You said "Except..." And then made several points which are worthwhile discussions but in now way controvert what I said. I agree that the questions of voter t

You said "Except..." And then made several points which are worthwhile discussions but in now way controvert what I said. I agree that the questions of voter turnout, third party support, and fatigue of the two major parties, the two party system generally, and the established media are all worth discussing. I disagree that nobody wants to discuss these things as there have been many thoughtful articles on major media outlets on these topics (not that there shouldn't be even more, just that it's in accurate to say this isn't a set of questions anyone is discussing). I also disagree with the notion, which your post seems to imply, that these discussions are mutually exclusive with the issues summarized in my post. Indeed, quite to the contrary, I would imagine these things are all interrelated and reinforce each other. Fake news, especially with negative or scandalous slants, being spread rampantly on social media contributes to further discord and disillusionment with the establishment and reinforces people's distrust of media, either party, and likelihood to either abstain, protest vote, vote for alternative parties, etc.