The second misconception is that, because there have historically been only two major political parties, there are only two distinctive – but extremely divergent – options, and we are required by some invisible law to strictly adhere to one of their outdated, one-size-fits-all bullet point platforms.

 

No. Just no. No. No. No. There is no way to craft intelligent policy when your solutions are confined to these absurdly constricting labels. It's wildly irresponsible to address dynamic policy issues with boilerplate solutions.

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Leo Tolstoy said, “The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.”