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This attitude is why Americans have two shitty right-wing parties
No, it isn't.
It's the fact that the two shitty right-wing parties are essentially all powerful that we have two shitty right-wing parties.
The system is designed to have two parties. With fptp voting you encourage a system of two parties that agree on most things because you're not allowed to have a party with nuance as that will be a wasted vote and simply allow your most disliked candidate to win by splitting the vote.
while this is true, most western nations have some level of FPP, and while they usually have two major parties, Like Conservative-Progressives and Labour in Canada, they still have more than two parties represented in the legislative body. I'm unaware of the last time someone was elected to congress who ran as a party other than R/D (no independents don't count).