and its a great tragedy because i prefer to believe there's a good will that powerful interests undermine in very sophisticated and underhanded ways. it is the game of a duopoly to split the electorate and set citizen against citizen- we see how identity politics has been revealed in so many ways as either vulnerabilities to be usurped or left as poisoned pills for folks to take up and be delegitimized by. attack dogs aren't born that way, they're created.. and fwiw, there are a lot of people who just want to have a chance to experience this "land of the free" and all the freedoms and experiences they're so increasingly priced out of.