Personally I thought it was an interesting perspective, which is exactly what I come to HN for. >Concocting "Us" Vs "the political class wanting to manipulate

Personally I thought it was an interesting perspective, which is exactly what I come to HN for. >Concocting "Us" Vs "the political class wanting to manipulate us"/"the system"/"Clinton's hectoring"/"the parties and their disdain for voters" narratives does not advance political discussion in any way. You are completely right in the short term, but in the long term, we need to get over the hurdle if we are (collectively) to advance at all. And if we don't get over that step, why should people become interested in joining politics in the first place? As opposed to something more effective like protesting and, well, stay home (which I honestly also consider a political act).