Quote:Run for office.
I am terribly cynical these days about the political process in the US, as the parties polarize. Moderates or "middle of the road" folk who have balanced opinions and political views are seen as @#$^ed liberals by the conservatives and dangerous reactionaries by the liberals. It doesn't help that the media is obsessed with finding dirt on everyone.
No, seriously.
Don't run as a Democrat or a Republican. Run as an independant. A lot of your political systems current problems can be directly linked to your strange two party system. Organize a third party. Start now. Go to college campuses and speak, eloquently, about how you can form a third "middle ground" party. A party not beholden to extremists on either side. Start with your friends, convince them to help you get on city council. Then start expanding your network.
Do it. You CAN. It's what the political system is designed for. The fact is, that most people don't want to, but that doesn't mean that America can not change, and that one person can not be the catalyst for that change. American history is full of heroes that have changed things for the better (Martin Luther King, for example). You can do it, if you want to badly enough.
If you don't. If you give up. If you vote Democrat even when you know they're as corrupt as the system you hate, you're just supporting the same old problem. If you want change, you must make it yourself. Nobody is going to save the world for you.
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Epsilon