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Independents are allowed to run without the approval of the party, as are third parties in the US system. Furthermore, the two party 'central committees' choose the candidates through primary votes. That's a pretty vast fucking difference.
You are right in that I wouldn't consider the US system as bad at giving individuals a voice as the Chinese/Russian systems. It is actually worse than the Hungarian system even afte Orbán fucked it up even more though.
How many of those primaries happened before the previous election? If I run as an independent, will I get the same campaign resources as the other parties? Otherwise the whole election and the mandate is only about as meaningful as that of Orbán. I don't consider Hungary a democracy, it's an electoral autocracy.
I mean, that's my main point of contention. Beyond that I'm not trying to say much.