In the wake of Elon Musk’s recent formation of a ‘third’ political party in America – the America Party – many on the Right have viewed this development as a direct threat to Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, while others view it as a potential opportunity for the MAGA movement.
Though there are many more than three political parties in America, it is interesting to note that they are all referred to as ‘third parties.’ Indeed, the very term ‘third party politics’ is both illusionary and ironic, given that it is based on an unspoken acknowledgement that such parties exist within an accepted binary framework of a two party polarity.
But given that the two party electoral option is now being recognized as a single ‘uniparty’ non-option, another controversy has arisen. Some are now arguing that political parties no longer serve a useful function at all, while others maintain that political parties are an essential part of any democratic process.
To complicate matters further, within the second group there is a further division over whether there should only be two parties in opposition to each other, or whether multiple ‘third’ parties have a place in the democratic process.
In describing the value of third party politics, perhaps one way to express it is by saying that “two’s company, and three’s a democracy.”
History apparently validates this perspective: “Almost every major reform that has ever happened in American history is due to third parties,” explains lawyer Robert Barnes, who has legally represented numerous American ‘third parties.’
Nevertheless, the binary principle of Left-Right politics is in no way disturbed by the presence of independent candidates or multiple political parties in the political arena. As Freedom Party of Ontario leader Paul McKeever has often put it, the first objective of any third party is to become number two. Until then, third parties can always impact elections by forcing new ideas and agendas into the political debates and discussions.
As if to demonstrate this polarity, a recently released research study (‘Attitude Networks as Intergroup Reality: using network modelling to research attitude identity relationships in a polarized political context’) has produced compelling evidence attesting to the Left-Right polarity and is graphically represented by the visual accompanying this broadcast.
Those who believe that the democratic system is ‘broken’ because of a ‘uniparty’ singularity that offers no political option for individualism and freedom are simply mistaken. It’s not the ‘system’ that broken, it’s democracy’s political compass that is broken.
When all the popular political options are on the Left, the ‘problem’ is not the system, but the fact that there is a complete absence of a viable political choice on the Right – a void that could be filled by a so-called ‘third party.’
But thanks to the fake political spectrum, too many people still don’t even know what the Right represents (it’s freedom, not fascism!), or which parties offer them a choice that’s Just Right.
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