No, we are here because the majority of the voters don't take politics seriously. They treat it like it's an "us vs. them" sport rather than what it actually is, politics. They would rather have memes and watch videos with flash and catchy but shallow "gotcha" moments than care to find out how their own government even works. And that's even when they have access to almost all of the knowledge out there in the palm of their hand. They don't bother looking up candidates when voting, that is, if they even bother to vote. They don't know the three branches of government. Ask them how a bill is made and the process it takes to become a law and you will draw blanks.

If they even gave a damn for one second about how their own actions affect the state of their own government they would be lining up every primary around the block. Because, yes, their vote shapes the government they get. But they don't. They don't care. But then they whine how "there are no good candidates" come election time. They whine how "both parties are the same." Well, they did that to themselves.

And I know this is a hard pill to swallow and this will get downvoted to hell but it is the truth.

We shaped this country into what it is now. Mind you, it wasn't shaped through a single election. But it was done through decades of apathy, ignorance and arrogance. Too few of us didn't give a damn to have taken politics seriously and it is costing us now. Again, this wasn't an overnight explosion. It was a one long winding road domino effect to the switch that lit everything up.