The Illusion of Division

A Rigged Game Dressed in Red and Blue

Turn on the news. Scroll through your feed. Step into almost any public debate today and you’ll find people tearing each other apart over race, gender, political affiliation, or whatever culture war topic is trending. Everyone’s angry. Everyone thinks they’re right. Everyone believes the other side is the root of all evil.

But here’s the harsh truth no one in power wants to say out loud:

It’s all bullshit.

The endless outrage, the party lines, the talking heads yelling into microphones—it’s a circus. And like any good circus, it exists to keep you entertained, distracted, and too exhausted to notice the real theft taking place behind the curtain.

Because while we’re out here fighting over crumbs, the powerful are dining like kings.

Power and Money: The Only Bipartisan Beliefs

Democrat or Republican. Liberal or Conservative. Doesn’t matter.

Politicians are loyal to two things:

• Power.
• Money.

Everything else is a performance.

They shake your hand on the campaign trail, kiss your babies, promise change—and then once elected, they write policies that serve their donors, not you. They pass bills filled with corporate carve-outs, funnel public funds into private pockets, and ensure that the same people who’ve always had control keep it.

This is not conspiracy theory. It’s pattern recognition.

Big banks, pharmaceutical giants, tech monopolies, weapons manufacturers—these entities don’t care who’s in office, because both sides make sure the system stays friendly to them. Lobbyists don’t discriminate between red and blue. They fund both teams. Why? Because they already own the league.

Race and Rage: Manufactured Division

Let’s be honest: race division in America is real. So is systemic inequality. But the way it's used in politics today is less about fixing the problem and more about exploiting it.

Instead of building bridges, politicians and media companies pour gasoline on the fire. Why? Because outrage is profitable. Division is a great way to drive clicks, donations, and voter turnout. If you’re mad, you’re engaged—and if you’re engaged, you’re easier to manipulate.

While we’re busy blaming each other, we forget to ask: Who benefits from this chaos?

Not us.

The more we fight among ourselves, the less we look up. The more we believe our neighbors are the enemy, the more we let the real architects of inequality—those sitting on mountains of wealth and influence—walk away untouched.

Inflation and Wages: A Designed Imbalance

Now let’s talk about money—your money.

Every year, things cost more. Rent. Food. Healthcare. Childcare. Meanwhile, wages crawl behind like a three-legged dog. And when you finally get a raise? Prices go up again. It’s a never-ending treadmill designed to keep you running, but never arriving.

This isn’t bad luck. It’s not poor planning.

It’s design.

Inflation benefits those who own assets—stocks, real estate, capital. It hurts those who work paychecks—people like you. So when inflation spikes but wages stagnate, guess who profits? Not the middle class. Not the working poor. The ones with portfolios and property—who just happen to be the same corporations and donors that politicians protect.

You know what gets almost no media coverage? The record-breaking corporate profits happening at the same time families are skipping meals and working multiple jobs. That’s not a bug in the system. That is the system.

Left vs. Right: Two Wings of the Same Bird

There’s a powerful illusion that we live in a binary world: left or right, blue or red, progressive or conservative. That illusion keeps us distracted.

But behind closed doors, the left and the right agree on more than they let on:

• They both vote for massive deficit spending.
• They both quietly approve corporate bailouts.
• They both protect Wall Street while Main Street dies.
• They both push surveillance, censorship, and expansion of government power.

They pretend to be opposites, but when it comes to protecting wealth and maintaining control, they march in lockstep.

Meanwhile, voters are fed half-truths, forced into culture war cages, and trained to see every issue through a partisan lens. But none of that puts food on the table. None of it raises your wage. None of it gets you healthcare, affordable housing, or the ability to take care of your family.

Because again, that’s not the point. The point is to keep you fighting while they keep winning.

The Real War: Control vs. Freedom

This isn’t a fight between left and right. It’s a fight between the powerful and the powerless, the producers and the predators, the manipulated and the manipulators.

They don’t want you financially independent.
They don’t want you critically thinking.
They don’t want you united with your neighbor.

They want you compliant, scared, reactive, and dependent.

They want you drowning in student debt and medical bills so you never take risks.
They want you addicted to dopamine apps and outrage culture so you never organize.
They want you loyal to a political team so you never question the rules of the game.

So What Can You Do?

You can’t vote your way out of a system designed to ignore your vote. But you can start opting out of the mental traps they set.

Here’s how:

• Think independently. Stop parroting talking points. Start asking deeper questions.
• Talk to your neighbor. Especially the one who disagrees with you. You’ll probably find more common ground than you expect.
• Follow the money. If a politician is pushing a law, ask: who profits from this?
• Support local. Buy from small businesses. Invest in community. Build mutual aid networks.
• Own something. Anything. Skills, a side hustle, land, a business. It’s your only shot at freedom in a system built for dependency.

The Empire Has No Clothes

Once you see the scam, you can’t unsee it. The empire has no clothes. The game is rigged, and the only winning move is to stop playing by their rules.

Let the clowns fight over gender pronouns and statues and tweet wars. Meanwhile, start building something real. Take care of your family. Strengthen your community. Find people who see through the illusion and make something better—together.

Because if enough of us wake up to the truth, their power starts to crack.

And that’s what they fear most.

Not your vote.

Your awareness.