I do agree that the US should break away from the two party system, as either choice seems to yield only bad or worse results for the citizens.
I guess I'm making the assumption that democracy has the goal of giving people what they want. Whereas perhaps a more noble goal would be giving people what will benefit them. People are notoriously irrational at deciding what will benefit them though, so who could possibly make those decisions?
> A majority of Americans, 60%, say a third major political party is needed because the Republican and Democratic parties "do such a poor job" of representing the American people. (September 25, 2015)
In a FPTP system you cannot really deduce what people wanted from the voting results, as the system very strongly encourages tactical voting. (and in this instance also because of Duverger's law)
Worse than what? I mean, sure, nobody is 100% happy with the outcome, but some people say that's how you tell that a negotiation had a fair outcome.