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2024-09-10 14:21:23

Logan on Nostr: I recently changed my political party affiliation to “unaffiliated.” If, like me, ...

I recently changed my political party affiliation to “unaffiliated.”

If, like me, you are tired of the corrupt, rotting two-party system and its stranglehold on our politics, BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.

Let’s starve that beast.

People usually react with “well then you can’t vote in the primaries.” I think this is a psy op.

Even if there’s no independent candidate in a given race, if enough people become independent/unaffiliated, primary candidates will have to take the independent bloc seriously if they want to win a general election.

If the independent bloc is tiny and immaterial, primary candidates can focus solely on throwing increasingly extreme red meat to the most vocal, engaged members of their respective partisan tribes.

This doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t still financially support candidates from either party who are furthering values/policies you support. It also doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t ultimately vote for one of them. I just think making being independent your home base is important.

There are sooo many people who, in private and in public, wish there was a viable third party (or multiple viable alternative parties). But we’ve all been told formally stepping outside of the two-party system is playing spoiler, a waste of time, a waste of a vote, etc. And so nothing changes.

But the sheer number of folks who want another way should translate to actual political power. Elections shouldn’t be decided by a handful of voters in 3 states. Rather, independent voters/thinkers should wield the influence that their numbers warrant.

Both #bitcoin and #nostr are third way technologies, which bring together heterodox groups and new coalitions of folks who may differ on some issues but who agree on the fundamental importance of things like sound money and free speech.

We have more points of agreement than disagreement. And I think we can all agree that the two-party system is a downward spiral.
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