It is designed to make politics insane and make non-involvement attractive... Dont take the bait.
Yep. Just become a sheeple and when it comes time to vote; "we'll give you your opinion of who to vote for".
Constitutional republic foundations set aside...
Democratic process just means politicians skimming/extorting/taxing money off a host/parasite democratic process that they keep running. In other words, all they/parasites need do is continually come up with new or "improved" things to vote on. Then allow the public/hosts to vote on how effective they think the politicians are at coming up with new and "improved" things/stuff to vote on. So obviously, of course the government is always going to expand the leviathan.
Voting for the lesser of two evils always begets evil.
"If voting could change anything they would not let us do it." -- Comus
It's not the votes that count, it's who gets to count the votes that decides the winner.
"The main problem with American citizens is we can't get the tin foil hat on over our dunce cap. The government wants implanted chips, they will have implanted chips. It's for the children." -- steve50
No. The voting process is inherently flawed because of the political duopoly as you pointed out.
Other than that, the media, banking interests and the judicial branch control the real political agenda. (Who benefits by the perpetual debt of the US? Who benefits from international super-capitalism? Stockholders do, consumers do, but remember all benefits are relative. As the Beatles song goes: "One for you and 19 for me")
"Raising all boats" when you think about it for what it SAYS -- is as senseless as "giving everyone a million dollars", but what it MEANS is *Oz* gets a 10% increase in his power, and the scarecrow gets a 10% increase in his. But the water always seeks its own level.
A bird upon reaching the end of the crumb trail finds little consolation that his tummy is full when he realizes his head is on the chopping block. And thats precisely where our nations head has been for the last 70 years.