Every election, Americans are told to pick a side—red or blue. But what if the real problem isn’t who wins, it’s the game itself? This post exposes how both parties profit from division, ignore better solutions, and keep citizens trapped in a system designed to serve power over progress.

Escape the outrage machine. You weren’t born to wear a jersey. But open your feed and one gets tossed at you anyway—blue, red, or whatever color your timeline prefers. Put it on, and suddenly every conversation is a loyalty test. You’re not arguing ideas anymore; you’re proving you belong. That’s the tribal trap. We can do better. We can keep our people and our principles. Here’s how. How parties became proxies for identity: Political parties started as coalitions of ideas an