Whether you vote Red or Blue, “they” are colorblind to you.
It’s a nice sentiment to be part of a team playing for the same goals. That’s why we’re such fanatics for sports. We root for our team the loudest and proudest we can be, in hopes of seeing our team come out on top to represent, in some way, who we are and what we’re about.
That’s all well and good when we’re dealing with sports teams, junk food, and fans synchronously in a drunken stupor at a sports stadium, but it’s a whole other thing when we crusade and parade similarly along more dangerous avenues, specifically when dealing with the menacing essence of politics. Politics is a dangerous game we’re all connected to in some way, and the stakes can be very high for those most affected and influenced by it. It’s a serious game for all of us who are forced to abide by the legislation decided by the few in power.
Why, then, do so many people treat politics and political parties like a sports match between two different teams instead of the more serious matter that it is? Why do the Republican supporters call the Democratic ones “sensitive snowflakes,” and the Democratic ones to the Republicans as “uneducated rednecks,” the same way we name-call different sports teams and their fans? Why do Red voters scoff at “all those idiots who watch CNN,” and Blue voters do the same for those “who only watch FOX News?” Why do Red and Blue voters both blame each individual player from the other side for any supposed injustices committed? While the psychology of human tribalism provides a partial answer, the true answer unravels a far more elaborately woven plan they have devised.
They have managed over the years to cunningly and calculatingly divide us into groups that passionately oppose each other over the most trivial matters that are—somehow—emotionally triggering for us. The perfect current example of this: Florida governor’s recent controversial law passed banning teachers kindergarten through third grade from teaching anything about gender. There are more troubling matters relating to education, such as the current predation on young “adults” pursuing college who begrudgingly inflate the already massive $2 trillion student loan bubble for a chance—not even a guarantee—at finding a job immediately post-graduation to repay the debt plus interest. Is this, gender studies and awareness, the most salient concern of ours worth prioritizing over everything else education-related? This is just one example of how more pressing matters take a backseat to issues of much smaller portent.
They not only distract us from more alarming issues by constantly barraging us with news of minor urgency (How about them aliens? UFO stories have been used to distract us from larger issues as early as the 1950s), but they also deceive us with false accusations of the other team (2020 election fraud, anyone?). This is done surreptitiously to avoid detection from us, and we take the bait every time. The American people who would otherwise hold the power to decide which legislation is most important and which is most irrelevant to the current times are too distracted bickering amongst themselves over comparatively lesser issues such as LGBTQ discussions in elementary school education.
Divide and conquer, as it’s appropriately called, is not a new occurrence by any means. It has been used throughout the ages to keep the people in check while they retain the power to rule over everyone. It’s actually pretty common knowledge if you open your eyes to your surroundings without any political bias towards one party or the other. This Renaissance actor does the best job at summing it all up:
“They” are the wealthiest, most powerful figures at the top of the world presently. They have nearly full reign to decide what we, their sheeple, can and cannot do. Political matters affect everyone, but only these few members of society dictate the legislation and policies that everyone else must adhere to save themselves. And if you think they only belong to one party or the other, think again. They are not affiliated singularly with either the Democratic or Republican parties.
They are their own underground—more appropriately “aboveground”— network of elitists, motivated by one goal only: to collect as much wealth as possible in order to remain at the top of the political power spectrum. For why would they want to distribute any of their massive amounts of wealth and privileges when it bestows upon them the power to rule over everyone else like the gods they envision themselves to be?
Look at our Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell. Boy this guy is HATED right now. The senator of one of the poorest states, Kentucky, since 1985, he has amassed a net worth of over $134 million since 2019. Do you think he’d share some of that wealth to his poor residents of Kentucky when they needed it most, such as during the Covid crisis? Of course not! He relentlessly fought against providing Americans $2000 stimulus checks for Covid relief in 2020, infuriating not only his natives from Kentucky, but everyone across the country. Just look at the comments from his most recent Facebook page posts (from 2020, mind you):
If you return to that list of US Congress members by wealth again, you’ll notice how it is equally comprised of both Democratic and Republican members. Of the top 50 wealthiest Congress members listed in this table, 31 are Republicans and 29 are Democrats. The wealthiest congressman, Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida, leads by nearly $50 million at a whopping net worth of $259.7 million, with Virginia “Democrat” Senator Mark Warner following behind at a net worth of approximately $214.1 million. Speaker of the House “Democrat” Nancy Pelosi is ranked #10 on that list, with a net worth over $114 million. She amassed tens of millions of dollars during the height of the pandemic with stock trades that had prominent figures like Joe Rogan and many others speculating insider trading dealings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8TRVp-7l3Q&t=336s (start at the 3-minute mark)
How can a woman worth over $110 million understand the typical struggles everyday Americans face each day? The short answer is, she can’t. Neither can Mitch McConnell or any of them for that matter. My point here is—and this is assuredly a difficult pill to swallow—whether they are affiliated with the Republican or Democratic party, they’re all the same. They may appear to vehemently oppose each other, but in reality, they are of the same super wealthy, elitist group who are only concerned about accumulating more and more wealth for themselves and their kin until the day they die, and even then, beyond the scope of death by bypassing the IRS estate tax through this loophole.
They are so filthy rich, they can’t even guess the prices of normal everyday items at the grocery store, probably because they haven’t stepped foot in a grocery store for years (Don’t you have maids and assistants at your beck and call running all your errands for you, too?). If they are so far separated from our way of living, how can you expect them to understand anything about our livelihoods? How can they possibly relate to us on any scale? Their opulent lifestyles, lush with golden toilets, marble staircases, and expansive mansions, so contrast with our own that they can’t possibly understand what it’s like to live under the current economic circumstances—soaring house and rental prices nationwide, inflation, and stagnant income to name a few—that we struggle with each day.
Their legislation reflects their ignorance of the average American’s current circumstances. Towards the beginning of the Covid pandemic in 2020, when the federal government was handing out federal unemployment compensation, they were so out of the loop about our lifestyles that they were handing out $600 per week in addition to state unemployment which, when summed together, outearned the real monthly working wages of the average American. They actually believed that average Americans were earning more than they actually do. I wonder how that could affect their policies over us? (Premium costs on healthcare, income tax (only for the middle class, mind you; the wealthy elitists dodge their annual taxes), rental and housing, gas, and everything else they can capitalize on at our expense?) Of course, once they learned of their miscalculated errors on the average American income, they immediately and consequently decreased the Federal Unemployment earnings. Shocking behavior.
They have committed far too many atrocities and willfully neglected the proper care of the American people to expound upon here. Considering the suggestive data here alone, though, it’s astounding how anyone could support these supercilious fools in power. They look down on us and separate themselves from us, as if they serve some higher purpose, so that they can shamelessly prioritize their avarice over our basic necessities for a comfortable, modern lifestyle. They neglect our basic needs to survive for the sole purpose of filling their already steep pockets further with disturbing amounts of wealth. And yet we blindly support their baseless words and promises, choosing to bicker amongst ourselves like indignant fanatics witnessing a foul play at a soccer game.
We indulge in social media debates amongst ourselves, accusing this party of such and such monstrosity. We protest, violently in many cases, against the “other” political party, but the “parties” are merely a distraction for their end goals. The old accuse the young and vice versa; the right and left disrespectfully shoot each other down; the melting pot of races that should bring all Americans together instead segregate themselves; and we argue ad nauseum over frivolous matters such as pronoun usage and job thievery by “aliens”—a very divisive word in itself. This divides us further and further, consequently weakening us more and more, while they all too comfortably sit atop their gilded thrones of disproportionate luxuries and look down upon us, smiling, knowing full well that they will be the ones who ultimately win this battle without so much as lifting a professionally manicured, opulently jeweled finger.
This disturbs me greatly, each revelation shooting flaring warning signals through my nerves to my core. I see what they’re doing—through the manipulative media and their unproductive press conferences—and what their true intent is. I can’t help but notice how they have corrupted our minds with their countless lies. I’m in disbelief over how successfully they’ve deployed their obsequious supporters to do their bidding for them. Their supporters willingly oblige, defending them far too loyally, oftentimes without receiving a single penny in compensation for their efforts online and in personal debates, maddeningly enough. I cannot ignore how utterly torn and divided We the People truly are at this time, our power waning with each successive political agenda or intentionally misleading social media post thrown into the mix. Like a visionary glimpsing into the future, I fear the prophecy that is coming to fruition: that we shall always be at their mercy, powerless to do anything to save ourselves. Our heads are so buried in the sand on these matters of most alarming import that we are suffocating ourselves, yet we insist on drawing our last breath justifying their misdeeds. And they are all the while having a laugh at our expense—no, at our very livelihood.
“Yes, we are overcharged for everything nowadays. I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial. Beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich.” -Lord Henry, character from Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)