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The Two-Party System Is the Inheritance Nobody Asked For | Ali Katz · The Great Wealth Transfer

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  We inherited a two-party system, but we do not have to pass it on.
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  When we talk about legacy, we talk about money, we talk about houses, we
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  talk about the family business, but there's something else that we have all
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  inherited, and we're about to hand it on to our kids, and it's a two-party
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  system that does not represent us.
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  We don't have to pass that on.
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  Legacy is more than money, and most of us think about legacy as what's in the will.
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  But what we pass on is also the world that our kids inherit.
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  That includes the systems, the choices we make, the votes, how we vote, who we
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  vote for, and this is collective legacy.
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  And we've inherited a two-party system that has held our government hostage.
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  And as a result, candidates that get captured by private interests, and
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  they end up voting for what's good for the corporations that bought their
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  votes, not for the public interest.
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  This is not a Republican Party problem or Democrat Party problem.
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  It is the same problem.
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  They may represent different corporate interests, but the fact
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  is, is that they represent corporate interests, not the interests of the
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  people, not the interests of us.
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  And so we get the same results, corruption and a lack of real representation, and
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  as a result of it, we're getting harmed.
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  And many of us know it, but we don't know what to do about it.
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  And so here's what we could do instead.
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  What we could do is pass on a system where we elect independent American
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  citizens who are corruption-free, who are willing to sign a certification
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  that says, "I am corruption-free.
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  I hold myself to these standards, and I'm willing to be monitored." People
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  who represent their constituents, period, not private interests.
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  It's not about the D or the R or even the I next to their name.
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  You could have a D next to your name or an R next to your name and
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  be an independent American citizen, not held hostage by the party.
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  You could stand for the people.
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  You could be corruption-free and commit to real representation,
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  and that is what we want.
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  And we're at this very important moment in time because it would take just a
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  handful of independent candidates winning, two in the House, two in the Senate,
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  to create what is called a fulcrum caucus, where neither party, Democrat
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  or Republican, would hold a majority.
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  And in that small group of independent candidates that become a fulcrum
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  caucus, would need both sides to turn to them to get anything passed.
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  And this is kind of this four-minute mile moment, right?
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  So if you've heard of Roger Bannister, before he ran the four-minute mile,
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  everybody said it's impossible.
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  It's not physically possible to run a four-minute mile.
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  And then he did.
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  And as soon as he did, others did, too.
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  And once it happened, it happened again and again and again and again.
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  And that's why this is such a critical moment of change, because we actually have
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  some really great independent candidates that are running for these midterm
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  elections that if they get elected, show us, oh, we can vote our conscience.
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  We don't have to vote based on what we inherited.
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  We can actually elect independent American citizens outside of the
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  two-party system, and then once it happens, it happens again and again and
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  again, and now we've created this ripple effect that ripples for generations.
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  And the votes that we cast in these midterm elections will impact in great
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  ways because soon Gen Z and millennials are going to be the voting majority.
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  And very often they don't think of themselves as Republicans or Democrats.
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  So until then, I want you to vote as if you're voting for their best
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  interest, for the long term, not just the short term, so that we can have a
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  revolution right now without violence, with the gift that was given to us by
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  the Founding Fathers, the ability to have regime change without violence.
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  That's the opportunity that we are standing in right now, and it might be
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  that you are in a state where there's not an independent that's running.
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  You might be looking at an election where there's not an independent that's running.
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  But you can still help in the places where there are independents running that
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  have a great chance of getting elected.
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  So I'm gonna put some ways that you can support in the show notes.
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  And consider, what does your vote mean during this election?
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  It's not about is your vote a spoiler vote.
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  It's about does your vote show us collectively that we can make the change
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  that we want to see in the world with the way that we vote, not based on
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  the belief that it must be part of the two-party system or we lose our vote.
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  Every election is a chance to change what we pass on, and right now,
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  that's the midterms on November 3rd.
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  We're calling it Independence Day, so look up whether there's an
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  independent candidate on your ballot.
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  Share this with someone who feels as if they don't have real representation,
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  that they don't have a voice, that stand for corruption-free government, and
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  know that it's not about the D, it's not about the R, it's not even about the I.
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  It's about whether the candidate that you're going to vote for is
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  committed to being corruption-free and representing their constituents, and
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  recognizing that we have power as the people, but only if we take that power.
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  And this is the moment.
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  This is the great wealth transfer
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  This is not even about left or right.
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  This is about better government, better governance, transparent, accountable,
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  and participatory government.
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  And so I would also say look at whether your candidate is running on those
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  values of transparent, accountable, and participatory government and
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  better governance systems, because that's what we need right now.
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  We need to get out of the polarization of the left-right dichotomy that the existing
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  system really uses as, like, better governance systems that are transparent,
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  accountable, and participatory.
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  So look at whether your candidates are running on a left-right polarization
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  or on how do we come together to create better governance for and by the people.
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  That's really what we want to be looking at together instead of getting
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  stuck in this left-right binary.
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  Because when you have political officials or governmental officials
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  that are looking out for the people, they're going to vote based on what
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  their constituents want, not based on what the corporate interests want.
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  We can't see that what we all want, what many of us want, is the higher
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  third thing, better governmental systems that are for the benefit of the public
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  interest and not the private interests.
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  So whether you're voting D, R, or I, it doesn't matter.
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  What we're looking for is the people that want better government, transparent,
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  accountable, participatory systems, and that's what you want to be looking for.