I’m starting to think the entire MAGA movement was never about policy or fixing anything. It was about merchandising a feeling and selling division to make money. That’s sociology 101. Divide and conquer. If they had real ideas that could survive public debate, they wouldn’t need to turn everything into a culture war. Instead, they wrapped their agenda in a red hat, screamed about patriotism, and distracted everyone while pushing absolutely nothing of substance.
But let’s not pretend it’s just MAGA. Democrats are just as guilty of selling vibes instead of results. They push the “us versus them” narrative too, painting Republicans as fascists, which, let’s be real, a lot of them are. But the Democrats use that fear to manipulate voters and avoid accountability for their own failures. They talk like they’re protecting democracy while handing out corporate subsidies, expanding surveillance powers, and funding ICE under a different name.
The moment both parties start asking for more money “for the American people,” they turn around and send billions overseas. Israel gets whatever it wants. Ukraine gets whatever it wants. Defense contractors line up with their hands out and get paid. But when we ask for healthcare, debt relief, or fair wages, suddenly it’s a crisis of the budget. Suddenly the math doesn’t work. Suddenly “we can’t afford it.”
That’s not a mistake. That’s a design. It’s how the system protects itself. Both parties are using emotional manipulation to keep us stuck in this fake binary where we’re told to fear the other side while being sold out by both.
And that’s why we need a sustainable third party. One that’s not just here for a protest vote. One that doesn’t try to “meet in the middle” with bad faith actors. One that exposes the lies, the money trail, and the empty promises. The system is not broken. It’s functioning exactly as it was designed to. It’s time we build something that actually serves us.