# America’s Political Instability

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/americas-political-instability>

**By** Andy Craig, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus

**Published:** September 17, 2021

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Andy Craig joins the podcast to discuss how the U.S. no longer has a political system where all sides accept that sometimes they will legitimately lose elections.

## Shownotes:

Strange things happen to parties that can win while getting fewer votes. For one thing, they’re driven to be more radical. Another is that a victorious party can still feel like a persecuted minority because they actually are the minority. And this phenomenon is running rampant in the United States. Andy Craig discusses how we can relieve pressure from our cracking political system.

## Further Reading:

[Minority Rule is a Threat to Liberty](https://www.libertarianism.org/articles/minority-rule-threat-liberty), written by Andy Craig