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| Name | Third Parties Explained (with STAR WARS) | American Political History |
| Video Uploader | Video From Laughing Historically |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 08-08-2016 18:00:03 |
| Video Discription | In this video, we explain the history of Third Parties in American Politics with Star Wars. Feeling the call of a Third Party? Brandon uses something he knows even more about than Politics to explain the history of “Option C” on our ballots. Its “Third Parties Explained with STAR WARS. Don’t miss history, SUBSCRIBE ►http://bit.ly/1U0izNE Follow us on TWITTER ► http://www.twitter.com/laughhistory Like on FACEBOOK ► http://www.facebook.com/laughinghistorically --- ABOUT US: Join brothers Brandon and Nevin on their crazy trip through time as they dive into some of the weirdest (but true!) and interesting bits of world history. Laughing Historically is an educational web show that’s teacher/classroom friendly and great for kids of all ages! --- TRANSCRIPT: When it comes to Third Parties in America, it basically works like the Rule of Two for Sith in Star Wars. Wait, before you click away, let me explain! As we talked about in our history of Democrats and Republicans, the writer's of the Constitution knew of political parties, but didn't give them much thought. Kind of like how George Lucas called the first Star Wars "Episode 4", but didn’t really have a plan for prequels. As soon as President George called it quits, two sides popped up - Right and Left. Or in Sith: Master/Apprentice. “Always two there are. No more, no less.” Calm down fellow nerds, this isn’t to say that there aren’t more than two Dark Side users buzzing around in Star Wars - and throughout American history, other parties HAVE developed. That's because When things get bad and the country or galaxy becomes divided, more parties/sith reveal themselves. Take the election of 1860, when the issue of Slavery divided the election into FOUR different Parties, ultimately leading to the Civil War. During the Clone Wars all kinds of Sith popped up. Remember the Sith Rule of Two. In some way or another, all of these Clone War era Sith were destroyed. The math is murky, but Teddy Roosevelt and Ross Perot’s third party runs didn’t exactly help unify The Republicans, and the Democrats took the Presidency. Because the two main parties are so clearly defined, Third Parties need a “thing” to help establish themselves. This is usually a specific issue or a single lead Personality. So like how Darth Maul loves his double lightsaber, The Green Party loves the environment. Once in a while, a very powerful Third Party Sith will arise. They may mean well, think they can really change things, maybe save their secret pregnant wife, but they will just become what they hated in the first place and join up with one of the two Sith. This has happened to Third Parties in the US over and over. To help save the US from The Depression, FDR adopted some of the ideas of the Socialist Party. To win the South, Nixon liberally copied third Party racist George Wallace’s Constitution party. And even if a Third Party or a fringe candidate doesn’t get destroyed or absorbed into the two main parties, it has countless roadblocks ahead of it. Really, the whole American system is setup for two sides as two sides have always been in control. For the Presidential Election, all 50 states have their own set of rules and fees to get on to the ballot, which requires a massive following and monetary budget that only the Republican and Democratic parties can match. If you don’t have your own army of Stormtroopers to back you up, you aren’t even getting past a tribe of Ewoks, let alone get to kill your father on a far too dangerous bridge with no handrails. |
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