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Explaining The Coming Decline Of The Two-Party System

Posted on Friday, December 12 at 13:29 by Anonymous
But the Internet has changed all that in one crucial respect that wouldn't surprise Coase one bit. To an economist, the "trick" of the Internet is that it drives the cost of information down to virtually zero. So according to Coase's theory, smaller information-gathering costs mean smaller organizations. And that's why the Internet has made it easier for small folks, whether small companies or dark-horse candidates such as Howard Dean, to take on the big ones."

Explaining the Coming Decline of the Two-Party System

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  1. by Jim Callaghan
    Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:07 am
    I\'m sorry to say this, but the best solution is to go out and vote, but if you don\'t have a good candidate in mind, then spoil your ballot.

    At least that way, your vote means something. If you do not vote, your lack of voting simply means that you didn\'t care enough to show up. It does not appear in the statistics.

    That is a very important distinction !!




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    "Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
    Jim Callaghan
    Minden, Ontario
    705-286-1860
    www.misterc.ca

  2. by Anonymous
    Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:44 am
    HUH? Please be more specific.

  3. by Jim Callaghan
    Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:12 am
    If you show up at a polling station, you have a record. Then if you cast a ballot, it is counted.

    If you do not show up, then you are recorded as a no-show. Your record shows that you did not vote.

    The thing that matters is that you appear to be voting. The fact that your vote, if you choose to spoil it, counts in the total of the votes counted.

    That is what makes the difference of showing up and being counted as one that has voted.





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    "Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
    Jim Callaghan
    Minden, Ontario
    705-286-1860
    www.misterc.ca

  4. by sthompson
    Sun Dec 14, 2003 7:49 pm
    I want to remind people that anything which is judged to be hateful or racist is subject to deletion on this site. Persons who consistently post racist, discriminatory or hateful comments/articles may be subject to being banned from the site, or if they have a user account, having that membership revoked.

    Site policy is to allow the free expression of opinions but to maintain a non-discriminatory, non-racist, and non-hateful environment. This is largely the reason the site is moderated.

    So I have deleted a previous comment.

  5. by avatar Dr Caleb
    Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:40 pm
    Thank you Susan. I did not have the misfortune to see those comments, but that kind of thing should not be tolerated.<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain

  6. by Anonymous
    Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:43 pm
    It is a shame that you choose to wear your restrictive blinders, as I thouhght that deleted post and its invaluable link was the most informative link of the day yesterday. You might recall, it was wall-to-wall all-Saddam all the time. That post and its link were a refreshing antidote to that toxic stew.



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