Politics

Great description of the US political system.

"With America’s ahistorical orientation and restrictive two-party political system, people on the right of the American political spectrum reflexively and viscerally believe that the current left-of-center president is the worst in history; left-leaning people had the same opinion of George W. Bush.
Yet in the American two-party system, the parties behave like two giant corporations that are alone in one market – that is a duopoly. They pretend to fiercely compete on the surface but really collude under the table. This fact is hard for the American public to grasp, given the harsh public rhetoric and posturing by both parties and a 24/7/365 cable news environment that feeds on such rhetorical controversy. But the evidence that this sub rosa collusion between the parties exists is that the policy records of "liberal Obama" and "conservative Bush" are very similar. They both started and escalated needless wars, restricted civil liberties in the fight against terrorism, and increased the federal government’s role domestically. As an example of their parallel actions at home, they both expanded health care coverage, increased federal intrusion into education, bailed out or socialized industries, doled out goodies on a grand scale to special interest groups, and spent like drunken sailors on domestic programs."

Yes! I don't think I've ever heard anybody blame Polk for the Civil War.

Not voting doesn't help.

This case for not voting ignores the looters who use voting to steal.

Another mistaken advocacy for not voting.