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does not seem important because it is not important
if it were important than what the fuck happened the last important times some being full on wins for Democrats but somehow minimum wage, healthcare, worker's rights, and everything else the "Democrats" supposedly stand for never happen and always gets blamed on Republicans even when had the majority
https://history.house.gov/Institution/Presidents-Coinciding/Party-Government/#%3A%7E%3Atext=When+the+President%27s+party+holds%2Cand+25+under+Republican+control.
Democrats have failed us 23 times and Republicans 25 times
how many more elections before it is realized that neither party has the interest of the people at heart
It blows me away that we're still seeing "both sides" arguments even after the last two months.
Have liberals failed to help us? Yes. Have conservatives failed to help us? No; they can't fail at something they never attempted to do.
Both sides are not the same.
But if you want to argue that the two party system has failed, we can certainly agree there. The two party system is an organic result of first past the post voting. The good news is that voting is determined at the local level, where it's easier to get progressives who are willing to move away from FPTP into office. We're not going to vote away fascism, but voting reform absolutely needs to be one of the many strategies employed against fascists.
(Note: I switched to"liberals" and "conservatives" because your source spans multiple eras with different political parties, including when Democrats and Republicans switched after Republicans adopted the Southern Strategy. Interestingly, the modern Democratic party (post-Southern Strategy) has only held a unified government a mere 5 times)