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CMV: The modern governmental constructs currently in America are way too powerful, and directly lead to the polarized and divided political climate that we now have.

A lot of people today view politics as some sort of battle. They back their candidate, and anyone else is directly opposing them. However, I believe the underlying issue here is that the political offices, and the government as a whole, are much too powerful. 

A lot of people are truly fearful during elections because the thought of the opposition winning scares them. They fea that someone they don't winning could negatively impact there way of life. 

However, this shouldn't be a fear, in my opinion. The political offices and government should just be the instruments through which the country runs. It shouldn't be some battle between side, over who gets to monopolize the law-making for the next two years. At least to me, the centralized power is the issue, not the candidates or politcial powers.

Am I totally off base here?
gpt
I partially agree with you, in the sense that candidates and political powers aren't the problems. However, it's not the magnitude of power the government has as a whole that is a problem, it's how few different perspectives exist that is. 

The first-past-the-post voting system in the US makes it impossible for third parties to stay around and be relevant in the long run. We need to escape our two-party system in order to check the power of individual political parties. Under the veil of the Democratic party is a huge spectrum of voters. It has the economical left and healthcare voters, it has the social justice advocates, it has the environmentalists, it has the far left and the socialists, it has the socially liberal and economically conservative individuals, the highly educated, the anti-abortion liberals, and a LOT of swing voters.  

The Republicans have the libertarians, the tea-partiers, the Trumpublicans, the Reagan Republicans, the Christian right, etc. 

If we had a different voting system that empowered extra parties and discouraged two-party voting, we would have a much more diverse congress, much more accurate representation, a much more enthusiastic voting base, and, most importantly, a significant reduction in the us-vs-them mindset. Multiple political parties that still yield the power to improve society is much better than a two party system that doesn't have the power to destroy it. 

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