Instant run-off voting isn't the only solution. Mixed-member proportional voting would basically inject new life into the political system overnight as the minor parties are essentially guaranteed seats if the electoral threshold is set to something reasonable, like 5%.

Agreed, this is what the Forward Party is trying to do. They want to help people get elected at all levels that will support and help make changes so that we're not stuck in some 2-party system.

Although, I think that approval voting or STAR voting is better than ranked-choice voting.

Fully agreed.

As a Canadian, the thing that surprises me is we somehow actually have an almost viable multi party system while still using FPTP. We've got 4-5 parties that routinely win more than 5% of the popular vote. From my very brief look at wikipedia, it sounds like you guys are in a kind of in a similar position.

I'm not well versed enough with the US system to understand why the they don't have a real labour party. Is it an organizational issue, or is it due to some additional facet of their electoral system?

(I'm not expecting you to answer, BTW, just putting it out there for anyone. :)

Me waiting for ranked choice voting to be implemented by the two parties who most oppose ranked choice voting

I suspect this meme is trying to make a statement about the intent of the green party in the US.