@Siphonay I guess that's the consequence of a bipartisan system.

@Siphonay Chomsky wrote about this. The key to keep the population on the track is to reduce political discussion to the minimum, and then make it as heated as posible, putting a lot of emphasis on the little details.

This way, the public opinion is diverted from big, important issues that might be not s urgent but way more important.

@Siphonay It's not quite that... since there are exactly two parties enshrined in our system, everyone has to sort themselves into one or the other. Third parties don't have the institutional power to interrupt the two-pole system (except sometimes in local politics). To participate you're essentially forced to pick one. Liberal/Green/Left/Pro-diversity tend to congregate and Conservative/Religious/Right/Business do too. Right now you see a lot of internal divisions in both parties!

@Siphonay and that's everything wrong with most americans. Put it in a box, label it biohazard and shout at it from afar. I don't want to play that game.

@Siphonay It's quite difficult when one party is pretty much out to destroy the system. At that point it becomes not much of a choice at all for some people.