Strong disagree. The parties represent very different values and policies, and one can't really blame "the system," (i.e., democracy) for a situation in which voters have very strong and inconsistent values and visions of the future. No, the American people are the problem.

I remember hearing an ep of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” in 2001, still frozen in shock + trauma from seeing #Election2000 vote count (+ our collective future) hijacked + stolen before our v eyes. It was ab #RankedChoiceVoting, and I knew then it was our ONLY (+ prob a lost) hope.

Here's a really not crazy idea to fix it. Uncap the House. It would make a 3rd party more viable, fix the electoral college problem, and take the power away from corporate $.

Jesus Christ @marwilliamson you're beginning to put out a radical systems analysis. You have a platform. I applaud you. Don't stop.

Since we've all known this for a long-ass time are you going to take responsibility for propping up that very same duopoly? I'm sure you'll tell people to vote for Dems again. You own this.

And 5 decades of dumbing down television.

The American people suffer from undiagnosed ptsd from establishing their country via genocide and then building it on slavery. Until they address their own trauma they'll continue to self destruct. Hopefully they don't take the rest of the world with them

and if we must be honest, the duopoly is only a monopoly, predominantly owned by oligarchs, masquerading as a duopoly

“Duopoly” says you are a spoiler that will assure corporate interests get fed by the corpoRate party.

There's a relatively easy way to break down corpopoly. It requires discipline and organizations, and indeed, stopping both parties from controlling the outcome. This is extremely difficult, if not impossible.