[Tycho]

Scaling effects matter. In practice there are many parties but most of the votes go to two of them.

[dkjaudyeqooe]

And so the big parties have a disproportionate advantage. That's why there's no push from either of them to change the system and why it ends up essentially being a scam for the big parties.

[Tycho]

The big parties continually moderate their positions so that about half the population wants to vote for them.