This is indeed damning data. The politicians might easily / frequently lie, but the data do not. It's the underlying message in the quote by Lenin, i.e the part about the failures of the " bipartisan system prevailing in America and Britain", that is most important to spread if we are to build a broader public willingness to break the hold of the uniparty / duopoly. We must help the party-captured to see more clearly how they are manipulated by the culture wars and propaganda and how they are losing ground in the process.
This is indeed damning data. The politicians might easily / frequently lie, but the data do not. It's the underlying message in the quote by Lenin, i.e the part about the failures of the " bipartisan system prevailing in America and Britain", that is most important to spread if we are to build a broader public willingness to break the hold of the uniparty / duopoly. We must help the party-captured to see more clearly how they are manipulated by the culture wars and propaganda and how they are losing ground in the process.