"The spectacle of primaries in the USA" - *smth smth about the USA having a one party system but us decadence making it a two-party one*

алсааас [she/they]@lemmy.dbzer0.commod to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com – 34 points –

old but gold, still seems to hold true

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The fun part is that the primaries seem to be specifically designed to have the parties do that to themselves rather than to each other.

They were. The whole concept of primaries came about because progressives tried reforming the nomination process via laws. When one progressive Republican ran as a third party instead, it became obvious that the better reform standard was to fix the party nomination process.