Divide and conquer.
Due to my being an old guy with too much free time on his hands, I find myself spending hours every day with my face stuck on various news sites. After a couple of hours on the big US news platforms you come away with the impression that America is on the cusp of civil war.
On Fox News, the Dems are radical leftists just itching to spring communism on the Land of the Free.
On CNN and MSNBC, the only people clamouring to return to work are Trumpentards who have been duped by Koch Brothers astroturf fronts into wanting their jobs back.
The Dems and the GOP were first tagged as "two wings of the same bird of prey" well over a hundred years ago. It was true then, and it's just as true now.
Are there any substantive policy differences between the two parties?
Both are 100% committed to American Exceptionalism uber alles.
One thing Trump, Schumer, Pelosi, and Biden can agree on is blank cheque support for Israel.
Another is unlimited funding for America's "security" apparatus.
None will ever betray their billionaire backers by bringing forward health care for all, a liveable minimum wage, affordable housing initiatives, and pensions that will allow a dignified retirement for every worker.
Nor has either wing of that bird of prey ever made any serious effort to curtail the use of tax havens that permit their billionaire funders to avoid billions of dollars in taxes.
Between them, they have conspired to offer a free ride to the ultra rich while saddling regular folks with the bill.
Meanwhile, at ground level, the threat of open warfare between rival factions of otherwise ordinary Americans looms large.
Divide and conquer.
Like I said; genius!
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