In our every day lives we are constantly faced with choices. More often than not, the society we have become gives its consumers and citizens more than two choices when it comes time to make a decision.
You're buying a new TV? Congratulations, please choose from the hundreds that are in stock at not just one, but several different stores. In fact, we encourage you to shop for the best deal out there and if you should stumble upon that, we will not only match that price, but we will beat it by 10%.
Taking the family out to eat to celebrate Junior's middle school graduation? Well you're in luck (and not just because this will likely be the last time you get to see Junior walk across a stage of any kind) because in a town like yours, there are probably at least a hundred different choices where you can break from the norm and stop talking to Junior's future boss through a glorified walkie talkie to order your super sized "value" meal with a Diet Coke. Go splurge and take the family somewhere real nice for a change. You have plenty of options.
Why is it that in a society where we have so many choices when it comes to self-satisfaction that we only have an either/or option within the political spectrum? Who decided that when we go into the voting booth that we are going to have to choose between either chocolate or vanilla ice cream (no pun intended since this is how it has been for years). What happened to strawberry? Or chocolate chip? Can a brother get some goddamn rocky road for a change? Why are we stuck with just chocolate and vanilla? Surely there are more people like me that are sick of just the two choices we have anymore. But why is nobody doing anything about it? Fear-mongering.
Fear-mongering is what has become of our political system and the Republican and Democratic parties have hired the best around to promote their fear-mongering messages to the masses. CNN, FOX News and the like are hired hands in a world gone mad. Society has become so afraid of bucking the system and trying to believe in something new that we have developed this warped society where even the thought of another option would be catastrophic. It is the firm belief of many that you could not logically decide to vote for a third party because that would either take away a vote from one guy and give it to the other. What happened to voting FOR someone and not picking the lesser of two evils? Gone are the days of idealistic candidates and here are the times of who is marketable to the minions. People want to casually forget the fact that politicians and candidates are products of their corporate masters who are only trying to get elected to satisfy the machines' specific agendas.
I am calling for a viable third party. And a fourth and fifth while we are at it. It is time to stop being satisfied with a choice between one or the other and start bringing together ideas and rebuilding what has been broken for far too long. For those about to immerse yourself in the freak show we call a Presidential Election, this guy's vote is up for grabs. However, do not try and sell me on the two choices I have seen my entire adult life (all 14 years of it) because I will not buy into the system anymore. And you can call that what you want, but to me, not settling for the lesser of two evils has to be one of the most patriotic acts one could take part in. Won't you join me?
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