In the midst of a hangover on Independence Day, Elon Musk pointed out in his social network that he found a new formation: American partyAfter launching a survey on the previous day in X, in which more than 1.2 million votes of dubious reliability was registered, the businessman announced this initiative: “We live in a unique party system, and not in democracy. Today, the Amearian party has been created to return your freedom. ”
In two days, the businessman did not indicate How or who will be part of this partyIts ideology field is not clear, in addition to violating American binopartymism and promoting tax savings in accounts with More than 7% of public deficiencyNevertheless, the mask is not the first to try Destroy the party system Continuing in Washington. And the name of its formation is not new: in the middle of the 19th century there was already an American party that put an American political system against strings.
‘The Bight Club’
As the tension in the United States is now at the historical level, and that most citizens are interpreted as Civil scriptThere was a time of political and polarization chaos, which ended with an internal conflict.
In the middle of the XIX century, The states of the Union fell apartThe field internal tension of the old British colonies, expanded by the West with purchases and conquests, is accelerated in the context of inequality and changes in the era. The industrial revolution has filled Factories of the northern states Bye South America Grander He continued depending on slave labor. In parallel, the United States became a receiver European immigrantsWhat the descendants of the British settlers saw with fear.
In 1849, different citizens formed a secret society known as the order of the star flag. Members of this house with Masonic dyes were supposed to answer “I don’t know anything” (“I don’t know anything”) when they asked about her, as if they were fighters Combat ClubThe field from there it spread as The movement “I know nothing”who quickly formed a political group: American partyField
This formation, which was based on Natalist and xenophobic doctrine With Catholic immigrants from Ireland and Germany, this was seen as the third path between the two great parties that were configured at that time: the capitalist North and the anti Republican party and southern southern Democratic partyField
In this competition, the popularity of the third path has grown to such an extent that it dominated most of the national policy. The American party came in the middle of the XIX century with More than 100 elected congressmenEight state governors, control over half a dozen of the state legislative assemblies, from Massachusetts to California and thousands of local politicians, according to the Smithsonov Institute.
At the end of the decade, its popularity weakened depending on the tension, and polarization was emphasized. By 1860, the game was extinct And most of its members moved to two other great formation. In the same year, Republican Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election, and six months later began SekomShyal warOnly the Republican Party and the Democrat remained the field after the conflict; The situation that lasts until today.
The complexity of the third game
The American party is the most successful example The third formation that challenged bopartismThe field of attempts after the Civil War in the United States to date were a failure. Although in the United States it is legally to find other parties, they rarely receive a representative office outside the office of the mayor or local position.
The main reason for this model of the parties is Electoral systemThe field in the United States is the philosophy of the majority prevails: the constituencies only distribute the position, so that the most voting formation “berets”. This system, typical in Anglo -Saxon countries, such as Great Britain or Canada, Bicamera favors a larger amount of abundance; Unlike representative systems, such as Spain or Germany, which allow more many and in which coalitions or parties from among minorities usually see.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, was the first to warn about this circumstance in his social network: “I am sad to see how Elon Musk completely breaks down”, becoming essentially a catastrophe over the past five weeks. He even wants to find the third political party, although he never succeeded in the United States. The system is not intended for them“
Danger to Trump
If Elon Musk’s political impetus is consumed in a real political program, his American party may mean Threat to the next legislative elections Congress, appointed in November 2026. Two cameras have a very cramped majority in favor of the Republicans who may fall in the elections next year.
Mask, which, being a South African origin, cannot be the president of the United States, can Finance a reliable election campaign In favor of your party. The massive victory of the American party is unlikely, but it can become Legislative key for certain initiativesThe field is not the first time that the entrepreneur will consider this scenario: Donald Trump himself or Michael Bloomberg They flirted with the idea of the founding of their own parties. Finally, they decided to visit the primaries of the great formation. It is to see if the American musk party updates the success of the original nineteenth formation.
