To only have two sides is the problem.

Sure, but as far as what we can control right now, let’s elect some fucking Democrats please

How much longer will this be a cookie cutter answer?

Until there are enough grassroots progressive candidates to take over the democratic party the same way the tea party movement took over the republican party, and finally some progressive initiatives can pass into law, such as eliminating FPTP.

Please don’t take the “just vote democrats into office” answer to mean “sit tight and do nothing but vote” when voting is really the bare minimum activism you should be doing to preserve a democratic system.

I just wonder how patient US voters are, for the changes you project.

Does it matter? Most voters have no attention span. They aren’t revolutionaries. They aren’t going to take to the streets no matter how bad things get. Stop trying to change people who aren’t going to change when you lack the influence to change them in the first place, and focus on trying to leverage what you’ve got as productively as you can.

Build your cadres, make the change you can, and make lemonade from the lemons you’ve got.