Kind of reminds me of an old Swedish joke: "What is the difference between USA and China? In the US, the population are presented with TWO line of ideas from the same political spectrum.



In Sweden we currently have 8 political partys votes in to parliament. The average citizen could quite likely name 3 or so more. Vänsterpartiet is the most left winged one, Moderaterna the most right wing one.

Last time I did one of those internet tests, I found that no party agrees with me in more than 50% of the issues, and that the two closest partys to my political view were... Vänsterpartiet and Moderaterna... Great, I am either extreme left or extreme right, but whatever I do the party would vote against my beliefs in more than 50% of the questions raised.

So, what is how marginalized as a voter I feel here in Sweden, where we have 8 sitting political partys.

I just shiver when I consider living in USA, where you have the option of right wing party A or B. How come that this can come off a democracy? I am pretty damn confident that if the average US voter would get to the depths of the questions raised, he wouldn't vote for A or B. But maybe perhaps C.

But from what I have seen, no C exists. And even the people who desperately wish there would be a C, fight hard for A or B because if they wouldn't, B or A could win instead, which would be worse.

But should politics really be about the lesser of two evils? How can you make a democracy work?