yea, and what's worse is the policies aren't even what matters to them. republicans supported something similar to obamacare as an alternative to universal healthcare in the 90's, but once a democrat proposes it it's socialism and the death of the country. democrats decried bush for his corrosion of the bill of rights with illegal surveillance and his imperial foreign policy, yet stay silent when obama continues those very same policies and in some cases even ramps them up a notch. it is all a cynical game where the two sides maneuver for power and influence. to be perfectly honest i don't have much faith in democracy in general, especially when coupled with capitalism. it just creates the incentive for rich and powerful groups to lobby for political influence and fund propaganda campaigns to control the political debate among the populace.
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