Americans are constantly encouraged to believe that our biggest problem is each other. We are fed a daily diet of division: Red vs. Blue. Urban vs. Rural. Left vs. Right.
But while we are busy arguing with our neighbors, someone else is winning. The modern political system is built on a very simple, highly effective strategy: keep the people emotionally divided so they never form a unified governing majority against the ruling class.
Marketing Departments, Not Representatives
The two major parties no longer function as representatives of competing visions for the country’s future. Instead, they function as marketing departments for the exact same permanent political class.
What they passionately argue about in public:
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Cultural grievances
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Outrageous personalities
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Partisan symbols
What they quietly agree on behind closed doors:
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Endless spending
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Endless wars
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Endless bureaucracy
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Endless debt
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The endless expansion of federal power
No matter which team “wins” the election, the system grows, and the citizen loses.
The Trap of Managed Conflict
Every two years, Americans are sold the exact same fear-based ultimatum to keep them in line:
“You must vote against the other side, or everything will be destroyed.”
This is not a functioning democracy; it is managed conflict. The primary system itself is the core of the trap. It forces well-meaning voters to register with one of two failing, corrupted brands, which only serves to legitimize the very structure that is breaking the country in the first place.
The Solution: Walk Away
You cannot fix a rigged system by participating in its rigging.
This is exactly why Mark Sims is calling on Texans to fundamentally reject this cycle. His agenda urges voters to boycott the GOP and Democrat primaries entirely and instead caucus with the Libertarian Party.
This isn’t because a third party is absolutely perfect. It is because the current duopoly is fundamentally unreformable.
The only way out of the trap… is to stop stepping into it.
