Liberals are a lot like chickens, feed them, occasionally feed them a treat direct from the hand. Stroke and pet them to where they follow you.
And then they will lay their heads down happily on the chopping block.
Oh? And, conservatives aren't?
Conservatives don't fall for continuing massive spending on military and war?
Conservatives don't fall for massive spending on foreign policy?
Conservatives don't fall for a War on Drugs that has given the US the highest incarceration rate in the world? A huge part of which is antagonism to a plant that in some places in this country the people (you know, the sovereigns) regard as on a level with beer?
The biggest deception of all is politicians getting half of us to hate the other half. Liberals vs conservatives. While politicians pluck both.
Underlying this is the desire to get something for ourselves. Liberals want freebies. Conservatives want things that can't possibly be free. Both want the government to do them favors or give them advantages over their fellow man. Of course, this just gives the politicians a market. We have to stop using government to our own unfair advantages. And, start hating the politicians, and not each other.
If you can give up your desire for unfair advantage, then you can stop hating the other half. But, you have to first give up that desire to use government. It is the key the politicians use to unluck the door to the toolshed where the axe is kept. Not at all unlike confidence men--greed is the key of a scammer. The victim's interest in money for nothing or a big score gives the confidence man a place to set his hook, to use that interest to reel in the victim. In the same way, politicians use the desire for advantage or favor.
