What John Scalzi thinks about democracy
American science fiction novelist (Old Man's War, Redshirts, The Kaiju Preservation Society); has run the blog Whatever since 1998.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what John Scalzi has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsI regret to say we have a two-party system where third parties act as spoilers, not legitimate competitors — there’s a reason why pro-GOP political action committees funded a huge mailer push for the socialist senatorial candidate in my state — and all the ways to fix that fact are beyond the purview of this particular election.