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I find it funny that bar a few exclusions that we are the most democratic country in Asia considering we are for all intentions and purposes a 2 party state. <_<
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You're lucky to get that far! Could be worse mate, could be ruled by a single party for over 50 years like in Japan or Taiwan? The political opposition and trade unions in Japan are simply comical, the latter are allowed one token day to "strike" which everyone sees as just a public holiday which means everyone goes off doing something else instead of protesting for better pay or conditions which in turn defeats the point of the exercise!!
Or, you could be like the UK where you have the choice of multiple parties who all campaign roughly along the same lines. Even the more left or right leaning parties usually sing on the same hymnsheet as Labour or the Tories, just on a slightly more extreme note.
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Yeah you make a good point and we do have the greens and independents and 1.88% (what percentage family first senator got in in Victoria to get in on preferences) Family First Party etc etc.
