While this is true, the thing that doesn't change is that it is business that makes most of the decisions. They back both sides and threaten to not support a ca

While this is true, the thing that doesn't change is that it is business that makes most of the decisions. They back both sides and threaten to not support a candidate for reelection if they don't get their quid pro quo. I feel like we actually live in a plutocracy. The most convenient part for the the ruling class is that we have been tricked into thinking it is about red vs blue or left vs right. People talk about politics in a very "us vs them" vernacular. In the meantime, the corporate interests rob the middle class blind. It is a game of misdirection and self interest. The only way to ever really solve it is a more representative and distributed democracy model. This kind of setup also forces a lot of the money out of politics. Alas, the rulers have no appetite for giving up the corruption they have worked oh so hard for.