You &quot;can&#x27;t get your act together&quot; as a third party in a First Past the Post system. The winning strategy is always to vote for the 2 biggest parties. And the media not only strongly favors the two parties and cuts everyone else out from the discussion, but they also cut out any &quot;grassroots&quot; activist that is anti-establishment (unless you&#x27;re already a media celebrity like Trump, which ends up getting them higher ratings).<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo&amp;app=desktop" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo&amp;app=desktop</a><p>43% of Americans are Independents, and only 29% D and 23% R. And yet most of them still end up voting D or R - do you think that just happens because they end up liking the D or R, or because it&#x27;s a <i>systemic problem</i> that always forces them to vote for the &quot;lesser evil&quot;?<p>If you don&#x27;t think this is not just a problem, but a <i>catastrophic one</i> for US democracy, then the media has brainwashed Americans more than I thought.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig</a>