But , I don ' t even understand the core issue anymore . I don ' t know if we have the ability to point our finger and say this specific thing is the cause of our country ' s decline into extremism , because this policy works for this other country . I mean , we have Presidents getting elected with a nonmajority votes GWBush Trump . Our representatives are rejecting science and knowledge in favor of extremism creationists , religious fervor , racism , millionaire celebrities , etc . Even with transparency brought about by media , internet , freedom of press , our representatives are openly and wantonly corrupt , following whichever bidder waves more money at them Insurance industry , EPA headed by a climatechange denier now , etc . Companies and millionaires are pulling the far right into Plutocracy , and the far left into forms of Socialism . It ' s like the USA is so divided that I can ' t even understand how the country can move forward cohesively anymore . All I see is messy downward spiral with us voters as the shit pile at the bottom of the spiral . I feel so . I think this feeling is what the news calls disenfranchised . ? I suppose I ' m one of those statistics now .