At the dawn of a new millennium and the information age, the United States stands at the crossroads of enlightenment and despotism. The internet is the final frontier of freedom: but has it enslaved the American public in political ideology?Many in the mainstream media, as well as social media, seem content to perpetuate the animosity between Americans, profiting from the bitter rivalry between political parties that keep Americans divided. Few will discuss the true nature of the despotism in which we currently live, the path that led us to where we are now, or how we can change the path we are on."The Abolition of Political Parties: The Return to a Free and Open Political Dialogue" explores the historical and psychological roots of the American divide. It discusses the history of political parties, and how the spirit of rivalry and revenge associated with political parties has been the driving force behind the darkest days of our country. It also examines in further detail how political parties have utilized advances in the fields of psychology and sociology, as well as advances in the technologies that both inform and reflect public opinion, to manipulate public opinion and keep Americans divided.Lighting the path towards freedom from ideological slavery, it offers insight into how we the people can build a bridge across that which divides us - our passions for our political parties.Political parties wield more power than any other force over public opinion, elections, and all branches of government.

Never addressed by the Constitution and warned against by the founding fathers, our two-party political system has dominated American culture throughout its history.This system established and now perpetuates a despotism through which American citizens are manipulated and disempowered, while corporations and private interests continue to exert increasingly more influence over foreign and domestic policy. As the republic becomes more susceptible to despotic influences both foreign and domestic, the public faith in political parties has become all but lost. Yet America persists in the ways of the two-party system, which divides us now more than ever. Political parties are unconstitutional and need to be abolished. They have laid waste to the intended balance of power in our federal government: the dominant political party now holds more power over all three branches of government than ever before. At the same time, Americans remain divided in their party passions, willingly propagandizing each other while failing to realize the dire nature of the situation: our democracy has devolved into a despotism. Only after political parties are abolished can we return to a free and open political dialogue in America.