Re: [Marxism] Soli's sins [was: ISO's conference]

[chegitz guevara <absynthe@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/23/09, Sam B <sam.b.ann.arbor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 9:48 AM, chegitz guevara <absynthe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  > That's the way it
>  > has always happened in the U.S., due to our first past the post
>  > electoral system. There will never be three major parties at the same
>  > time.
>
>
> I'm not sure I understand the logic that an FPTP electoral system
>  necessarily produces a two-party scenario. India, for example, also
>  has an FPTP electoral system, but this has not led to a two-party
>  dominance.

In India, they've had largely one party dominance. The United States
was a one party state for a while between the fall of the Federalists
and the rise of the Whigs. Now that the Hindu nationalist party has
risen, it's pretty much a two party system at the national level,
Hindus and Congress. India is also far less homogeneous than America
is, with many different nationalities packed into a single country.

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