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Totally valid. This is why we have to deal decisively with MAGA when the opportunity comes around again.
MAGA must be crushed, and purged from our society. The Dems need to IMMEDIATELY declare MAGA to be a serious, ongoing National Security Threat, and ALL MAGA operatives, AND SUPPORTERS, are Domestic Terrorists. We can't do anything about it now, but we can establish those terms and definitions in the minds of the citizens/voters, and when we regain power we can deal with them from a Constitutional, CRIMINAL perspective, not Politics. They are treasonous criminals, and they should be dealt with as such.
The Dems need to have the courage to follow this through, no matter how loud the Right screams. We warned them it would come to this, and they have nobody else to blame other than themselves. Our Nation, the Word, and History deserve it.
And open votes to good third parties.
The FPTP voting system doesn't make 3rd parties feasible. You're going to have to reform the two parties or change viting to something more proportional or preference based.
The parties are irredeemable, but I've spoken about changing the voting system even recently.
A future America will have to address the issue of Campaign Finance Reform, the issue from which ALL issues flow. Along with that will come reforms like Federal funding of elections, and offering a larger voice to third parties and independents.