> Politics in america is like entering an inverted world in which some weird internal drive actively makes people vote against their own personal interests.
Because that's what the opposition, wrapped in the flag, tells voters to do.
And the voters go along with it not because they are dim, but because they understand that these things would not only benefit them, but benefit other groups of Americans that they despise.
Because that's what the opposition, wrapped in the flag, tells voters to do.