With regards to the fake two-party system (which is really one corporate party), Biden recently struck down a rail strike.

This exemplifies the extent to which there is only one party in the US, the Corporate Party.

That's the key-point - the two-party system is a charade. They are both machines - it's machine politics - un-moored from what's true or not - the only concern is: Is it good for the machine?

Covid brought this into sharp relief. In the Victorian election both machines were united in their condemnation of the the various independents that opposed lockdowns & the general war on freedom - they were painted almost as terrorist organizations.

The main thing is to maintain the established order - an order in which they get to play 'swap's every few years - to the exclusion of all others. MSM, of course, loves this self-contained eco-system & does everything possible to protect it.

As for the US, i was horrified to find that independents barely exist. I tried searching for their poll numbers but couldn't find anything - the idea of an 'independent' in US politics seems to be someone who hasn't decided yet whether they will vote Dems or Republican.