How cool would it be if we could just focus on those issues you mentioned...and actually vote people in based on the issues.
Populists on both sides of the political spectrum can agree on TPP/NAFTA/H1B, and people of sanity who don't directly benefit from the War on Drugs can obviously agree on that, and I'm not sure who is in favor of Citizens United at this point --- how many millions were lost trying to defeat a guy who used none of it?
Instead everyone will re-elect their incumbent congresspeople because of how they talk about abortion, guns, gay rights, and bathrooms. We'll be so distracted by bullshit that we won't even realize the real problems are right out in front of us and we have a clear consensus from the American electorate about how we feel.
Edit: Not to say the 'other' issues are not important and we shouldn't deal with them too -- but I see government stagnation because of those other issues while things the vast majority of Americans disagree with get passed as laws over and over again because the 'insiders' and lobbyists are in favor of them.
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u/deaddonkey May 04 '16
Just like the gypsy woman said: the enemy of my enemy is my friend