I once belonged to a party but left years ago. Luckily, I did not jump into another party because I knew then (though not as clearly as I know now) that both parties lacked principle and peddled lies to constituents for votes. I chose to be Independent.
With the war in Gaza, this has shone both parties in their true light for voters to see and acknowledge the parties truth through their actions. The Democrats and Republicans are not that different when you look at their actions. The hardest truth for many “liberals” to swallow is the genocide that is occurring before their very eyes and attempting to explain or justify it.
It is very simple. Genocide is bad. If a ruling power supports genocide, then they are some form of dictator and they have no regard for life, including yours.
It doesn’t matter which party or who, if anyone supports genocide and funds genocide, they are bad and should not retain power. This is simple.
But it is not for those who are grappling with truth and internalized racism.
For those who are struggling with the truth that the Democratic Party, the president, and the “liberals” that are silencing and attacking those who are defending human rights of innocent Palestinians, they aren’t struggling with the truth but they are more refusing the truth. It is hard for them to come to terms with these facts. This is why they are pouncing at any real liberal that asserts the truth. Accepting the truth would make them bad, just as bad as the conservatives they attack, but that they are now realizing they are a member of the conservatives that they supposedly detest. These “liberals” have some processing to do.
Hopefully, they will process this all and come to terms with the fact that both parties are ineffective and counterproductive to voters needs. If not, they can continue to live in denial and at some point the reality will affect them directly.
What can be done? Not everyone is in denial and these people want to make a change but don’t know how. Many people who understand the dire situation that the electorate of the US is facing, and are asking what they can do to address the two-party system that is stifling the voice and representation of voters.
Guess what? You have a choice!
Vote third-party! Be an Independent!
Why force yourself to align with something that does not represent you? This democracy in the US allows for multiple parties, but the Republicans and Democrats have monopolized the system and stoked the fear of voters with threats that if they vote third-party, they will lose representation and the most horrible people will then rule over them. Yet, we are here now despite their threats of an unrepresented and unorganized future, our present is just that.
It is hilarious to threaten voters with fear of being ruled by what they pose as an autocratic fascist, because that is what both parties offer. Both Biden and Trump are the same whether either party wants to acknowledge this or their supporters, there is little difference in the outcome if either wins another election. They are both racists with racist agendas (similar immigration and deportation policies). They both have striped women the right to an abortion. They both have done damage to the environment. They both silence opposition and dissent. Please tell me what is different with these two fascist autocrats? The only difference is that one is overt with their racism and the other denies it.
But what can be done?
We do have power. Voters have the power to leave their party. LEAVE YOUR PARTY. Become an Independent and free yourself of the allegiance to something that doesn’t represent you or your morals. Yes, that might mean you do not get to vote in primaries, and I did stay in my former party for a long time to mess with their primaries, but it became too untenable to stay in something so counter to my integrity and morals that I had to exit. Most voters are in this same place now, and I urge you to exit your party and embody your integrity.
There are a large number of voters who have no representation and feel that their rights are under threat. Your feelings are justified and should be heard by elected officials but they are not. Please leave your party. This does send a message and does have weight.
Free yourself from the current party system. It is time that voters are heard and they are heard through votes and party affiliation. If their numbers dwindle, they will lose.
Another threat that gets me chuckling is that voters are being told that if you don’t vote for Biden then Trump will win. Will he? The man is going to jail. Why are the “liberals” who threaten a Trump presidency assuming the justice system will fail? If it does fail, and Trump is allowed to run for another term as president, doesn’t that alarm these “liberals”? Is the system not broken if a former president incites an insurrection and is not held accountable?
This country was not founded by the Democrats and Republicans. The parties have changed and shifted over time. Now is the time to usher new thoughts and ideas into our government and rehabilitate this dying democracy.
We are existing, already, in the threats that these “liberals” are posing to the real liberals and progressives, otherwise known as Leftists.
We have a choice, and that is scaring people. That’s wonderful! Scare them with your power and your choice.
If someone is scared that you have a choice, that means they want control and the oppressive system to maintain its control.
But they cannot control your choice! It’s beautiful to have this choice and this power of choosing who and what you align yourself to, and it makes it even more beautiful to have people threaten you over your choice and power.
The more people that choose freedom from a party and elect to be Independent, the more the two-party system will break down. Voters will be heard when elected officials are forced to work together because the majorities in the legislative branch depend on majorities and numbers. Voters have the power to affect this and we need to because we are not being represented in either party. Our needs are not heard. Our voices are not heard.
Break free from your party!
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears”. -Nelson Mandela
From the river to the sea, may Palestine be free. May the whole world be free.
VOTE 3rd PARTY. BE UNGOVERNABLE. Protest. Volunteer. Organize. Boycott. Donate. Contact elected officials. Share the stories from Palestine. Share the news from Palestine. Share the history of Palestine. Please extend the same energy to other places in the world affected by atrocities and genocide- Sudan, the Congo, West Papua, Armenia, and Uyghurs.