You're right, the two-party system has been around for a long time, and changing it won't be easy.
But, if he has some realistic ideas as to how it could be done, I'm interested.
That depends on what you mean by realistic.
The path to changing our political system would indeed be complex, but it's far from impossible. We need conviction, long-term dedication, public pressure, and political bravery. Consider the abolitionists who overcame deeply rooted and widespread challenges, many times at the risk of their own lives, (which could rightfully have been characterized for an unrealistic idea) , surely we have the strength to challenge the dominance of the RNC and DNC. This requires us to vote based on genuine conviction rather than fear. If this leads to Congress selecting our presidents, so be it. We'll rethink our voting criteria for members of Congress as well. We need members that are willing to make amendments to the constitution in order to give the people the proper representation mandated by the said US constitution. A system that works for the people and agreed upon by the people.
Taking all of this into account, any significant change, much like the rise of the two-party system and the emergence and abolition of slavery in America, needs to occur organically. Without natural progression, such transformations are unlikely to occur. In other words, enough of us must want it for it to happen. The current political climate suggests a growing desire to solidify the two-party system, potentially leading to the implementation of new rules and even a constitutional amendment to enshrine its dominance at some point.
We're fucked IMO. Maybe we're moving in the right direction and I just can't see it? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Those are very thoughtful ideas, but they are also very idealistic, imo. I have a friend who's dad loves the old soul song, "A Change is gonna Come", which was a big hit in 1964, during the civil rights movement. I remember it well as I was 15 when the song was released and I love soul music. I asked my friend, how much longer it would take for that change to come, as it seems we are going backwards instead of forward in recent years. This country couldn't even get the ERA passed in my lifetime, something that women worked energetically to see become a reality. I guess I don't see us moving in a positive direction, but I hope that people like you will inspire positive change over time. but my idealism died a long time ago. All I can do is be sure to vote in every single election. My vote is really the only bit of power, I have and as you know, there are many powerful people who would like to make it harder for people to vote.
To be honest, I agree with Loren, for the most part. We don't really have any good options outside of our two party system. The two party system is deeply imbedded in our culture. Plus, it would take an amendment to the constitution to remove the power from Congress of deciding an election if nobody received enough votes from the electoral college. The thought of people like Jim Jordan, MTG, Mike Johnson, etc. deciding an election is rather frightening.
If activist women couldn't even get enough states to support the ERA, I don't see how it would be possible to pass any amendment in this day and age. Unfortunately, one party has become very extreme and we have too many people who have been persuaded to vote of an autocrat. I don't fully understand how this has happened, but I think the wide spread misinformation, especially coming from the far right, has been a big cause of what we are facing now. I've known some very decent, even educated people who were sucked up into the Trump cult. He's really good at manipulating people, especially evangelicals and Fox viewers.
