Yes. You (and I, and most of us) are experiencing the end result of the American people being played with a deceiving narrative. "No taxes" is a con game to get us to this type of situation
Gotta hard disagree: Circus music followed by a creepy clown voice saying
"Ḩ̵̢̘͎̥̩̗̲̭͚̯̣̬̲̦̮̗̜͉̞̬̥̣̣͓̜̙̺̗̼̘͒̏̊͐̽͆͋̔̎̇̐́͊̂̇̓̃̉͛͂̄͂͘͘͘̕͜͝ͅę̶̡̡̢͔̼͔̜̞̮͇̳̤̹͉̮̹̩͕͇̀̎̀͒̎̇͋̎͑̿̍̂̅̊̐̏̋̍̃͆̈́͘̚͘L̵̞̞̺̘̗̰̱͍̖̞̖͉̭͇̮͎̼͂̅̽͐͜͜L̵̨̢̡̛̛͙̻͇͎͓͚̦̠̲̦̞̫̟̬͈̼̍̄̈́̏͆̿̊́̓̾͛̿̀̇͗̄͊̾̐͋͘͘͝O̴̧̡̢̨͔̩͓͇͕̦͈̮̬̣͉̤̗̤̗̟͕̻̬̦̤̥̥̥̞͔̖̬̪̻̫̰̗̠̹̮̟̼͉͖̮̽̈͊͜ͅ!̴̛͈͔̳̟̭̟͚̦͉̟̳͇͉̮̞̈̈́̈́̑̊̆̂̐̒̂̔́̈͐͂̉͐̽̀̐̇͊̄́̂̒̐̂͘̕͝͝͠ͅͅ" on repeat everyday is not music to my ears
I just don't see how. They are equally indoctrinated into the societal constructs that are creating the problems. The "boomers" were equally and imperfectly against the negative operating principles of their society when they were younger. They got played. Now we are faced with even more powerful special interest group (the ultra rich), with even less checks and balances than during the past 80 years. And now we're getting played too
This is our innate state, IMO. We are social, creative people. The impulse to help and participate comes first and then is warped by our societal structure where everything gets monetized. I follow the Skyrim mod scene just for that hit of seeing this generosity at play
Not only switch candidates, but have Biden have the humility to back that person. Do it in the name of Democracy, you know: this election is too important and I realize we need a stronger candidate than I can be. That would sell well, and that's what's needed for better or worse: a good narrative
It's really tough to push past and ignore that first part to get to answering your question. Like, that elephant taking up the whole room and trumpeting
Gerrymandering helps skew things in favor of Republicans