Just let them have the shit . its not worth arguing with a customer over . They shouldn ' t put the shit out there with just shrinkwrap around it and expect nobody to try and take it . That might work in a civilized society , but not this one . We are dealing with greedy savages here . This sale won ' t be around in a few more years anyway . <| sep |> This is because the news and some politicians prefer to talk about wedge issues and we unfortunately all follow suit . I ' m a Democratic staffer and I can talk politics with people and find a shitload of common ground . Trade for instance is way more complicated and normal people can chat about it and not fight . You could even chat about energy and banking and find productive subtopics . Talk about climate change or abortion and people fall into established tropes that lead to intractability . Talk about whether there should be traffic cameras in your community and you might find that moran you hated a minute ago is your greatest ally . News is like McDonald ' s , they make their products to penetrate the market not provide nutrition . Bring up something political like whether your community should use tax money for a convention hotel because the market won ' t support it and Bernie , Hillary , Don , Gary and Jill ' s people , that aren ' t member ' s of the Chamber , will find a lot to agree on but Hannity and Maddow aren ' t going to make any money off of telling us about shit we agree on . Really why in the world do we fight about inevitabilities like gas pipelines and the TPP . Some guy making a nickel on the dollar is going to beat you and the promises of 1000 candidates can ' t protect you . But that isn ' t exciting .