Both the left and right have spent six decades arguing the points on which they are opposed. So involved in these arguments are the rank-and-file right and left that during this half-century+ period, they completely ignored the buying of our politicians by Big Business and the billionaire class.
Each side has willingly elected federal, state, and local representation that is beholden to major political contributors. The politicians' empty promises are much preferred by both sides over the truth told them by honest candidates. Honest candidates at all levels are made to look like crackpots by the corporate-owned press. And being honest and possessing integrity puts them well behind the pack in campaign funding.
The 2016 election was decided by the millions of disgruntled Bernie supporters. These voters either refused to vote for the Democrats' nominee or voted for trump out of spite. In 2020, the former Bernie supporters came out to give the Democrats' 2020 nominee (Biden) his overwhelming victory over the loser trump,
The fanatical trump Nazis will never face the truth about their beloved leader, in the same way moderate voting Democrats will never face the truth that their choices for government representation are slaves to Big Business and the billionaire class to the same degree as every Republican in government.
Looking back at history, it was the voters' (of both parties) infatuation with Reagan that put this country on the road to trump. Reagan's many lies fooled voters, both Republicans and Democrats, and do so to this day. It wasn't until recently that the damage caused by Reagan was openly discussed in the press. The lies by trump, while overshadowing those by Reagan, have been called out, and called out by many top-placed members (enablers) in the trump administration.
But, regardless of trump's eventual future, the vast majority of U.S. voters will remain suckers. They will choose the liar that offers the most comforting lies. Truth is largely unwelcome in U.S. politics, especially by the voters. So, a fascist dictatorship is definitely in our future.
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