Guess I'm guilty of being arrogant and lacking empathy. I've seen what MSM is doing and has done I ask the same ? “Why don’t my fellow citizens see the broader picture that I see so clearly?”

I'll continue to hope and speak out for a 3rd party.

I think it's pretty plausible they had something on Bernie. The thing is they still have it on him, but they are still going after shutting him down again through other ways in the party, besides rigging the damn primaries last time. They have a "Stop Bernie" campaign and a lot of the other Dem candidates support it, obviously because he is their biggest threat to getting themselves elected. So it would seem Bernie is once again in a no-win situation. Either he sits back and takes the "Stop Bernie" campaign and insults etc. while putting on kid's gloves "attacking" them back, or he proceeds to go full steam ahead (something he didn't do last time so what makes us think he will do it now) and they release whatever they have hanging over his head. If he was full establishment then I don't think he would be espousing the beliefs that he does for the most part. It goes against the establishment and their overall goals for society, hence why they rigged the primary and fought so hard to discredit him. They are full blown capitalists and he's advocating for something CLOSER to socialism. I'm still not sure what to believe about him though. The media seems to be focusing on other Dem candidates. Democrats and the media seem to have been mentioning Bernie less and less and they don't even mention Tulsi Gabbard at all it seems unless they are trying to smear her over Syria and Assad.

As for 3rd parties.....I have given up hope with that. That's not to say I won't vote for someone like Jill Stein again, but as far as society getting behind a 3rd party, I have a better chance at hitting the lotto. The amount of propaganda and money interests keeping groups like the Green Party down, people will never get out of their fog with that stuff. It's always going to be one of the two parties or nothing for them. 3rd parties are getting anywhere from 1-5% of the vote every presidential election. A good portion of the people that don't vote, or most or all of them, don't vote because they probably think it's futile. What if they all came out one election and voted for a Jill Stein or a 3rd party candidate that actually seems to give a crap? I always hear Dems that know the two parties are corrupt say that someone like Jill Stein can never win. Why? BECAUSE THEY DON'T VOTE FOR HER!!! Lol They're always throwing out the bull crap that THIS election is too important to "throw your vote away" on a 3rd party. This mentality is mind boggling! They settle for the lesser of two evils knowing it's still evil.

Silly hoomans!

In a previous life, I was a systems analyst & designer. My experience was that people are afraid, actually fearful, of change in their lives. I like the idea of a different party which espouses what I believe are this nations core values, Civility, Diligence, Integrity, Accountability, Perseverance and Discipline to name a few. Not only espouses those qualities in their platform but requires their candidates to pledge them, with real penalties for breaking the pledge. But, as I stated, people are afraid of change, better the devil you know mentality.