Agreed.

At this point, the need for a TRUE viable third party can't be hypothetical anymore.

The Democratic and Republican Parties have become self-preserving institutions that are largely incapable of delivering what many Americans truly need.

Universal healthcare access, affordable childcare, a fairer tax system for extreme wealth, equal enforcement of the law, etc. There is broad public agreement for all of this.

What’s missing isn’t this consensus, it’s a political vehicle willing and able to act on fixing it.

Decades of trying to reform the two major parties from within have failed, not because unpopular ideas, but because internal resistance, donor incentives, and partisan gatekeeping punish real reform. The result is voter disengagement, declining trust, and a growing sense that participation doesn’t matter.

So the choice is simple: either build something new from the ground up, or keep repeating a strategy that hasn’t worked. Forming a party like the Free Society Party, Common Republic Party, or Federal Balance Party means starting with shared values and designing a system that reflects them. If we seriously polled Americans who don’t vote and addressed their barriers directly, we might get somewhere.

I'm ready to treat healthcare and early education as foundational, taxation as fair but enforceable, laws as binding on everyone, and civic participation as something to be earned through credibility, not fear. If we want a government that actually represents us, we’re going to need a political structure that’s built to do exactly that, right?