Admit it. Republicans have broken politics.

[@michaelrahaman9297]

George Washington about to revive himself and roast the entire country because he said two parties would destroy everything

[@louie4551]

Michael Rahaman And he was right

[@LittleLilith481]

😂

[@RAINIBEAR]

*creates party of Anime *

[@jacktheflash8478]

United States of Anime okay?

[@RAINIBEAR]

@@jacktheflash8478 Oh, yay!

[@aammirati91]

Admit it. The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

[@alejandrotaverareyes]

Admit it the nucleus is a dope name unlike NASA's numbers for planets

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Admit it 62 cents is a good deal

[@Teenmine]

Admit it midiclorians are canon

[@AnimMouse]

Admit it. This comment is "admit it."

[@regnemtrain1166]

Admit it. A comically large spoon is still a only a spoonful.

[@noahhardwayguitarvids4179]

Admit it: George Washington was right when he said that there shouldn’t be two political parties.

[@varangianguard7102]

@Jesus Christjust an over exaggerated example lol

[@Coolgiy67]

George Washington’s was a conservative

[@varangianguard7102]

@@Coolgiy67 ngl, george washington wasn't the greatest president. He was a great military leader but not a very good politician. He's a bit overrated for being the leader of the continental army.

[@Appalachian_trail_mix]

@@varangianguard7102 he didnt want to be in charge anyways

[@varangianguard7102]

​@@Appalachian_trail_mix george: i'm not the messiah everyone: YOU'RE THE MESSIAH

[@FreddieVee]

I am writing this in mid 2024, and things have gotten worse exponentially.

[@MidNightMagician]

It's 9/18 and it's not looking any better

[@ernestwamalwa1823]

Why is no one talking about the fact that only having two major parties is contributing to the problem?

[@alanroberts7916]

I was thinkig the same thing....the elephant that standing in the room...no that's the Republican emblem.

[@ernestwamalwa1823]

@@RobespierreThePoof sometimes 'working' just entails achieving the bare minimum which is perhaps what many people are starting to realize

[@-i1007]

Multiple party is un democratic

[@brianbethea3069]

@@-i1007 Incorrect. If people want to vote for a third party, the presence of the third party in politics is the result of that voice being represented in government. Limiting the system to one choice or the other limits people in terms of what they're allowed to express by voting. A two-party system essentially constrains voters to either one polar opinion or the other, and having more representatives from different parties with different beliefs in every election would make that much, much less of an issue.

[@tvtrauma7024]

ernest wamalwa if they’re are too many political parties there won’t be any change there will be many opinions in congress

[@abierose1362]

The problem with politics is that the parties care more about beating the other party then helping America

[@Khajiidaro]

True since Dems have done the same thing that Republicans did during the Obama administration during Trump's and now the only one saying anything about their policies is Trump while Dems have run a slander campaign and used the protests turned riots as well as covid(which fun fact, the US has always had an issue dealing with epidemics) to slander Trump even though all they do is talk and don't show any sign of cooperation even though Republicans have gone on Fox News and stated that what happened to Goerge Flyod was a tragedy and that Covid is a serious issues.

[@abierose1362]

Daro'Khajii fax

[@PopularWebz]

It's than. Otherwise it implies they want to help America which I suspect is not your point.

[@abierose1362]

Brandon Kalinowski my guy....

[@paulr3002]

Abie Rose: Your comment is childish. Of course political parties want to win, that by itself is not wrong and does not prove anything. You obviously did not watch the video because you are making the mistake he warns against. Watch the video. Then try a new comment.

[@tammat705]

pov: you're scrolling through the comments looking for wars between democrats and republicans

[@francescobuadu8912]

Yeah brother

[@aryster9233]

Yup

[@flackoso2]

ben lillistone ok so

[@freeeagleanimations9978]

How did you guess

[@SandhillCrane42]

Are you psychic??

[@emmavrijburg6676]

Whaaaaat a country with a two party system struggles with polarisation?! I am utterly shocked

[@PresidentJeanAuguste]

Let's be grateful that we were born outside the US

[@squeakermcgee]

@@PresidentJeanAuguste i wish i was born somewhere in Germany tbh

[@navy_talleywaxer9940]

@@PresidentJeanAuguste yes because we love shutting on one of the best countries even though we have no knowledge of it and never try to hear about the good stuff in it only the bad stuff

[@PresidentJeanAuguste]

@Based Adonis Probably unpopular

[@dmsalomon]

This is actually not how politics were for most of the US history. Historically the 2 parties fought for the middle of the country, and it actually had a more moderating effect on politics. Compare that to multi-party systems which can make smaller more ideologically fringe parties in a position of power in their coalitions. So it's not the system, but it's other cultural and social changes in the last 30-40 years that have led to increased polarization. And no, it's not the "Republicans" fault. Both parties are responsible, it takes 2 to tango.

[@gamermatty7809]

Politics is just high school with older people

[@marvingordon5685]

Yep..politicians nowadays are like toddlers that can’t decide what snack they want🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😬

[@callum9378]

@@marvingordon5685 But toddlers don't go to highschool...

[@CosmoKramer0123]

Fund my friend or I don’t vote you prom queen Tax cuts or I hold up your supposed bill in Congress

[@mintydewdrops]

and nukes

[@sovietunion7643]

only those older people decide the fate of an entire country

[@csstuff421]

Admit it. Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes. Together, we can stop this

[@adhityachandra4543]

Jamal

[@Tkcb2799]

Best one yet

[@gnom98]

PREACH

[@SaulMejia-ih2kx]

your right, we need to delete the world

[@tristanlau1213]

ZA WARUDO

[@dankkmann9651]

I can’t wait for the comments section to be full of reasonable debate and people willing to listen to other viewpoints

[@Stvrk]

Dankk Mann96 this is it, the best comment

[@oof-rr5nf]

lmaooooooooo

[@leonardchurch814]

I thought the exact same thing when I saw the title.

[@Goooodawgs561]

I respectfully disagree good sir but will not use that as a reason to attack you personally

[@TheNotoriousHRT]

hell yeah! totally!

[@flmkrp2486]

Admit it. the Tyrannosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex, often called T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the best represented of these large theropods. Tyrannosaurus lived throughout what is now western North America, on what was then an island continent known as Laramidia.

[@e_8074]

I'll admit that.

[@kawaiigamer6413]

Admit it. You came here for the comments.

[@nickstephenson1365]

Yup

[@seand.g423]

*sideshow Bob impression* "guilty... as charged..."

[@VinnyMartello]

Also guilty as charged.

[@keenanhaug8814]

Yes:)

[@olga-zm1bd]

Yup

[@raphabl1389]

Scroll back up. Not worth the brain cells down here.

[@pedrogomespg.5882]

why

[@jango2125]

aight

[@stealthcone]

Your not my Mom!

[@jango2125]

@@stealthcone Its "youre not my dad"

[@brycejustin8750]

Thank you

[@sugar-rice]

Aaaaaand I now remember why President Washington didn't want political parties...

[@andrewchessher4362]

Gospel. We got warnings in the federalist papers over the creation of "factions"

[@jamesmcgiffin8782]

Yea but that was never going to happen

[@tylerreed2409]

I think the issue is not that political parties emerged, but rather than key figures were so against them that they didn't account for how they would eventually emerge and then shape our politics. Parties are a logical way for voters to contribute to the course setting in a nation without each of them having to become hobbyist political theorists, the easy association of direction each party offers is extremely useful for the average person. It seems to me that regulating how parties operate is more realistic than wishing no parties existed.

[@yeaaboiii3002]

Whether it happened officially it was going to happen either way.

[@christopherg2347]

@@tylerreed2409 Becomming a "hobbyist political theorists" worked when only landowners were allowed to vote. But then we had such radical leftist ideas like "voting rights for all men".

[@mad1478]

“Reject political parties Return to Birthday Parties” _Pico, 2021_

[@Political-rat879]

Respect

[@naenaemyers5236]

I’d vote

[@sentineluno]

I preffer Mario Party's myself

[@freespiritfanfan1201]

Admit it: Having two parties with no room for a third or fourth is contributing to the problem.

[@FredOrSomething]

ya

[@radthadd]

There are like 6 parties. Go read a book

[@FredOrSomething]

@@radthadd there are only 2 major political parties. there are other parties but they are nearly non-existent and don't play a role in elections. there has never been a president that is not either a dem or republican.

[@bluecat2991]

@@FredOrSomething Well... Before the Democrats and Republicans, there were the Whig and Tory parties. However, I do get your point. The Dems and the GOP are just too big to allow in any others and that is hurting our country.

[@FredOrSomething]

Blue Cat, precisely

[@abd_cheese7353]

If there we no political parties at all, people would have to actually read about the politician to understand what they stand for. Thats what I think

[@christoffertorgersen6023]

ya, but trump is very different from other republicans

[@wolfey8065]

imagine all the people ....

[@gabrieljreed]

Just as a counter-argument (I don't think the 2 party system is anywhere near perfect) but I've heard this as a pro 2-party argument. In other countries like Italy, there are many political parties, and it makes it near impossible for any one of them to get anything done because they face opposition from almost every other party and nobody is anywhere close to a majority. The fact that we have a 2-party system means that we can actually get things done.

[@TheZubata225]

@@gabrieljreed You should read up a little more on government systems in Europe. For instance, in Czech Republic, you have fractured parliament with no-one holding majority, but you form a coalition (compromising on your program with similar parties) to get that majority. It is harder to get stuff done, sure, but it is also harder for extremists to pass harmful legislation. The two party system is horrid imo, as for a party striving to win, they only have to appear to be lesser evil to their counterpart, not be actually any good.

[@gabrieljreed]

@@TheZubata225 That's really interesting, I haven't heard that perspective before. Obviously I don't know a lot about it, but I just wanted to present it because it's an alternate perspective in favor of the 2-party system. I would love to have more options for president/Congress.

[@SuperCookieGaming_]

George Washington was right about political parties.

[@threedragonstalk2123]

Amazing how we didn't just listen to him

[@JM-us3fr]

Yes, but he was wrong in the sense that he didn't know how inevitable they were. Now that we're in this mess, the solution is to have more than two parties.

[@fujinyumi5632]

Chloridrex0 That’s not the problem. Both parties are becoming increasingly corrupt each day. We need different parties so that we can end corruption and make the parties think about the people and not just the prosperity of their party.

[@DirtyPoul]

And yet he was part of the group of people who decided on a system that is advantageous to larger parties, which resulted in two major/relevant parties in the end.

[@DirtyPoul]

@Nate P. Coco That reminds me of that South Park episode where they destroy Wallmart only for their local supermarket to become the new Wallmart so they destroy that too.

[@Maxim-gj1xd]

Admit it. You saw a comment about going to newest comments to see the fight between democrats and republicans

[@worldscar6422]

I love you

[@nok6099]

bruh i just wanna see the arguemennts

[@tippitytop]

😂

[@Amphoobian]

😮

[@Sleepyhead101]

@@nok6099 just scroll further down

[@immad3450]

Admit it, every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes

[@sonicvenom8292]

Together, we can stop this!

[@immad3450]

@@sonicvenom8292 LOL

[@deeznuts8659]

this comment is gold

[@Funtime_1008]

Big brain

[@pokunic]

@@sonicvenom8292 spread awareness

[@balto2455]

admit it. 69,435% of comments contains 'admit it'.

[@musicaddict4214]

Such willpower

[@abelgonzales3695]

I won't ADMIT it!

[@yourdestroyer1152]

Lol

[@sahroisse6228]

420 chance wasted smh

[@victorsvidss]

69.420%*

[@omerginawi9768]

Admit it. There are too many “Admit it” comments.

[@gnom98]

Omer Ginawi I admit, you’re right.

[@bananadaily2317]

republicans are being sarcastic

[@gnom98]

banana daily Admit it, we are.

[@ZenTradeGame]

Admit it . You are one of them

[@bradenspindler6541]

420th like 👍

[@hestoncjr.3560]

I did not come for politics I came for the comments

[@stuffexplainer6217]

admit it, you came for the angry comments but only found 'admit it' memes

[@1mickyfinn]

@Don K random time.

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Republican space rangers

[@ATJNDMJSZXZG]

lol yup

[@BaloqNZ]

@@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON KILLIN' THE ENIMIE'S FAMILY AND BURNIN' HIS HOUSE DOWN IF I'M WORRIED ABOUT SOME GUY LOOKIN' AT MY HOOHAAH?!

[@bluebaconjake405]

Just sort by new. Usually its there Edit: nvm, dont even try

[@kaydenchan7093]

Admit it, the country is not so “united”

[@duecebiggalowe]

According to my friends in England, we really need more than a two party race.

[@thaplug9644]

Honestly . We need 8 more parties

[@joshuauriarte452]

When has this country ever been united, Besides 1933-1945?

[@kaydenchan7093]

Joshua you’re right

[@letticiadelgado9865]

Word

[@TalentedUser]

No wonder America is so politically divided, the media helps it.

[@javierapodaca3021]

Exactly

[@Jared827LoL]

Well yeah the media IS what drives it. They want everyone to look at us republicans as racists, homophobes, narcs, etc. Most of the big media/new outlets are owned/hosted by Dems.

[@thatsaboat2882]

The only credible news source today is the onion

[@quackinhackin6314]

@@thatsaboat2882 XD

[@intensedj_]

@@Jared827LoL and the right media wants people to think the left are ratical liers and all want money. neither side is good

[@IOwnKazakhstan]

Admit it: half of us aren't even from the US and just like watching old white men argue in the comments.

[@genekendrick679]

Half?? More like 3 quarters

[@IOwnKazakhstan]

@@genekendrick679 ahaha

[@Qaptyl]

WHITE!? 😭😰😰😰😨😨😱

[@springwater3108]

Admit it. You're looking for an all out Democrat and Republican war in the comments.

[@YourLocalRussianNegro]

Yeah

[@Anthony-pj4io]

Lies of conservative Republicans: The Civil War was about "states' rights." Confederates were patriots, not traitors. Barack Obama was born in Kenya and is Muslim. Michelle Obama was born a man. Liberals hate our police and military. Liberals hate America. The Affordable Care Act is communism. Trump had higher poll numbers than Lincoln (polls were established 70+ years after Lincoln). Climate change is a liberal hoax. I could go on for days. I truly don't understand how they can believe all of these things.

[@lalo2papi775]

Yea

[@amalofoto]

This is Vox, I don't think many Republicans will be here

[@XiyuYang]

Admit it you copied a comment 👮‍♂️

[@Syahnydeofficial]

*Admit it. Godzilla won in Godzilla vs Kong.*

[@roachdoggjr722]

I'm a democrat and I'm here for the comments. I want to see if a Republican in the comments has any reasonable dispute with any of the facts in this video. I have yet to find one

[@Syahnydeofficial]

@@roachdoggjr722 Probably because the majority are democrat lol

[@Syahnydeofficial]

​@Marlon Brando Ain't that true. I agree completely. I feel that the most with now'er days public schools as well. As the majority are easily democratic. And I feel that is the way it is because the democratic agenda is pushed much harder than the republican. Therefore making their opinion not only seem like the right way of thinking, but that you are somehow doing everyone a favor by only having that opinion. So I feel that the youth is being almost pure-pressured into this way of thinking. And with beliefs like climate change being a mostly democratic belief, democrats see republican views as evil because they'd rather not "help the planet" from a chaos they don't believe in.

[@libertarianboi4095]

Fax

[@miles6305]

@@Syahnydeofficial You say that democratic agenda is pushed much harder than the republican, yet you agree that the vocal majority of the internet is conservative? You just contradicted yourself and misspelled a few easy words so hats off to you. IMO, each party pushes their ideas the same, it just matters where in the country you are (proof: lived in both rural Kentucky and urban Philly).

[@ijustmakegamesnow906]

"You cannot negotiate with someone who says: "What's mine is mine and what's your's is negotiable!"" -President John F Kennedy

[@dereksippy4355]

believe it or not kennedy was not an infallible god

[@ijustmakegamesnow906]

@@dereksippy4355 That was the great thing about Kennedy, he had a lot of physical pain from past injuries, he liked women a lot, they liked him. But he was smart, good, and basically a decent guy. Losing him shocked the world. To us Irish, Kennedy was nearly divine.

[@buster117]

He was the Democrat US needs today not Bernie Sanders.

[@georgiegingersnap8129]

@@asherdog9248 So did his dad.

[@joryferrell7244]

@death eater Oh man....wow...you got 'im. Yea...yea...you got 'im.

[@awesomeness3145]

Admit it, you don't own an air fryer

[@pietersfilms5171]

Lol i do

[@PossessedPotatoBird]

I do tho

[@enterchannelname200]

I advocate for Air Fryer Supremacy

[@Elysia-Warlord]

how do you know i lended it

[@Ricky911_]

Do y'all remember when George Washington once said about how political parties corrupt? I just wanted to say one thing... ... he was right

[@subrisubrika5652]

Terrible use of the read more suprise

[@npholmes09]

He was also a slave owner. What's your point?

[@Ricky911_]

@@npholmes09 I know, that's sad but still he had a point

[@stevennguyen5771]

Nick H he saved America besides who cares about him owning slaves most people and even the founding father owned Slaves and George Washington did freed them when he die.

[@sunnohh]

Nick H thats actually a really good point you aren’t trying to make, wrong and right live side by side.

[@useless_name]

Admit it. For democracy it needs more than two parties.

[@garrethigdon7678]

admit it. the united states isnt a democracy. its a republic

[@supremebouchard2104]

Garret Higdon This is some Star Wars Phantom Menace s**t

[@MarcSpark]

@@garrethigdon7678You are both. A democracy is not a type of state, but it merely describes who are in charge (namingly the people). A republic describes that the power is not hold by one person, as a dictator or monarch. Also ZER0 is right, more than two parties are needed.

[@monke2361]

We definitely need more moderate parties so that normal Democrats and normal Republicans don't have to vote for extremists.

[@axofbrevity]

@@garrethigdon7678 If we aren't vigilant we son't be either in november...

[@karinageraci7745]

“A House divided on oneself cannot stand.”- Abraham Lincoln

[@themaniac2448]

itself*

[@yourdestroyer1152]

Facts

[@Steve-zc9ht]

100% facts

[@jjmichael5059]

-Jesus too (woosh me I dare you)

[@snipermaster6329]

Itself*

[@adityasajith1]

I'm from India and this same thing happens in my country also, rather than considering each other adversaries who can work with each other,both decide to blame each other and refuse to work together to solve the problem of the people.

[@siddanthvenkatesh2744]

The purpose of the video seems to be to highlight that the issue at hand may not be the result of actions taken by both sides but a broader issue. However I agree that Indian politics is a blame game.

[@kangvladi]

Admit it. Some of you are non American, and come here only to see the chaos. Instead, you get admit it memes

[@terrortoby47]

Got me 😁🇩🇪

[@air_pln]

So true haha

[@bruhmomento4462]

yes memes rule not politics

[@parasite-2757]

True

[@clipboard.]

correct

[@2kmichaeljordan438]

Admit it: We wish news stations actually said what happened, not bend it because politics.

[@megauser8512]

Exactly!

[@citizeninsane8518]

Thank you, Jimmy Kimmel But blackface!

[@Luke-zp6rn]

Jimmy Kimmel But blackface finally

[@capedcrusader4055]

U.S justice system has a serious flaw in their method of proving defamation. It has allowed the news channel to blatantly lie every single day without even considering what's true or what isin't!

[@sklizzy3125]

jriden CNN is much worse. i bet you don’t even know why you hate trump

[@joeyk107]

To all the people who say we don't need opposition in politics because "George Washington warned against political parties" he didn't mean that we should have a 1 party system. He meant we should have politicians who get elected not by party but by their policies.

[@Vestige.]

True

[@stevenalexander4721]

Tell that to the people who keep voting the party line instead of the individual.

[@joeyk107]

@@stevenalexander4721 exactly!

[@kdash4839]

This will also not work as only president doesn't take decisions

[@Obro-ry8bo]

Or we could do it like everyone else and make more parties

[@josetheclassicstarwarsfan8514]

Admit it. You clicked “Newest First”

[@lukezhang3017]

Dang it.

[@SweatierAcorn]

Dang it.

[@ytnoat1207]

Dang it.

[@JoeLikesTrains]

Dang it.

[@carmenpuddinpop8642]

Dang it.

[@Junkman2008]

Remember back when you felt that the people running the government had to be smart?

[@jacobsegura5478]

I feel like in America, as long as you know the right people or have enough money, you don't really have to be qualified for anything.

[@Junkman2008]

@@jacobsegura5478 Sir, you are 100% correct.

[@Junkman2008]

@Lil Rob Yea, back then.

[@Kaiser-jo3uj]

That was when I was 8

[@lawsongranieri1518]

@@jacobsegura5478 SO TRUE how do i send this comment to donald trump

[@lincolnhedahl2478]

Someone: *shares opinion* Comments: so you have chosen... death

[@hugdeeznuttz3458]

Am I the only one waiting for republicans to bring back McArthyism and the false accusations and blacklists

[@evilestdragon280]

you decided to say something about sharing opinions? you have shared your opinion..... so you have chosen.... death

[@zyansheep]

Omae Wa Mou, Shindeiru nani

[@khadijahmuhammad4771]

@@zyansheep ZA WARUDO!!

[@flyinryan1459]

Is everyone here waiting to see if the liberals stop trying to destroy the country with socialism?

[@killuazoldyck7612]

How to find war in this video: 1. Go to comments 2. Sort by “Newest First” 3. You will find Democrats vs Republicans Thank me later

[@nikolasslead6582]

Thank you, the chaos is amusing

[@rdococ]

Thanks mate.

[@thegoldengamer9315]

Thanks

[@elsythomas1210]

Thanks

[@Libertymichigan13]

Thank you

[@Show0Me0The0Evidence]

im going to dig more into this study, bc this doesnt feel right. The party has shifted so much. At least the voter base a lot of ex libs like myself. soooo many classic liberal center left libertarians. Everyones pretty on board with LGBT (the OG 4). I'm an atheist with many conservative values. I grew up in the south and this is not what I see from the under 40 crowd of repubs. But the left is the reason I left the party. polticians may be voting the same, but the people have such extreme views and ideas that detract so much from party lines 10 years ago. Tulsi Gabbard said once of the first things they do after your sworn in is separate you and essentially instruct you to vote no for anything the other side brings to the table. if if its good. She said if its good or something their voters want to happen.. theyre instructed to still vote no and theyll try and get it into one of their own bills. party win above all else.

[@alexburt8608]

When the anti-republican video starts with a Trump ad

[@exnihilo8388]

I got a berne sanders ad.

[@AL_0401]

Right 😂

[@Ben-ey6qz]

Neptune Bandit i got Bernie too

[@lillyshirel8356]

I got Mike Bloomberg 😂

[@cypernexus8727]

Ironic

[@davidhenry7743]

I think the media actually broke politics

[@lucaspollack-hoyt7985]

Underrated comment

[@hatguy8225]

Kinda true. Escpiecally CNN

[@chacha_oolala]

Kinda true. Especially Fox

[@twgok3162]

@@chacha_oolala kinda true especially vox

[@nestoons4539]

FOX and CNN They’re polar opposites

[@LaurenRage7]

“This problem is likely to get worse as time goes on” 2020: 👁👄👁

[@inkryption3386]

*the election*

[@jailynhill2840]

STOPPPP😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@smt4090]

**GASP** < [👁👄👁

[@smt4090]

@@jailynhill2840 go.

[@libordostal886]

It's not over yet tho... Republicans have 50 seats in the Senate... Hopefully Georgia elect Dem. senators to make it 50/50... But... Still a lot of people vote for them lunatics...

[@georgewashington1988]

Admit it: your not paying attention to the video your looking at the comments. Just like me.

[@flamehair5145]

A wise man once said, “United we stand divided we fall.”

[@rodrigowemans9021]

Realy?

[@risteelongtran3506]

Niko who said that?

[@micahandme8078]

@@risteelongtran3506 Pink Floyd makes that statement in a song on "The Wall."

[@AshrafAnam]

Oh, America's gonna fall pretty soon thanks to Israel

[@samueljett7807]

@mouth America needed LifeAlert

[@annieryan8540]

we should've listened to George Washington, he said that political parties would divide America and look where we are now EDIT: i did not mean one party only, that would be extremely controlling and make our political climate even worse. what i mean is that i think that political parties have divided america and that instead of two parties that each pick a candidate all the people running for president should run independently. this is for many reasons 1. voting for a person not a party ( ex : people who vote republican no matter who the candidate is ) 2. not getting stuck in a one or the other situation ( ex : “settle for biden” if you don’t want trump in office you have to “settle for biden” because if you vote on an independent or really small party you are basically throwing away your vote because only republicans and democrats win ) and i’m sure i’m forgetting some other good reasons but those are the main ones, hope this clarifies some things ☺️🇺🇸

[@MrZweene]

US parties are a real light version. If you look at Europe party power is way stronger there. In conclusion single persons can change parties way more drastic in the US while parties in Europe give more power to the base.

[@GopherBaroque61]

@@SullivanHLKong Why does there have to be ANY party at all? Each side will decry having no parties because they don't want to lose power. But if there were no parties and everyone ran as Independents, then you'll see a lot more compromise. Compromise is a good thing.

[@trevorflanagan4873]

Federalist papers? No.10? No.61?

[@johnsalchichon3605]

So what we need is a single party?? A dictatorship where nobody can vote??

[@annieryan8540]

John Salchichon read my edit

[@kartman568]

maybe we should have a voting system that encourages more than 2 parties.

[@sadiyashiraj]

You're absolutely right. In America, the use of Plurality voting ensures that, often, more than half the country is left unhappy about the winning party. In countries like here in Australia, we use preferential voting, which give a greater proportion of the population the party / candidate they want.

[@gizmorazaar]

@@sadiyashiraj James Madison, 4th US President and author of several Federalist Papers; he's made a point many times that factions, now parties, within a democratic government is bound to lead to its corruption and possible downfall. And sure enough...

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

The problem is the left/right just forming a coalition to win control of the government even when they don't have enough votes as an individual party and you're back to the two party system.

[@easlern]

Titanium Rain this doesn’t happen in proportional representative governments, like those used in most of Western Europe. Presumably a multi-party system in the US would be based on something similar.

[@Epoch11]

Wow, a GOOD IDEA..................not going to happen obviously!

[@ABI-qw2bj]

The real title should be: Admit it. American parties have broken politics.

[@hellraiser5671]

I feel like you're doing the same, "both sides," thing that the video is criticizing.

[@kemcolian2001]

@@hellraiser5671 welllllll, when this video came out it was only one side but now its both.

[@hellraiser5671]

@@kemcolian2001 Abolsih the electoral college, change the voting system to support multiple parties, that's all good. But you CANNOT in good faith say that the Republicans are better than Democrats.

[@BLACKandZEN]

@@hellraiser5671 you mean the grey wolves vs the white wolves? both will eat your face and RIP you to shreads...the thing is neither side will take responsibility for mangling your face . at it's so much easier to blame the other side.

[@hellraiser5671]

@@BLACKandZEN This is exactly what I mean. Empty platitudes from a false middle ground.

[@zempov]

Vox: The Democrats are moderate and the republicans are far right Bernie Sanders: Am I a centrist to you?

[@calvinobrien7467]

King Tomislav Mapping underrated comment of the day right here

[@humanperson7646]

I may agree with Vox on Democrats are moderate but you can’t be more true

[@invention64]

The party as a whole, not individual candidates

[@samjames6890]

Within the context of international political discourse, his positions are pretty much centre left. Even the conservatives in Australia and the UK are afraid to undermine their universal healthcare system.

[@aarishowton8037]

Ah yes, we all know that one candidate who lost is representative of and influential to the position of the entire party

[@TytoSwift]

You left on the comments... You brave brave souls.

[@medmg570]

Leaving the comments on is the norm. anyone who disables the comment is a coward.

[@revolutionarycomrade]

There is nothing to fear but fascism itself...

[@macboss88]

Josef Heilburger you won the internet for the day for this comment! It was exactly how I thought!

[@saddaddytentacles9897]

The only vid I know that they disabled comments on is the risk trans people face with their IDs, which was a smart move

[@pendejo6466]

@@saddaddytentacles9897 Why?

[@legateelizabeth]

I kind of respect the "but let's be honest I'm the exact kind of person you'd expect to be making this argument, so let's get others in" move. It shows a level of self awareness.

[@erinangel9452]

A level that no trump supporter has ever reached.

[@TheSmily4ever]

@@erinangel9452 😂😭😭😭🙈

[@valsan1323]

@@erinangel9452 That's just not true.

[@prestonhall5171]

@@valsan1323 I disagree. Every single Trump supporter I've gotten into discussions with have been unwilling to hear me out. Even when I present information that is objectively true, if it doesn't conform with their political beliefs, then I get shunned. Every. Time.

[@valsan1323]

@@prestonhall5171 That's just the Trump supporters you've come across. You've not met all the Trump supporters.

[@jazzzzzz5626]

Admit USA is terrible when it comes to politics

[@catherineskis]

Oh yes, let's have North Korea's instead.

[@Moodboard39]

​@@catherineskisJapan maybe lol USA is a failure regardless

[@dopplar]

I don't want journalists to be neutral, I want them to he objective. Neutral and objective aren't the same thing

[@aderinolamiju]

So you mean opinion

[@jackace4275]

What is considered "natural" is actually democratic majority of the time, for some small examples the Washington Post, CNN, and parts of FOX too.

[@dopplar]

@@jackace4275 I'm a bit confused, do you mean neutral?

[@dopplar]

@@aderinolamiju Objectivity is not opinion

[@jackace4275]

@@dopplar I'm talking about the main sources of political interest are usually not neutral

[@cringedepartment7409]

Politics has become a toxic multiplayer match

[@jackyate9841]

amen

[@jaxongoble9987]

Practically Ness on online smash

[@princeishere1693]

Preach

[@uljk5699]

It always have been Even before USA was born

[@TyrDrum]

Trump69420 has the highest K/D so far.

[@Gerz970]

The only reason this has become a problem in the first place is because of the lack of choice we have. Having only two political parties is bound to end in disaster because they both have to be extreme to differentiate from each other.

[@AxeSoul]

With our current voting system, it's not gonna change anytime soon, or ever.

[@trevor0245]

I think it would be near impossible to replace the system we have, as much as I agree with the statement. Both parties have been wildly successful for very long and they have many investors and many people looking out for either side that a reform to how the parties function is near impossible unless the American People are all on the same page.

[@gameimprovements4347]

@@trevor0245 very true- the news is one of the main factors for division. The other main factors, the education system, and parenting. While you can't control parenting as to monitor every civilians family- daily, you can control the education system and control the press- not your restriction of free speeches/actions but for complete inclusion

[@Cx10110100]

@@gameimprovements4347 Ah, the HitlerJugend

[@LeRoiJojo]

And yet, being too extreme is supposed to alienate a large chunk of the electorate, because most people are around the centre. Bit left, bit right, rarely far from the centre. And you kinda see it with Bernie Sanders in the Democratic party: both times he lost to safer, more neutral candidates. They feared his centre-left politics (I'm Canadian) would alienate too many voters. To appeal to as many voters as possible, every party should want to attract neutral voters. Which means gravitating towards the centre, with some variation in the smiles of candidates. And yet, it doesn't seem to work like that with the Republican party. They just move more and more to the right, and their base just seem to follow them, dragging the whole political spectrum to the right, then somehow still getting the votes. I... don't understand the United-States, it seems. I don't get how someone like Trump could get elected anywhere. Maybe some village in Florida. But president? Really?

[@MountainHomeJerrel]

Hey, it's me from 5 years in the future. I have to let you know the Republican party gets, way, WAY worse. You cannot even imagine how bad it gets.

[@kylerobeen4359]

Bad how?

[@EventuallyTM]

Admit it. Businesses need to stay out of politics

[@JNM578]

Welcome to crony capitalism!

[@brilianairlangga1408]

And don't give government too much power

[@rmh941]

Politics got involved with business first.

[@brilianairlangga1408]

Because politician got too many power

[@jeffhiner9443]

So do unions.

[@princeoffduty6994]

America’s politics, sadly, is f**ked up. Very sad.

[@confidentchristian1989]

Prince Off Duty still better than lots of other countries.

[@GKPranav]

Roadkill Christian okay and? That doesn’t mean we can’t improve?

[@KiTheMC]

@@confidentchristian1989 Maybe better than Pakistani politics, yes.

[@amehwican]

If only we were more like Norway...

[@johnnytwoshoes1964]

@@amehwican I'm norwegian, and it's not like Norway politics are perfect. I get daily aneurysms because of how our politicians love to waste tax money.

[@mayarenhult5631]

“Meet me in the middle.” says the unjust man. You take a step towards him and he takes a step back. “Meet me in the middle.” says the unjust man.

[@valguz7196]

Sorry, I was like no. 70, I broke the NOICE.

[@benjaminr8961]

Democrats in a nutshell.

[@outlawruby]

Lol did you watch the video?

[@bigjoe8612]

The unjust man = dems

[@neonicplays]

@@benjaminr8961 every party in a nutshell

[@joshsmith503]

It's almost like having an independent 3rd party president would be a good compromise

[@melomelo7629]

Colombia: *quietly* dont...

[@theworldwithosmo5448]

2050 ill run ok u vote?

[@shinekalmady127]

please dont for gods sake🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@davidhsonic]

That'd be great! But first we need to replace First Past the Post so that having more than two parties is possible.

[@thegamerboytgb4350]

WTA or FPTP voting ruins 3rd party candidates

[@TJl919]

A two party system is so wildly moronic. 1 step forward, 5 steps back. It’s all about undoing what the other person did. Rather than trying to move forward as a country.

[@jumbo9886]

It goes deeper than that, republicans may be going to the extreme end politically but democrats are going to the extreme end socially.

[@JWarrior_81]

@Libertarian Socialist That's because it seems extreme to you. You are trying to make your views seem like they are everybody else's. Legalizing marijuana is extreme to some people. Did you ever think parents might not want the legalization of weed because kids might use it. Just stay in your little Vox bubble.

[@ethanm4206]

TobiasJLogan uh a two-party system keeps politics less stratified and extreme... have you taken any politics courses

[@gamerx112]

more parties doesnt mean better. in canada, a majority can be as low as 34% assuming everyone who is elligible votes.

[@anarchominecraftist5106]

@@JWarrior_81 They aren't being subjective, they are referring to where policies fit on the political spectrum.

[@jacobmedina6137]

Before reading the comments: preparing for the absolute chaos of both parties going at it 10 seconds later: what people are actually in agreement that a two party system is part of the problem?!?

[@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544]

Yep

[@auramaster2068]

Its It's not the problem

[@jantheking7028]

It is a problem, but soon it will be worse. As the republican party gets smaller and the democrat party gets larger, we will soon be moving toward only democrat party.

[@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544]

Jantheking another step along the road to dictatorship

[@awesomechainsaw]

Mhmm, and What’s more interesting is when you compare republicans and democrats on a political compass. While we normally consider Democrats to be on the left their actually on the right close to moderate. Meanwhile the republicans are far right. The reasoning for this being the Cold War, and our fear of communism. Which means technically our two party system is a one party system. It’s also why the right can become more and more right while the left stays mostly the same.

[@srujankumar2897]

Admit it : Us elections are a reality show.

[@Vestige.]

We can besacly say it is because the liberals and democrats are acting like spoiled children acting as victim and republican welp not bieng allowed to speak and hating on liberals and democrats for hating them Is like a fight bitwen sibling here so help me

[@alredacted1734]

Abolish the electoral college from there the two party system will probably collapse

[@Vestige.]

@@alredacted1734 and what do we do to replace it

[@Vestige.]

@@alredacted1734 we need a way to vote someone and secure its safe(even tho is not completely safe) and the electoral college is not even the problem The only way stop the division is to replace the parties maybe or reform at leats one of the parties and i say we should reform the democrat party because many there are corrupt and want pawor

[@alredacted1734]

@@Vestige. a person in wyoming has 3.6x the vote of someone in california, how is that not a problem. I dont like representative democracy as it is because politicians are almotst universally corrupt, but you could just use the popular vote count, the electoral college isnt necessary.

[@Cookiebrawlstars729]

Admit it. There are to many comments saying “admit it”

[@franciscorendon2783]

Friendly reminder that this 0:32 wouldn't be a problem if voting for more han two parties were realistically possible.

[@Shrekfromthehitmovieshrek]

Francisco Rendón change the voting method The alternative vote is better

[@siddharthraykar9476]

Uranus Inbanana The real problem is that too many people think that voting for a third party is wasting a vote, so it becomes the lesser of 2 evils. However, in that system, even superficial qualities can be game changers.

[@elicrowleyycontreras1135]

@@Shrekfromthehitmovieshrek STV for Legislative Elections

[@sydlawson3181]

@@siddharthraykar9476 I've been voting Libertarian forever so I'm just out here waiting for y'all to quit letting me down with your wishy washy selves

[@siddharthraykar9476]

Gavin Otto Good for you. I’m in favour slightly bigger gov’t, but I can see where Libertarians are coming from.

[@sharnaepegues7025]

Country over party, people. Country over party.

[@maxthibodeau3627]

FOR KING AND COUNTRY!

[@NathanKirby2001]

Exactly can we deport all the anti americans

[@jaxongoble9987]

FOR HONOR AND GLORY!!!

[@GXSHOOTS]

Nathan Kirby but they were born here so you can’t Nathan go to bed

[@chriswatson3464]

Republicans want to destroy the United States, so voting against them is putting the country first.

[@casual_ice_consumer4148]

The real problem is issues like climate change, mask wearing, the national debt, have become polarized.

[@hbk6425]

They didn't 'become' polarized. The side pushing for all of them have done so from the start because they have a radical agenda, and must invent crisis to garnish greater control in order to reach it. It has always been polarized as such between the authoritarians and those who've bought into their misinformation, and the free thinkers with the capacity to critically analyze rather than simply swallowing a narrative, and instead of buying into it, simply want to preserve their freedom and live their lives. There was never a way for it to be anything BUT polarized.

[@Jessica-eo5hg]

Like, just wear a mask, reduce your carbon input, and start switching over to a debit card. It’s not that hard to let go of the forced politics in it

[@zionj104]

very true

[@Jessica-eo5hg]

@@hbk6425 why’d you delete the comment?

[@hbk6425]

@@Jessica-eo5hg I deleted no comment, and the ones I remember are still here... though KZbin has occasionally messed things up when I edit things for grammar or the like, and it's possible I forgot one. Which are you referring to?

[@thesenate2676]

Admit it. You’re stealing my oxygen by inhaling it.

[@user-nu7nd7lf4j]

Admit it. I am the senate.

[@abhiramkrishnan7202]

I love democracy

[@drloomis1031]

@@abhiramkrishnan7202 ironic

[@XiyuYang]

Ok frank

[@sethydeathy]

Space Ball movie plot

[@kengreen8460]

Politics has evolved into performance art.

[@airwipe1639]

KEN Green it’s turned into reality tv

[@sovietunion7643]

@@airwipe1639 it's turned into a disaster movie but no one is running away from the storm

[@Halo-lg7rq]

They always were, they are just less sophisticated

[@oliverpierce5118]

Devolved

[@captainwilliam3920]

Politics have devolved into a game of monopoly

[@ro4eva]

Big money in politics - if anything - broke American politics.

[@arduous222]

This. For someone outside of America, the US politics system looks a lot closer to a plutocracy than a democracy.

[@reneebear3641]

Hojin Cho Coming from someone in the US, that’s exactly what it is. If you can’t aggressively push your agenda & push others away, no matter how good your policies are, you are dead in the water. (Bernie.) If you can aggressively yell whatever you have to say & directly call others out, you thrive. (Trump & Biden.)

[@dimdimbramantyo7666]

Wanna hear a joke? What is the most sucessfull mercenary company in the world? US Military Aight, I see myself out

[@theksoutdoorsman5841]

You bet

[@elizabethguillemette8632]

Admit it. Both parties can be equally bad, it's up to us to all become better people, not to just single one group out and to cut slack for the other

[@elizabethguillemette8632]

@@RaisedWhiteMist Thank you!

[@harlenkelly7331]

@@elizabethguillemette8632 They are not "equally" bad, that's a dull-witted assertion.

[@elizabethguillemette8632]

@@harlenkelly7331 What I mean bu this is that we shouldn't account for one party's actions, then let the other party get away scot free. While both parties can do amazing things, we can't just ignore their wrongdoings. To call that assertion "dull-witted" is just like saying that it's okay for the "top student" to cheat and to not be penalized for it, while scrutinizing only the other one that was cheating. Why is it okay for one to get away with one thing, but not the other for the same mistake?

[@elizabethguillemette8632]

@Will Smith Is this one directed towards me?

[@harlenkelly7331]

@@elizabethguillemette8632 Saying both parties are equally bad is an inaccurate, demonstrably false statement. It's analogous to stating that the US was equally bad when it fought against germany during ww2.

[@wyattlarrick3246]

Be honest. We all came for the comments, right?

[@primeribgaming2681]

TheWaterFlipper Jr. yeah........... it’s hard to read though.

[@wyattlarrick3246]

@@primeribgaming2681 Yeah, there's some extreme cringe at times

[@LuxAeterna22878]

I didn't intend to, but I always seem to do it anyway. It's an addiction and I need to stop!

[@nofunpolice6132]

I may even watch the video afterwards. Probably not, but maybe.

[@RageAgainstRustyCage]

Yep,...paused the Pre-Ad, so they get no viewership cred, lol....ugly lying title was like click-bait.

[@callmeaweeb4169]

Don't mind me, I'm just here to see people argue on the internet

[@pepsi-cola2791]

RepubliCAN'T vs democRAT

[@jolyne8674]

Indubitably

[@ninjos9782]

Weeb

[@noahsd]

Admit it, You're just here to see people argue on the internet

[@maccheese776]

Tomoko???

[@sbart23]

The longer I follow American politics, the more apparent it becomes to me that a two-party system combined with an antiquated electoral system is a deadly combination. In a multi-party system, even in democracies where polarization occurs, younger generations tend to vote out establishment parties in favour of new ones that with time enter the political mainstream and assume positions of power. The system is more self-regulating and the voters less entrenched. In certain elections it's not infrequent to vote for candidates hailing from different parties, e.g. an A party mayor, a B party city councillor and a C party member to a regional government for example. In a multi-party system someone like Sanders would probably be able to introduce some of his policies decades ago as part of a junior coalition party. Cruz and the more moderate Republicans like Flake or Murkowski wouldn't even be in the same party.

[@SLOSurfer11]

People truly don't realize how popular split-ticket voting is and how Americans used to check a box on their ballot that would vote for everyone running under the Republican party or everyone running under Democratic party. So glad we grew away from that and have slowly seen the # of Independent voters becoming the largest group in modern times!

[@jamesmalik3355]

It's cause in a 2 party system, there's a bigger opportunity for polarization. Usually in countries with multi party system judges the candidates individually

[@tammcd]

America's problem goes deeper than 2-party politics and a lousy electoral system. 1) Religionism, as distinct from religion. 2) Impaired educational system. 3) Protection of hate speech and LIES. 4) A tradition of anti-intellectualism, 5) Undue reverence for wealth and celebrity. I could go on, but the basic point is an apathetic, poorly-informed population, in which only the fearful, bigoted, blaming haters have any commitment to voting.

[@seb_5969]

I suggest you check out CPG Grey`s videos about election, they explain everything that is wrong in this system and how it can be fixed!

[@Millionsofpeas]

@@seb_5969 The American electoral system cannot be fixed from within the system because both parties in power want the system to remain this way.

[@cow1816]

I actually had an argument online with someone who claimed to be centrist (but very much showed a lot more support for the republican party) where he stated and I quote: "Would it really be that bad if we only had one party?" Truly, a bruh moment.

[@nicholasfaulds2762]

Nothing would change lol, it would just be different wings of the one party infighting

[@DiegoideGetsNoBitches]

2 parties is still very weird, whis last elections Americans had 2 option, right winged old man or a slightly less right winged ol man because, let's be real (democrats aren't really that left winged)

[@nicholasfaulds2762]

@@DiegoideGetsNoBitches Very true

[@lateral1385]

Wait a minute- that’s totalitarianism! 😅

[@isaactheburger7791]

same profile pic

[@dottore5823]

George Washington: Am I a joke to you?

[@beautifulmess2023]

•lokicoffee• 👏👏👏👏👏

[@54markl]

George Washington: Am I funny to you, like a funny clown? See this riding crop? Oh, did that hurt, poltroon?

[@54markl]

Yes, you had slaves, Mr. Hippo Teeth, and you were a greedy unscrupulous Miser! And this was George Washington, he was the best American! 😂

[@alastor4087]

54markl he was still an amazing president my guy

[@jacobluker5531]

Lol he was neither. He was something else but I don’t remember what it was called.

[@nesslig2025]

4:45 so they preemptively said that they would go against him, no matter what policy he proposes. Regardless whether the policy in question would improve the lives of US citizens. As long as it obstructs the success of their competitors, they will oppose it. No for the sake of no.

[@JohnDeMarco007]

They followed this up by saying the Dems should have worked with Trump when he won. The hypocrisy is mind-blowing.

[@daveapplemotors]

Mitch, tRump, Graham, nd others who steal from the poor to give to the rich are bound for HELL.

[@bergenkludt-painter8030]

As someone who is passionate about politics I am disappointed that I have seen more decorum used in a middle school lunch room than in the United States Congress.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

But this video here ignored the fact that Democrats are Right-Wing by World-Standard, and also the Rachet-Effect!

[@sharkattack2903]

Why can’t republicans and democrats just be friends?

[@akuakkk1908]

If you're talking about the people, then yes they can be friend. If we're talking about politics, then no they can't.

[@sharkattack2903]

@@akuakkk1908 just people

[@thomaso6579]

Did you actually watch the video?

[@lemonqvartz]

yeah thats not how it works

[@thomaso6579]

@@lemonqvartz source? Evidence? Logic?

[@Shredding101]

**Laughs in not American**

[@nikolatrpkovic1674]

Lol me

[@memelgaming]

You guys are so lucky!

[@nikolatrpkovic1674]

@@memelgaming idk maybe

[@flyerkiller8384]

Liberal Chuckles

[@memelgaming]

@Flyer Killer Actually, centrist.

[@ATHLETE.X]

People commenting appear to be confused about the difference between facts and opinions.

[@LittleRainGames]

And there are also people who dont understand the concept and difference of opinion, and profesional opinion.

[@marianushn]

@@lakeman1966 I never know how to call them... republicunt, cuntservative, republitard...

[@leninaquino1493]

THIS REPORT AND THESE EXPERTS SAY IT'S A FACT SO IT'S A FACT LOL

[@marianushn]

@@leninaquino1493 or you could read the actual report and see the statistics for yourself, but I understand an imbecilic waste of oxygen life form like you wouldn't understand a thing. Bless your heart though

[@carsonroach-howell6945]

@Politics Is Dumb No one said that there isn't a male and female gender. There certainly is. Liberals say that your gender shouldn't necessarily be bound to your sex organs. That you should do what makes you feel comfortable and happy in your own body.

[@peterinawat9137]

two party system has ruined politics

[@swift4420]

Communism would've worked

[@2kmichaeljordan438]

Cez you should do comedy, your great at it!

[@paulhopman758]

Your profile picture ads more meaning to your words than the actual words

[@jaydenslaptop]

Cez no it wouldn’t have

[@offbrandharrypotter1592]

Actually If you look the democratic party is way more corrupt than the Republican party but yes both parties are corrupt

[@Sleepyhead101]

Admit it, you are sorting comments by new to look for flame wars

[@SweatierAcorn]

Yep

[@dakshanbalaramesh]

Yep

[@YourGayOverlord]

Nooooo.... 👀

[@driley4381]

"Have you ever watched someone's soul wither away?" Bold of you to assume that Mitch McConnell ever had a soul.

[@ryano.8768]

I thought kermit the frog never had a soul so yes, its bold to assume mconnel ever had a soul

[@claudiorabsten7179]

double chin turtle dance haha

[@54markl]

That kind of Evil Turtle is soulless. 🐢

[@lordvanilla8075]

@Benjamin Ahlers dood no one has a sole it's made up, like Santa Claus.

[@aceroduro2330]

Every human owns a soul

[@bsarioz]

I don't understand why people are so mad at the title. The video is actually in line with the title and backs it up with statistics and Mitch McConnell's behavior. People are getting too emotional these days.

[@GCOSBenbow]

Its mainly due to the broad canvas this paints, in the US you guys tend to attach identity with politics (really don't understand that tbh) so saying 'Republicans broke something' will make a lot of people attach that with 'they're blaming me and my friends' in a very human, tribal way people are obviously going to respond negatively. Again this was also addressed in the video, polite journalists don't want to offend roughly half the population so avoid blaming one side completely. It might very well be the Republican parties fault but there are more tactful ways to phrase it. Example: Republican politicians are breaking the government/democracy

[@PitchManFreak107]

Because those "statistics" are subjective. Both parties have changed but saying that the Republican Party is "completely out of control" is just false. This video is just for the people looking for more sound in their own little echo chamber.

[@GCOSBenbow]

@@PitchManFreak107 Both parties have changed yes, I believe the host shows this in a pretty info graphic showing both parties straying from the US centre line. But I would argue the republicans are out of control. The democrats have never refused to meet a republican nominee for anything. They haven't refused to even look at one of Trumps bills before voting no. The republican politicians are like a group of racist old men sitting in a bar playing poker; if you aren't one of them they want nothing to do with you. Time and time again the democrats try to compromise and the republicans refuse to budge. Both times the government has almost shut down is 100% because the Republicans have refused to compromise on anything.

[@Darkhorde]

@@GCOSBenbow Be careful here. You are entering uncharted territory for most republicans to hear. Facts are scary things made from an even scarier sauce called reality and I can tell you most republicans (at least here on youtube) are allergic to the either the sauce or just facts in general and will cough and hew nasty things at you like "fake news" and "libtard". This is just a friendly public reminder.

[@seanarnold8980]

+GCOS Benbow I guess the best way to avoid offending Republicans with the title and getting them to check out right away and not even listen to the evidence would be to change the title to something like, 'Republican Leaders broke something'. Some would probably still get offended because... well that's America for you, but it probably would not be as bad. +Xanatos Maybe you don't agree with the statistics (No quotations around them btw... those are just cold hard facts) because you are looking for more sound in your own echo chamber? I mean, the extent to which ideologies have changed can be measured and while both parties have changed... you can determine which has changed more. And to both of ya... America should get rid of the party system... it honestly is terrible for us and does nothing but divide us. I mean... we should not vote for someone just because they are in the same political party as us... we should vote for someone because we believe they will truly do the best job. And political parties just hold us back. I mean, do you guys know that there is a position in each political party called the party whip? Their job is to literally just to enforce the party's platform by getting everyone in the party to vote the way the party leaders want them to vote... as you can probably tell, it's done in very shady ways sometimes.. like threatening to withhold funds and fund an opposition candidate for the next election if they don't vote a certain way. Anyway... get money out of politics and screw the party system!

[@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544]

Admit it. America has broken politics.

[@tiedough7481]

Naasif Ahmed wait true

[@malalalalala2985]

@Naasif Ahmed duh. we don't live in a democracy

[@jantheking7028]

@Naasif Ahmed Whats hard to understand? America uses the electoral college because we have many states that vary in population. If we didn't use the electoral college, states like California, Texas, and Florida would be the only states that decide who becomes president because of their massive population. Anybody that took a basic government class knows this, so it baffles me why you are confused.

[@jantheking7028]

@Naasif Ahmed Ah, that makes sense.

[@smokncho77]

​@Egg T The term is gerrymandering (sounds like Jerry Man-da-ring). Gerrymandering is the process by which district boundaries are redrawn in order to favor certain political voting outcomes. Based on your place of residence that determines both your polling place and the district in which your vote is counted. Gerrymandering is the manipulation of those district boundaries. Definitely worth looking into more if you are interested.

[@Mamjam22]

Be Independent… Political Parties are the Problem

[@VVVVVeeector22333]

the republicans are*

[@mrdollyman5675]

@@VVVVVeeector22333 come on man I thought you would be better than this, seeing as you are an AR-15.

[@VVVVVeeector22333]

@@mrdollyman5675 it's a troll profile ;)

[@lebojay]

I think it’s a fact of human psychology that we break down into two groups - those who put compassion first and those who put in-group identity first. In Canada we have multiple parties. One of them is called the Conservative Party and one of them is called the Liberal Party. Most of the population finds themselves identifying with one of those, even though they have other choices. So, shortcomings aside, a two-party system is the best reflection of the way people think. Maybe ranked ballot voting creates a place where third parties can succeed. Canada’s government has floated the idea. I like it. We may be split 50/50 on our first choice, but we may have the same second choice. That kind of voting might have given us President Perot in 1992. Not sure I love that idea…

[@PresidentJeanAuguste]

I agree. Election should be based on policies and helping america, but not for political parties.

[@322-k1s]

I wish you could sort by controversial on youtube

[@braydenkenney3313]

This needs to be a feature

[@doubleoof7907]

Brayden Kenney for some reason your comment is duplicating (showing up more than once)

[@swiggly46]

*cough cough* Reddit *cough cough*

[@MrGamelover23]

How does Reddit even determine how which comments are controversial?

[@FumoPliskin]

@@MrGamelover23 By the amount of upvotes and downvotes that a comment gets. A neat feature but I just scroll all the way down to see the most downvoted comment on controversial posts lol.

[@funghazi]

And the media wonder why people prefer to get their news from late night comedians.

[@phillip7731]

It's great they can bypass the forced semblance of neutrality by humor. If someone acts irrationally making fun of them is easy and that hits the republicans harder than the democrats.

[@alexm-r819]

@@phillip7731 Trevor Noah is great

[@pyrofestimo]

but i wonder why western media are allowed to give opinions on their news/articles. their job is just to give facts, not opinions.

[@funghazi]

@@pyrofestimo At least in the United States, they have the right to say almost anything they want. A news station actually went to court for the right to lie to their viewers.

[@yeetmcskeet6872]

John Oliver is king

[@anthonypiperi9023]

Admit it. There is an unhealthy combination of politics and entertainment.

[@tobib6885]

ikr

[@seanc.5310]

Truth

[@KyleRuggles]

Gotta admit, from Canada, the USA IS entertaining. lol! I feel for them.

[@Bluebird_Obs]

Hello, people who clicked “Newest First”! Here, have a virtual cookie 🍪.

[@MrMooAndMoonSquirrelToo]

Aww thanks! I love you.

[@neutralpie420]

thanks! have a virtual donut in exchange 🍩

[@qpol]

we all clicked newest first after we saw 6:33 lol

[@florpyjohnson9531]

nice to see something other than a baseless opinion reaming the other side for being a different color. thanks.

[@StarryNightGazing]

From the perspective of a European, with all the flaws we have... Well your system is crazy and f'd up

[@xXWOAT13Xx]

Stargazer yeah. But we live good, happy lives, so it’s fine.

[@ApoBeef]

The EU just ruled that criticizing the Prophet Muhammad isn’t covered under free speech. Try again.

[@Ennugget]

@@ApoBeef what exactly are you referring to?

[@Anonymous-so3mg]

Do you like our president?

[@dylanjames4706]

Stargazer how?

[@drakoalva4598]

This video is too great for such a bad title that will make conservatives miss the point and consider this just more liberal propaganda.

[@candelario4288]

The data doesn't define liberal or conservative or describe the philosophy at all. You can't infer anything from the graph if the constructs/measures aren't defined properly. This video is actual liberal propaganda.

[@prestont.6669]

@@candelario4288 The website clearly describes how it aquires the data, including linking to a legacy website. How do I know this? I read your link. What did you do? Find page for liberal or conservative?

[@candelario4288]

@@prestont.6669 Could you point me to where in the legacy website or the "Spatial Models of Parliamentary Voting" (which is where the DW-NOMINATE model and method of analysis comes from) is the definition of the political philosophy? because I read it and couldn't find it.

[@candelario4288]

@@prestont.6669 ​ The graph that carlos interprets has nothing to do with what he is saying. His analysis is technically invalid. I've watched the video 3 times now and nowhere in the actual chart does it say that it is scored based on how extreme or moderate you are. It says it is scored on how liberal and conservative you are (undefined) and on differences within the political parties over slavery, currency, nativism, civil rights, and lifestyle issues during periods of American history.

[@c82153]

@@candelario4288 say that you are right. how can you make the jump to calling it liberal propaganda? just curious whether you are drawing that conclusion from your own assumptions or if you can actually support that with something solid. also, one of the major points in the video had nothing to do with any charts. the fact is, Republicans will literally block bills just because of the people presenting them (Obama). they also created a "medicare" bill behind closed doors, and tried to pass said bill behind closed doors, without even letting Democrats see it. this is obviously bad for democracy. compromise is the lifeblood of democracy. I think addressing this kind of behavior is the crux of the video.

[@Tay_Tay4321]

I remember, a specific person said that we should never create parties as it will divide the nation. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.

[@pedronabais1456]

i mean if we only have 1 party/governement then you end up with things like communism or monarchy, because if no one is there to stop a party or group then they can easily go corrupt, imo it would be better with multiple partie

[@kylleepstein6954]

pedro nabais how does a single party lead to communism?

[@galumptiouspotato9989]

George Washington

[@galumptiouspotato9989]

tre luglio America was founded off seceding from a monarchy so multiple parties only makes sense for us.

[@ILoveYani]

@@kylleepstein6954 it doesn't it just leads to something like china which is somewhere i would NOT like to live in

[@anubhavphukan5720]

As a foreigner I must say that the two party system is not getting America anywhere, they need to abolish this and start new parties to allow for more political diversity rather than shuffling people with remotely similar ideologies into one side and the others into another.

[@radar0412]

Psst..we have more than 2 Political Parties in America. Look into it

[@eaterofkirbs4917]

The main two parties will never let legislation to change the election system because they want to keep their jobs.

[@anubhavphukan5720]

@@eaterofkirbs4917 That may be true but I feel like there might be other things that play into it like the fact that Americans have gotten so used to binary political system that they may not be bothered to look at smaller parties.

[@Awestar]

Currently searching for one comment that specifically states: “You know what, you’ve convinced me I was wrong.”

[@FlyingAlfredoSaucer]

What if the wording is different? Is it then unacceptable?

[@wetland_5844]

It will never happen for either side

[@Runescaper1357]

You know what, you've convinced me I was wrong.

[@jayasri6764]

"You know what,you've convinced me I was wrong." Are you satisfied now?(Tbh,I was not convinced,at all)

[@silver99237]

You know what , you're convinced me i was wrong