> True enough. And I'm going to risk that there's a reason for that, and, furthermore, that it has a whole lot more to do with elementary psychology than it does with corruption. And, even more further, that it's basically the same reason that the two-party system is roughly inevitable.

I don't disagree that most people are lazy and stupid, but I think the two-party system is predominant in America for other reasons in addition to that. Many other countries have lots of political parties, and I don't think it's because Italians are inherently less lazy or stupid or better informed than Americans.

Stephen