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As I once heard it put: the US doesn't have a left and a right party, it has two parties to the left and right of capital.



I heard it once said that America is a one-party system, but in typical American excess we have two.

Both in service of capital.


I used to dabble in enjoying quips like this. They're simple and fun and sound insightful and knowing. But when I look around me I see no truth to them. We have two parties with very distinct philosophies making very different arguments for how the future of our culture and economy should function. "Capital" influences both of them, in different, sometimes overlapping, ways. But they have many differences across many axes.


The "above it all" smugness of quips like that is tiresome.




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