"of the people, for the people"? in actuality, it's "over the people, on the people".
with religion on the downswing, politics appears to be the new opiate of the masses.
i mean you take a multitude of issues and define polar opposite stances for each, and leave people a tacit choice therein, knowing full well this creates an untenable situation, an unsolvable problem.
all the while, those who buy in to this perennial kick-fight circling the pit of "progress" or what-have-you... what do they have to look forward to? stress and frustration. luckily, we have the prescription drug industry at the beck and call of society, ready to swoop in with a bevy of options, each with their own warnings and side effects, to quell the stress, to alleviate the frustration.
the social media, the echo chambers, the talking heads, the constant anti-magnetism exhibited from adjoining seats, chairs and aisles on tv. of all it, the lowest hanging fruit for a society starved for attention and validation.
and people buy into all of this bullshit willingly. it's baffling.
