Working a 40-hour week just to look at your paycheck and realize you worked Monday and Tuesday entirely for the government is a special kind of pain.
The biggest illusion in modern politics is thinking the people we elect are the ones running the show.
The real power belongs to the three-letter agencies and the permanent Washington apparatus. They don’t care who wins the election, because they’ve already rigged the institutional playbook. They don’t answer to your vote.
The ultimate political illusion: Republicans don’t need to win your vote to keep power; they just need to convince you to stay home. They know that even if they lose the Senate majority, the uniparty apparatus keeps the status quo intact. Power isn’t won at the ballot box anymore . . . it’s maintained through your apathy.