Parties are just self-serving vehicles, they aren't actually ideological, though whoever happens to be in control always try to make them so. In American political science we are taught that a Two-Party system creates a more stable government because the infighting occurs during the Primary, while a Multi-Party system never resolves who is in charge. I suppose that's true but in a country the size of the U.S., with totally autonomous States, a Democrat could end up being lots of different things.ssu wrote:I consider Martin a living proof of how loose the two political parties in the US are. Reading Martin's views and I wouldn't think of him first being a democrat. (I guess stereotypes have gotten a hold of me)
In an ordinary European political party, anybody who would venture out of the accepted varying range between Hillary and Bernie would immediately be thrown out.
As long as the Republican Party is the "NO TAXES" Party & comfortable with an aristocracy, there's no place for me: I'm an economic & social liberal, what used to be a JFK Democrat Liberal. Now Progressives/Socialists (Bernie IS a Socialist, he says he is) are perceived to be Democrats.
