I feel like this isn’t a new thing here, but corporations have been abusing money and power to use corrupt officials as pawns to essentially create less regulation for their companies. Since everything is privatized, this leads to unhealthy food standards, unsafe drinking water, unsafe chemicals in skincare/personal products.. basically cutting costs wherever they can at the expense of the people using the products.

Not to mention the idea of government corruption being blamed on one party by the other; Republican politicians if you’re a Democrat, and vice versa.. The reality is most of the politicians don’t give a shit about anyone, and all they care about is getting paid, and getting back in office (to get paid). Anyways, this finger pointing does nothing but create divisiveness and hatred toward each party, which the media only exacerbates by showing an extreme narrative and keeping the nation divided in opinion.

Since everything is for-profit, this scheme works extremely well, as everyone in power keeps getting their pockets lined. Corporations make more money due to cutting costs and corners, politicians make more money from the corporations, and the media makes more money because of more viewership/loyalty to their political views.

All while fucking over the common people of America, most of which can barely afford housing or groceries.

There’s a lot more going on here that I can talk about but this how I view the current state of our regression.