The Electoral College and First-Past-The-Post distort the voters' interest in favour of a two-party system that encourages dogmatic thinking; US voters want to

The Electoral College and First-Past-The-Post distort the voters' interest in favour of a two-party system that encourages dogmatic thinking; US voters want to express themselves but they lack information and critical thinking; Not all information is good; Journalism is dying and the advertising business distorts people's perceptions for profit; Taxes are needed but the lucid, rational discourse needed to make good public policy is absent; It is hard to cultivate the citizenry in the above conditions; the political system is starved of courageous and intelligent politicians; panderers have a significant demographic to exploit. tldr: US public discourse has attained a toxic equilibrium. But it is profitable for some.