Julian: You have laid down the reasons for this failure quite well.

The two-party hegemony has to go. In fact, all political parties need to go. They are disease afflicting us.

If you want to hear more of alternative democracy--one without any political parties, follow my byline.

The founding fathers were quite right in their disdain for political parties. They just needed a few more tools to make government work without them. Those tools were not there in 1787, but they are available in 2021.