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It's definitely not a place to say whatever you want however you want. But, it's a large forum nonetheless if you want to get a word out.

The page is non-partisan and doesn't endorse parties or tell people how to vote.

Well, social media in general is pretty bad... but it's what we've got.

Check out The Radical Independent: https://www.facebook.com/MilitantIndependent/

Non-Partisan, Anti-Duopoly, Pro-Independent. Reset the system to 'We the People'

Nobody will change their minds, especially in this toxic partisan environment. What we need to try and do is to restore functional civic discourse and that way conversations can be sincere, without...

There would have to be some rules, just as there are now. But you can't see the difference between trying to influence 435 random individual people and the current scheme we have now of only 2 cults...

Right now the parties are bought and sold and Congress represents their owns interests, not the peoples. This is because of permanent campaign and power. If big money, special interests, and...

Obviously sortition at the national level would never happen (although it should) because it'll require an Amendment. But the idea that democracy/republicanism is purely electing someone to represent...

LOL, I think you're missing my point. I'm saying the citizens (with certain restrictions/qualifications) should be selected to be part of the Congress. Sort of like the Greeks did.

What's your...

Agreed, but that's not the only problem. Still, sortition takes out a lot of that lobbying/interest group money and pressure.

That's what I just basically said.

If 12 random, normal people can decide whether or not a human being will spend their life in prison, or be sentenced to death… can random, normal people represent each other? Can normal, random...

Actually it was the lottery of citizens, who at that time were a smaller and "elite" group compared to the entire population. Today, "citizens" is a much broader and more inclusive idea.

A true...

Sortition: In governance, sortition (also known as selection by lottery, selection by lot, allotment, demarchy, stochocracy, and aleatoric democracy) is the selection of political officials as a...

I've never heard that idea, obviously there are many parties. That said, the US has what's called a 2 party system because two parties have dominated nearly all local/state/national elections every...

The electoral college isn't rigged, although some say it should be tweaked or abolished altogether. Our electoral system is because the 2 party machine has been creating election laws across the...

I'm pretty sure a person can have values and principles without being a blindly partisan adherent of a dogmatic ideology.

I think if enough people organized to create an unofficial 3rd bloc, it could help force the Reps and Dems into more discipline and responsibility. Right now, they take millions of voters for granted...

Spoken like a true ideologue. Excellent propaganda.

Moderates did vote for Trump, the first time. And that's the problem, moderates and many others are basically forced into voting for the lesser of two evils and someone that goes against their values...

You don't need to win elections, you need to change them. If Rep and Dem parties realize they can't win without the support of the common sense moderates/independents, they change their tune and...

If people stop voting for them and vote for others, it will not make them more powerful. When I say "opt out" I mean ditch the 2 party paradigm, not go hide in a basement.

There is no fence and I'm not straddling anything. I've made my own ground instead of going the coward's way. As far as being seen as a character flaw by someone that expects social responsibility...

I think if enough "opt out" we can break the 2 party stranglehold and make positive change. This is why I started a FB page "The Radical Independent" (I know, fairly insignificant) because I want to...

Totally disagree. In a dysfunctional and toxic 2 party system, opting out is the rational and moral thing to do. I'd rather let the system burn (which might happen because of those pathological...