SSHZ - When Obama got elected the Right had the same "hate and anger."
The part that you both got right is the idea of "dividing us all." Dividing the people on issues that don't matter to the ruling oligarchs has been a tried and true method that has worked for over 100 years. There just is not that big a difference between the Republicans and Democrats on issues that really matter - matter to the ruling oligarchs anyway. They don't give two sh*ts about abortion, race issues, gender issues, religion etc... they care about power, profit and control.
Look ... after 8 years of a Republican Administration under Bush, including full control of Congress for a period of time, rank and file Republicans could see that their party failed to deliver on things that mattered, and so they were ready to break away and abandon the party leadership and hence the Tea Party was formed.
Now you have to understand about how the ruling oligarchs have lock-down control of the two parties - it's the crux of their system of control over the masses. They cannot allow the people to wake up and break free from that control system. Obama was the perfect antidote for the Tea Party. All of the Right wing Main Stream Media "MSM" and talking heads got lathered up 24/7 over Obama and convinced the rank and file that Obama was a fundamental threat to the Republic and they needed to stay loyal to the Republican Party and fight Obama and his followers as a Patriotic duty.
So then ... the Democrats go through the same thing. After 8 years of a Democratic Administration under Obama, including full control of Congress for a period of time, rank and file Democrats could see that their party had filed to deliver on things that mattered, and so they were ready to break away from the party leadership and hence the Progressive movement got full steam, eschewing the Party's choice of candidates and backing Sanders and others like him instead.
Once again ... the people are not permitted to go out on their own like that, and Trump, like Obama, was the perfect antidote for this rogue Progressive movement. We saw precisely the same thing - all the Left wing MSM and talking heads got lathered up 24/7 over Trump and convinced the rank and file that Trump is a fundamental threat to our Democracy and they need to stay loyal to the Democratic Party and fight Trump and his followers for the good of the Country.
The fact is that these Presidents don't have that much power and don't make that much difference, except to p*ss people off with their rhetoric. There has not been that much difference between Bush - Obama - Trump on things that matter. Bush and Obama both fully backed the foreign wars and the Wall Street bailouts.
The Republican and Democratic parties are no different from pro wrestling - their apparent disagreements are fake and staged, so that the country will stay divided up between the red jerseys and blue jerseys and fight amongst themselves and never really challenge the ruling paradigm that strips them from wealth and prosperity and concentrates it among the elite instead. You can think of the two parties fighting it out in a big ring, with the crowd made up of half red jerseys and half blue jerseys screaming at each other, while the rulers sit up in their luxury boxes, sipping champagne and laughing at their success in duping the masses ....
Eventually this Nation will need to wake up as to how they are really ruled, but the key will be younger generations who no longer get their information from TVs and Newspapers. The Internet is a real threat to the ruling paradigm, which is why we are seeing efforts to censor YouTube and Facebook and Twitter et al, to prevent the dissemination of ideas that challenge the State Orthodoxy and Propaganda ....
The fact is that a Majority of Americans - both on the Left and the Right - want many of the same things, which are doable and easily affordable if done right:
- A stop to the Wars - enormous waste for nothing
- Universal health care
- Free college education and elimination of school loan debt
The ruling factions of BOTH PARTIES are determined to see to it that none of these three things come about, even though these three things are supported by strong majority on the Left and the Right.
If you don't think these things are achievable .... they are (EASILY), and I could walk you through it. But these three things are an enormous threat to the Power and Profits of the ruling elite, which is why the leaders of the two controlled parties are determined to stop anyone who can deliver on these.