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Today, he's one of the most famous or infamous third-party candidates in U.S. history.

The ruling class is always like to divide and rule.

Red state, blue state, conservative, liberal.

We speak to Ralph Nader on defying the two-party political system.

I'm Malika Bilal, and this is The Take.

Ladies and gentlemen, here's Ralph Nader.

The idea is not just to do jackpot politics.

We've got to break up the two-party duopoly in this country.

So many people are alienated from it.

That's author and political activist Ralph Nader,

speaking at a town hall in Dayton, Ohio,

when he was running for president of the United States.

And that was in 1996.

Along with his ambitions for higher office,

he's known for his influential role in consumer and environmental protection in the U.S. He's the reason seatbelts became mandatory in 1966.

You can't believe how was it at the beginning, Malika. They would say, I'm trying to tie up

the American people. I'm trying to

abridge their freedom. I would say, you mean abridge their freedom to go through a windshield?

I'll plead guilty to that. But he might be most well known for taking on the two-party system.

Hello, good morning.

Ralph Nader, it is good to have you on the take.

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