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The things they fight over in public are generally symbolic little tokens of social policy, chosen for ease of public posturing. The Communist party offered just one bitter pill. The two Capitalist parties offer a choice of two placebos. The latest innovation is the photo finish election, where each party buys 50% of the vote, and the result is pulled out of statistical noise, like a rabbit out of a hat.

Ok, I'm pretty sure this was a joke/satire/etc but I really liked this bit. Reminds me of Douglas Adams and the lizards...



That passage could be read as a whimsical description of 'median voter theory':

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_voter_theory




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