10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest

1. As a tactic in the near-term, I don't mind it. As a concrete example, there are many counties that have not (and likely will not) have a serious progressive candidate. In these spaces and races, I think there's a good argument for finding a libertarian or never-trumper whose willing to endorse and push guard-rails and electoral reform. (For example, it's pretty easy to find libertarians who endorse ranked choice voting and multi-seat districts. They're probably better candidates in Idaho than otherwise available.) One value from having non-leftist endorsements on some issues is that it breaks the 'red vs blue' tribe narrative.

I agree they don't make sense in major organizing roles, and wont be part of a long-term coalition. But if breaking up the polarization and 2-party system is an important step, then I think there's a much bigger cohort that would be interested.

1. Yeah I think their use of 'best' is not in terms of 'most reliable' or 'leading to best outcomes for people'; it might be in terms of 'least damaging to the established political systems'.

I like the OP post. I appreciate the examples of actions that work. I do wish, for example, that I knew of more parallel systems and citizen assemblies in my state. More research to do.