> Today everything is politics I attribute this to political parties and their media campaigns which includes sound bytes from interviews, jabs at each other v

> Today everything is politics I attribute this to political parties and their media campaigns which includes sound bytes from interviews, jabs at each other via social media, etc. not just during election season. I think there is solid reasoning that the vast majority of the public doesn't differ on much, when it comes to policies, so the divisive politics are used to push people towards one party or another - at least here in our two party system in the US. The 1% donate/fund (via PAC's, etc.) the political candidates and expect legislation that will favor their interests/companies. It takes 10's of millions of dollars (maybe over $100 mil) to effectively run a campaign for some seats in Congress. Candidates aren't getting that amount from individual middle class donors. This isn't a conspiracy theory, its just how it works. The 1% and politicians don't want their status changed and use money to keep it going. The political divisiveness keeps the 60% of the people that are in the lowest financial brackets divided. I think the US is approaching a point where people (probably not software/startup people) are sick of the financial divide. Sick enough that they might get off their keyboard driven outrage. If they found common ground and united together, the 1% doesn't stand a chance. It doesn't take much effort for politicians to find issues to get people riled up about. Social media makes their job much easier too. That's why we see outrage and protests about masks, when that subsides as a divisive topic they will go back to old topics like guns, etc. What if there were protests about workers rights (i.e. healthcare, wage inequality, time off, etc.)?