I'm just surprised our Constitution has survived all these years. We argue this all the time at work. As long as we are not a monolithic utopia, there will always be parties, atleast 2 of the cursed things. I think the "independent" person is a fence-sitter who doesn't want to take sides. I guess it's not perfect, but I like the 2 party system, at least you know where a politician stands (more or less)
. I think more parties= more chaos. Just look at the Russian political system. How many parties do they have, and what the hell do they believe in?