Rambling Third Party Election Thoughts

OK, a thought for my fellow USan voters.

We've gotten too used to a knee-jerk thought process that's a simplistic left vs right paradigm.

Given that the Democrats and Republicans are a giant cluster@#$% of FAIL this year and many people are considering a third party vote, please consider casting that vote in a Libertarian direction.

Here's my thought process:

- left vs right DOESN'T MATTER so much as an orthogonal axis that charts authoritarian vs libertarian positions. If Trump and Clinton didn't have the power to totally implode our country it isn't just because they're complete idiots...it's because they're complete idiots with TOO MUCH POWER. How much harm could Trump do if he was the King of England? Next to none because the royal family in England are figureheads. Is anyone in England scared of the Queen? I doubt it.

- I grant you that there are some economic issues to be addressed because some people are having trouble getting by, let alone thriving, economically. We can brainstorm solutions for that. I think it would be GREAT to do that instead of deciding whether we'll do that OR keep our civil liberties.

- But I'd argue that the most important single problem in our culture is that it's gone way too far for way to long in an authoritarian direction. And the single most important starting place is REDUCING ITS POWER. Are you tired of hearing about things like Eric Garner being strangled to death by the NYPD over a cigarette tax violation? Vicki weaver being killed by an FBI sniper while holding her baby because her husband cut a shotgun barrel an inch too short? The Branch Davidians being barbecued in Waco or MOVE being bombed in Philadelphia? I am!!!!

- I'm also sick of terrorist attacks and government actions that guarantee that there will be many more (Oops, sorry about killing 100 civilian non-combatants in Syria. Hope none of their family want payback)

- How about ending the War on Drugs, police militarization and asset forfeiture without conviction?

- How about not voting to gut the NRA or Planned Parenthood but supporting both worthy organizations?

- How about being the United States instead of letting two parties stuffed with cretinous narcissists who we wouldn't buy a used car from divide and conquer us???