The ruling coalition is united around several things that the people are against. They are skilled at setting up phony issues (or issues that don’t concern the Federal government) to break up the formation of any possible other coalition.
Republicans and Democrats agree that the purpose of the State is redistribution. How much, and to whom, and under what circumstances, there are disagreements. But no elected officials of either Party believe that it is wrong to take from you and give to another of their own choosing, for reasons that make sense to them.
Republicans and Democrats agree that you have “rights” - lots of them. They also agree that any question ABOUT your “rights”, or whether or not something IS a “right”, should not be decided by a political process because that is “divisive”. So, they both agree that the voice of “the People†as contemplated in Articles IX and X can only be voiced by nine unelected life tenure judges, and that five of them, at any time or for any reason, can give new “rights†and take away old ones, particularly if those old ones arise out of majority voting.
Republicans and Democrats all believe in “diversityâ€. They, ignoring completely the results of all social science research on this subject, and contrary to millennia of human experience and wisdom, believe that the more “diverse†our country, its institutions, and any private entities within her become, the more cohesive and productive we will become.
Republicans and Democrats almost all believe in “free trade†and “immigrationâ€. These things are good for various constituencies of both parties while they wreck the economy and the nation.
Many of the People, perhaps a majority, do not believe in any of these things. But in our existing system, captive as it is to the MSM-mandated “process†for choosing two candidates for POTUS neither of whom will change a thing, leaves the People with no voice.
Something’s gonna blow.
BTTT
As always, a well thought out and expressed summary of the current role of government, as perceived and peddled by the state.
I do differ from your conclusion above though. I think they KNOW that diversity undermines cohesiveness, and this is precisely why diversity is pushed. A cohesive people represent a threat to plantation-style government, and so the cohesiveness must be undermined and replaced.
I also don't think the elites care one whit about the total productivity of society or any given nation. Their paradigm is to retain royalty status (under the meme of "democracy"), and as long as they live the life of luxury, the only reason productvity matters is to prevent the diverse public from becoming restive.