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And yet many people still support a political party because they think it's the lesser of two evils. Wake up.

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It is the lesser of two evils, when you only have two choices of who screws you. The problem is why there's only two parties.

http://videosift.com/video/The-Problems-with-First-Past-the-Post-Voting-Explained>> ^ghark:

And yet many people still support a political party because they think it's the lesser of two evils. Wake up.

Here's the seven-minute film about the Shock Doctrine that Naomi Klein made with Alfonso Curaron shortly after the book was published in 2007:

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The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein and Alfonso Cuaronby rashachadash

See more of Naomi Klein's thoughts on the subject here: http://videosift.com/video/Naomi-Klein-The-Shock-Doctrine

See some of Milton Friedman's defense of capitalism here: http://videosift.com/video/Milton-Friedman-on-Greed

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Being a huge Soccer fan I'm interested in the "World Cup" coming to countries where this kind of thing is going on. Something tells me it has something to do with deregulation and FIFAs ability to make as much money as it can leaving the public with the bills. I mean we can look at South Africa now and see how well they're doing with their fancy new stadiums they built...while FIFA made off with Billions.

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And yet many people still support a political party because they think it's the lesser of two evils. Wake up.

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It is the lesser of two evils, when you only have two choices of who screws you. The problem is why there's only two parties.
http://videosift.com/video/The-Problems-with-First-Past-the-P
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And yet many people still support a political party because they think it's the lesser of two evils. Wake up.



Yepyep, and I watched that vid quite a while ago, it was very informative. The issue comes around in a circle though, because it's the parties that could make a difference to the two party system, but it's not in their interests to. It's interesting to watch what's happening in Greece at the moment, the people have definitely spoken up there, but I'm very curious to see whether it will make a difference.

It is. And like any other change that requires political pressure, we'll just have to apply political pressure. England is moving towards it. Many cities already do it. If the NDP ever form a government in Canada it could easily come about. Then the voting American public might look around and notice that they're not getting the same quality of democracy that other countries are, and demand their voice. The US will probably be the last modern democracy to change because of how closely they identify with a two-party system, but the wheels are already in motion. It might be another ten election cycles, who knows.>> ^ghark:

Yepyep, and I watched that vid quite a while ago, it was very informative. The issue comes around in a circle though, because it's the parties that could make a difference to the two party system, but it's not in their interests to. It's interesting to watch what's happening in Greece at the moment, the people have definitely spoken up there, but I'm very curious to see whether it will make a difference.