Seems to me like the inevitable result of a political system that is based upon division...and that has at the same time fallen into massive corruption at the top levels of both political parties, the banks, the business community, and the courts.

The festering divisions in the public that are caused by party politics (and that's why Jefferson warned against forming political parties)...can be managed in a fairly civil fashion as long as a society doesn't become too corrupt. But when the parties and the whole system become deeply corrupt, then it can't be managed in a civil fashion any longer.

And that's what you're seeing.

I wouldn't give a wooden nickel for the value of either the Democratic or the Republican parties...or for anything they say. They're merely tools of their rich backers, and everything they say when campaigning is merely a strategy to get elected and continue being funded by their rich backers.

Is one of them worse than the other? Yeah! The Republicans are worse. ;-D But ask me this: Do I want to choose between Al Capone and Lucky Luciano when I go to the polls?

No. I don't call that a real choice. And that's what you've got right now, a choice between Al Capone and Lucky Luciano.