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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

If only Americans didn't hate LGBT and minorities so much they might be actually be able to progress instead of continuing the American tradition of two steps forward one step back.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mostly a combination of laziness, the need to work 50-60 hours/week to survive, and good old-fashioned leftist infighting.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Don't forget the two party system (FPTP voting), gerrymandering, the electoral college, the debates being organized by the two parties themselves instead of an unbiased third party organization, mainstream media (in general), private money in politics, and every other systemic issue preventing political third parties from existing.