My take: The corrupt and rigged duopoly has perverted democracy and civil discourse into a toxic, dysfunctional, and increasingly dangerous mess.
Setting aside specific policy issues, I think the best change can come from structural fixes to put more power into the peoples' hands and not the parties:
1. Broad implementation of some version of ranked choice voting across the country
2. Improve ballot access to make it easier and more fair
3. Stop political bribery and pass ethics laws
4. End gerrymandering
5. Maybe... term limits
6. None of this will have enough impact unless people break free of the tribal, emotional, binary thinking that plagues the political landscape.
Setting aside specific policy issues, I think the best change can come from structural fixes to put more power into the peoples' hands and not the parties:
1. Broad implementation of some version of ranked choice voting across the country
2. Improve ballot access to make it easier and more fair
3. Stop political bribery and pass ethics laws
4. End gerrymandering
5. Maybe... term limits
6. None of this will have enough impact unless people break free of the tribal, emotional, binary thinking that plagues the political landscape.