Basically, it sounds like you are seeing this as a systemic failure. However, while I agree with your analysis, fuckery at the voting stations can only take you so far. The last election saw Trump win beyond a margin where election interference would have mattered. It wasn’t marginal. I would also argue this analysis runs the risk of disenfranchising the electorate. They have agency. To be clear I don’t think the blame can be heaped totally on one side or another.

I think I covered this. In FPTP during a two horse race anything other than voting against the winner is effectively voting for them. I make a distinction between effective and active (or, inactive, as the case may be).

I think it’s OK to blame voters, for they do have agency, but not exclusively. I think the military industrial complex as well as the politicians and political parties (but, I repeat myself) should probably shoulder at least two thirds of the blame.

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Except this terrorist has a bomb vest and is willing to take the whole world with him.

Citizens need something concrete to rally around. Protests that are ignored breeds apathy. I would be one thing if there was an alternative to the uniparty. Have you heard the tale of the three boxes?

“TACO Tuesday”. One can only hope. The alternative is ghastly.

The tragedy is: join the military and get 3 square meals a day and have your education paid for. You just need to risk everything.