On November 8th we will be introduced to our 45th president, either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump- something that many see as a decision that comes around every four years between the lesser of two evils, but it doesn’t have to be that way next time.

It’s true that neither Gary Johnson nor Jill Stein can win this November, but in losing, they can re group with their respective parties and push forward to 2020 to give America actually meaningful choices for the first time in decades. Third parties can’t win this year but we ALL lose if we don’t vote for them.

American society thrives by the ideals of capitalism, one of which, is competition. Competition drives innovation and quality, without it the American citizen is a slave to whomever corners their respective market; which is why monopolies are illegal- unless they are political in nature of course. It doesn’t matter if you agree with Johnson or Stein, I myself am not sure that I do, their presence and pressure vs the other two parties is good for the country.

America’s two party system is stagnant and stale, there is no need to innovate or inspire- half the country votes for you as long as you have a D or an R next to your name, so why bother going above and beyond? We are forced to pick between the lesser of two evils because those two evils have cornered the market- everything is divided between D and R from the mainstream news to even our celebrities; and anyone who speaks up about a third party is branded an idiot who doesn’t understand politics.

Well I understand politics just fine, and I understand that voting third party is being branded as a wasted vote because the two evils want competition as much as your cable provider does. Competition is bad for business, and the business is taking care of the influential and screwing the rest.

If you don’t support the American tradition of voting for the lesser of two evils, then there is another option: vote third party and give this country’s political system the thing it desperately needs- competition. Maybe, just maybe, if a third party gets 5% of the vote and receives that much needed shot in the arm of federal funding- perhaps a third or even a fourth voice added into the mix can get us some representatives that actually have to care about the average American…instead of the average Billionaire.