I am not posting this for the purpose of getting either sympathy or suggestions. I just think

[thenelm1]

19. Well when some billionaire can throw a few mill into the pot for their preferred politico or a...

corporate "person" can do the same, and literally drowned out millions of us to their own benefit...what could possibly go wrong?

That "one person, one vote" thing? Just a minor annoyance to moneyed classes.

The whole system has been totally perverted to favor those with the bucks. (Without which the R's would be but a minor blip on the radar.)

You're completely on point. And I suspect much of the nutso angst from the street level folk on the right comes from the same conditions though maybe most don't realize it. Their, and our concerns are completely subsumed to big money.

The whole system has been perverted such that those that represent the money (while pretending to be for the little guy) have essentially shut out regular citizens, both of left and right, from actually having any sway in the political process beyond making sure "the right people" vote. How else do you explain a minority party (the Rs) continuing to have or maintain near equal, or until just recently, majority standing? Or that, from polling, majorities of citizens from both parties want essentially the same things (Covid relief funding, higher minimum wage, etc.) while the politicos from the right are fighting against the wishes of their constituents tooth and nail? They just have to present some nonsensical argument against and their base follows because - stick it to the libs seems to be the only consistent reason. These guys spend so much energy trying to find reasons to divide us versus trying to find common ground - which benefits who? Only their political careers and their moneyed benefactors. Certainly not their constituents (Texas being just the most recent example, though in this case it's state politics vs national. But, the end result is the same.) Screed over...