Just some super quick thoughts..

Why do we still have a two-party system? Why have we stood by bipartisanship all these years? Could it be possible that this is separating us instead of uniting us?

I have so many friends that would consider themselves “Independent”, but we all eventually pick a side just because of how the voting works. Some, like me, chose Democrat, but plenty of others chose Republican. However, I wouldn’t consider our political views super different in all areas at the end of the day.

If you break down things issue to issue, I bet we all have more in common than we think. My parents are Republicans, and we agree on a lot of social issues and are often on the same sides of debates. There’s a lot of overlap that we don’t get to see because of the media, the news, and the president, who are always trying to divide us.

I guess what I’m saying is, you can’t generalize, and that’s what the two-party system does. It has people thinking things like, ‘all Republicans love guns’ and ‘all Democrats are Socialists’ etc. etc. – which may not be true for a wide population of people in those parties. I know Republicans who support gun control reform. I know Democrats who believe in Capitalism. Everyone has their own set of ideas, and it’s not like each party population actually believes and supports all the same things.

Maybe we would be getting a lot more things accomplished if we stopped dividing ourselves. Imagine if candidates ran for office without parties, just standing as themselves and speaking about what they believe in. And anyone who agreed could vote for them. We would probably feel much more united as whole, and we would probably see a whole lot more good happening in our country.

Again, just some quick thoughts. Thanks for reading.