A cult is basically just a religion that is not large or old enough to force people to take it seriously. It just so happens that small, new religions are also extremely volatile and unstable and prone to extremely stupid decisions
While this is definitely a thing from cartoons, the carrot/stick thing is absolutely referring to hitting the donkey. The whole point is punishment vs reward...
Yes, way, way more. Go look at how big a quarry is, compared to a mountain, and realize that took years and years of work from equipment that probably costs more than that by itself
What do you mean "cling to the idea they can't be reached?" A huge portion of political spending goes towards trying to increase turnout (of the people likely to vote for you).
That's... More or less in agreement with what I said, though? The electoral college certainly doesn't help matters, but the same principle still holds without it, the EC just adds a second hierarchical level of fptp
It's not like the two party system is deliberately chosen or enshrined in law. The field naturally winnows down to two parties because that is basically guaranteed to outcompete every other possibility under a first-past-the-post voting system. You want to fix the two party system, you need to fix our voting system.
It's also not a tower defense game, it's a moba. There are towers and some defending of them, but you're not placing and upgrading towers to stop enemies, you're controlling one individual character from a large roster. The towers play a pretty minor role.
A cult is basically just a religion that is not large or old enough to force people to take it seriously. It just so happens that small, new religions are also extremely volatile and unstable and prone to extremely stupid decisions