Their selfish and want to reshape your mind so they can be in control. People enjoy having power over others they get a high off of knowing they hold others lives in their hands. If its not threw monetary its through the controlled media. If its not either one of those its through controlled education and radical views
That's a constitutional republic for you. Separation of federal and state gov makes for to many opportunities for corrupt leadership.
But if it were actually clean and bipartisan it would run like a well oiled machine. Simple logic when deciding easy decisions would be abundant.
You must be his kickboxing bag, nice to meet you.