I actually agree with you completely. It’s called political theatre, and they use the word “theatre” because the politics we’re seeing display all the elements of a theatrical event: There are “creative directors” behind the scenes putting the show together, there’s a narrative being set and a story unfolding before the audience, there’s a hero and villain, both who stand in opposition of each other based on views, mortals, ethics, a code, there are actors who when in front of an audience, act, move, speak, think and feel in a certain way, so the show can unfold as planned by the creative directors as well as to cast the illusion that they are the character they play, not an actor, and as a member of the audience, you get lost in the moment, the illusion, usually when things get most intense, and for a little while, forget the actors are just that; humans with alternative desires, acting, and working a job, while for a moment, you become internally invested in taking a side for a fictional character.

Republicans and democrats are two different sides of the same coin. Voting for the “lesser of two evils” is still voting for evil. Candidates are vetted and selected to make sure they play ball; you, or your neighbor, can’t start a campaign and realistically expect get an equivalent amount of air time (which means less people even knowing you exist) and marketing (unless you’re rich - no corporation or individual is going to invest millions into a “nobody’s campaign”, and your whole town could donate to you and it still wouldn’t be enough to compete with those who were chosen to appear before you on tv and in the mainstream news). How can you fix a broken and corrupted system, by using an extension of that broken and corrupt system which is also broken, flawed and corrupt?

This may seem like a funny example, but you’d think someone as rich and connected as Kanye West would have no problem running for president and getting attention (I mean, he’s personally spoken to Trump, worked with Trump on reforming some things, met with him at the White House publicly and privately to have dialogues, as well as had Trump do him an international favor within a week after contacting him once when a fellow artist had been incarcerated in a Swedish prison for no other reason than defending himself after trying to desculate the situation multiple times as seen on camera). His whole platform has been censored, to the point where his ads are shadow-banned from multiple sites like YouTube and other social media, despite him paying for ad campaigns (In fact, his own ad was removed from his official profile - the only channel you can view it on now is the hill, and if you do a YouTube search of “Kanye 2020”, nothing comes up like it does for Biden despite him paying for an ad campaign on YouTube.

Realistically speaking (seriously, no jokes), I’m sure more people would be interested in, and would show up to his rallies or speeches (whether people actually believe in him, or are just there for the entertainment), than Biden (who it’s been proven via video recording, has no physical audience when he gives speeches lol). To top this all off, they refused to give him a slot and told him he had to be a write-in nominee. To be honest, if that is the case, it doesn’t require the type of response he received to inform him of this and the censorship he’s been the victim of - they wanted to personally let him know, he had no chance despite his influence or wealth. The point of me even mentioning this is whether you like Kanye West or not, he is one of the most influential, recognized, and versatile artists among the celebrities of today’s world; his music, social projects and work transcends generational divides to the point where he has a large older and younger fan base alike. You’d think he’d have an easy time advertising his political platform despite being late in the game, when people literally pay insane amounts see him live, his products are announced randomly and sell out within seconds (literally, despite being incredibly expensive), and he actually has a history of donating and working with the less fortunate as well as setting up social programs, especially in his home city, trying to bring others up and show them the way lol.

If this influential man who has many good connections, is wealthy and has attained a level of success that is undeniable whether you like him or not, is running into these walls, what walls do you think you, someone the world doesn’t know or have any reason to care about, would run into? The whole notion that anyone could be president and those who are running for the position are good-intentioned people who randomly woke up one day and decided that leadership needed to be under their control for the betterment of society, our citizens and the country at large is a farce. They are a puppet dancing on strings to the tune of the “creative directors”

Every president since I’ve been alive has said one thing on the campaign trail, and then did completely different things in office. They are controlled liars. When Trump was first running, it made me question the fact that I was questioning the voting process, after he made it through with everything he was saying and seemed to authentically want to make things better. Then he MIGA instead of MAGA. It’s all a joke; voting and having a favorite politician is like having a favorite sports team. This is all done to give you the illusion of free-will and participation in politics, when in reality, the president and Congress are going to do whatever the fuck they want, spend your tax money however they want (including giving billions of it to foreign nations), whether you like it or not.

They’re just actors on a stage, doing as told by the architects of the show. The only way to win is to refuse to play. If everyone refused to play and demanded for things to be as they should, they’d have no choice but to oblige; we outnumber them. For now.