> Peoples politics are closer to sports team fandom than anything pragmatic. This is the result of the deliberate way in which clever malicious spindoctors man

> Peoples politics are closer to sports team fandom than anything pragmatic. This is the result of the deliberate way in which clever malicious spindoctors manipulated political debate over the years in such a way so that what once was a pondered opinion became later akin to a religious affiliation. The bottom line is that an opinion can be changed while a religious belief cannot; it's the system's way to ensure that once a voter is captured it stays loyal forever.