a two party system where the two parties enjoy all the funding and 98% of the exposure and thus voters....of course the Libertarians, Greens, Reforms aren't going to be voted in by the majority. But what if they were able to gain access to the millions of dollars for campaign financing? What if they were able to get their message out there as much as the big blue and the big red? Isn't it possible that they could replace one of the two parties after a time?

The problem is that people aren't even given an option except for two very similar choices. If the people want beef, but they have to choose between apples and oranges because they think thery're the only options, they're still getting something they don't want. I think we are starving for a better choice, and it will take a genuine effort from everyone to make that option a vialbe one.