Game Theory assumes a defined set of players. In politics there are many different players each with different incentives and agenda's.
I'm thinking this drama is revealing some truth about the US society and the US government.
It reveal that the US government is weak. Both the Republican side and the Democratic side with Berny Sanders.
We had three presidents from Yale in a row. Then in 2004 two people from the same Yale fraternity running against each other. In 2008 Obama from the university of Chicaco was elected president. With Hilary the presidency might go back to Yale but otherwise there are many people with really different backgrounds.
People seem to be fessed up with politics as usual.
Yeah, I imagine having to choose between two former classmates, who are probably long-term buddies, can be demotivating. Even worse than the usual knowledge that most American presidents actually come from only a few "royal" families.
Voting for Trump or Sanders is another way to express "I want someone who does not belong to the old aristocracy". The way the system is designed, if you don't vote, it doesn't matter; if you vote for a third party, unless you succeed to coordinate half of the population (rather difficult, if the media will...
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