Greetings

The Party system has failed.

It is not the first time. So, I invite you to consider an alternate mechanism for staffing the offices of the United States of America. Nothing against the people that participate in the party system, the organizational structure is simply inadequate. Members tend to place Party over Country, bylaws over Constitution, ideology over common sense.

Our history has several instances of party infrastructure being taken over, particularly in times of dire emergency where the survival of our Republic was at stake, usually against the will of party leadership.

Abraham Lincoln re-created the Republican Party in his image.
Franklin Roosevelt re-created the Democratic Party in his image.
John Kennedy re-created the Democratic Party in his image.
Donald Trump re-created the Republican Party in his image.
Who will re-create the Democratic Party in their image?

Parties have dominated the political arena since George Washington took office, even though he warned in his farewell address that "the alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism."

Even today, we tend to abdicate our responsibility for selecting leaders to the Party. They're big, have lots of money, host big conventions, and can mobilize volunteers all by reference to name.

When I was running for office, I had many conversations that went like this:

Voter: "Are you Democrat or Republican?"
Me: "Republican"
Voter: "Nice. I'm voting for you!"
Me: "Why? You just met me, don't know anything about me, don't know my platform, or what I want to accomplish if elected."
Voter: "Any Republican is better than a Democrat. I'm tired of them."

A surefire formula for abject failure. As we can see. The tyrant has no problem registering Republican to get your easy vote.

So, What's the solution? 

Won't any institution eventually become corrupted and fall apart? Does not absolute power corrupt absolutely?

Sure, that may all be true. But that does not prevent us from invention.

Let's chat.

-Arjun