Heh! Yes, well, BB, people easily get duped by the same old marketing ploy that the ruling $ySStem springs on them every 4 to 8 years. It sells them one popular brand of politician (either a Democrat or a Republican, whichever is more in style at the time). They get to try out that brand for 4 to 8 years. By the end of that 4 to 8 years they usually have come to their senses somewhat and realized that they were sold a "lemon"! They realize they wuz robbed, lied to, and HAD! They are desperate for a CHANGE!

So the $ySStem trots out the other brand (either a Republican or a Democrat) and it looks GOOD! It's all done up in shiny new packaging, and it promises to make up for all the deficiencies of the previous brand and bring CHANGE! OOOOO-WWEEEEE!   This gets people really excited and full of hope.

They vote in the other brand, are ecstatic when it "sweeps the rascals out", and they expect wonderful things to happen.

The $ySStem laughs up its sleeve, because it owns, manufactures, and markets BOTH of those brands, and both brands serve it equally loyally the moment they are in office.

And the shit goes on...and on...and on...

And the corruption goes on...and on...and on...

And the militarism goes on and on...

And those 2 brands are the only brands in town who can get enough advertising and funding to ever get elected.

Closed shop. Guaranteed result. Guaranteed ripoff.

I see no likely solution to it except the utter collapse of the ruling $ySStem itself. If that were to happen, it would result in a social and financial catastrophe of unheard of severity for the whole North American population...and possibly a really major world war.

And that would be worse than what we have now.

Kind of discouraging...! But what the hell? I never expected much from politics anyway. To me, politics isn't what life's really about. It's just a bunch of cacophonous noise on the surface of life.