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Until third parties get the funding and backing by powerful people that already run the nation, they aren't able to produce a truly viable candidate.

They won't get the exposure. They'll be pigeonholed as the joke candidate by the well-funded machines that have interest in making sure you don't consider leaving the two-party system that's worked well for them.

Needing excessive funding and backing by elites to really be considered a candidate implies that only those who promise to uphold their interests will be portrayed as being a legitimate choice.

The option for a third party is in the specification, but we've purposely implemented it in such a way that power remains in the hands of the few.