Politics trains you to react, not to think. That’s the real game. You’re not supposed to ask questions. You’re supposed to choose a side and dig in. Every election becomes a personality contest. Every debate turns into a loyalty test. Policy vanishes in the smoke of emotional warfare.
The goal is to break your discernment. They want you to hate a figure so deeply that you’ll reject any good idea that comes from them. Or love someone so blindly that you’ll defend the indefensible. You stop seeing clearly. You start reacting on cue. You become manageable.
This is the trap. And it’s everywhere. You can support Trump’s trade strategy while opposing his social rhetoric. You can find fault in Biden’s energy policies while agreeing with a foreign policy stance. This isn’t contradiction. It’s thinking. But they don’t want you thinking. They want you chanting.
Most voters are not political. They are emotional. They like or dislike based on tone, image, narrative. The system relies on this. Nuance doesn’t trend. Flexibility doesn’t sell. But if you want to survive the next decade politically and economically, you need to step back and get clinical.
Focus on policy outcomes, not personalities. Read the legislation. Track the votes. Ignore the speeches. Observe where the money flows. Ask who benefits and who loses. That tells you more than any headline.
Stay flexible. Stay critical. Never marry a politician. They work for you, not the other way around.