How to break up the two party system?

[*PhilHos*]

(10-27-2016, 12:05 PM)Benton Wrote: As far as the OP, talk to people. That's how you make a change. Support candidates instead of parties. I'm amazed daily at how many intelligent people I talk to have no idea that there's usually more than two options for an office. But they don't know because they're told there's only two options.

How about this: make it illegal to talk about another candidate that you're running against in any way, shape, or form? Would this force candidates to simply talk about themselves and their policies?

For example, Hillary Trump says that Donald Clinton is a sexist pig. Hillary'd be punished by this law. Bernie Cruz says that Ted Sanders' tax plan would increase the debt. Bernie'd be punished by this law.

I know it would never happen and I even doubt it would work as intended, but I'm only 41 and I'm already so fed up with our political system that I want to just go to sleep and never wake up again.