That is true in the US, but that is not typical. I cannot think of another democracy that is as firmly two party as the US. Even the UK which I felt was too two party has always had some smaller parties (for many decades the Liberals, and then the Lib Dems, and Northern Irish parties), many smaller ones more recently (add the Scottish and Welsh Nationalists) and with two smaller parties gaining a lot of ground in the last few years the next general election looks like a four way fight.

In many countries multiple parties and coalition governments are the norm.

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graemep 9 hours ago | parent [-]

To add, the multiple parties in the UK just means I have more choices that are not close to my political views!

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ako 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Apparently not enough people want what you want, that is also democracy, accepting that things other people want can be prioritized,

	▲	graemep 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That is true, but it also means that multiple parties does not solve the problem of the parent to my first comment in this thread which as "You can pick which of the two possibilities, neither of which is even close to your political views, will oppress you for the next 4 years.".