Split it faster and make it even harder to regain those votes, leaving the field open to the fascists who stick together.
Under an FPtP system, starting a new party is only a benefit if they can take basically all of the Democrat votes with them and encourage a good percentage of those who didn’t vote to vote for them. Many elections have been pretty tight, so even a small reduction in the Democrat vote risks just handing those to the republicans.
Democrats are already losing to obvious fascists. What would splitting the vote do that hasn’t already happened?
Split it faster and make it even harder to regain those votes, leaving the field open to the fascists who stick together.
Under an FPtP system, starting a new party is only a benefit if they can take basically all of the Democrat votes with them and encourage a good percentage of those who didn’t vote to vote for them. Many elections have been pretty tight, so even a small reduction in the Democrat vote risks just handing those to the republicans.