The United States and American culture has become "all politics -all the time". Everything is politicized. Our country is comprised of two primary political parties, two schools of thought: Liberal/Democrat and Conservative/Republican Liberals/Democrats tend to believe many disadvantaged peoples' plight in life is a result of them being "victims". They "feel" that simply giving these people Food Stamps, citizenship, healthcare...etc is a wonderful and just way to level the playing field. However, most importantly to them, liberal democrats gain a good deal of self-satisfaction from this kind of thinking- it provides them with a sense of moral superiority (ie: "I'm a good person because I support transgenders' rights to use woman's bathrooms"). Their ideology is reinforced through their consumption of the liberal leaning media. This type of ideology is also integrated throughout our education system. Finally, Democrats believe the government is the caretaker/parent of it's people and constantly raise taxes to support their social welfare programs and political agenda. Conservatives/Republicans tend to believe the playing field is inherently leveled. That all people have an equal opportunity to achieve success and that few social programs are needed. They believe freedom comes at a cost and are more inclined to fight wars to protect our way of life. They continue to hold true to the tenets of the US constitution, although it was written nearly 240 years ago and much has changed since that time. They tend to support citizen rights to guns and are anti-abortion. The vast majority of the mainstream media opposes conservatives/republicans - sometimes openly, mostly in passive aggressive ways (ie: running a clip of a conservative saying something they deem stupid or "insensitive" repeatedly and not admonishing or doing the same regarding stupid comments/ actions made by Liberal/Democrats). Conservatives/Republican believe in smaller government and favor initiatives which support private sector businesses as a means to grow prosperity. It is a complicated, nuanced subject. As for me and my thoughts, I choose to simply ask people two simple questions: 1.) "Over the past 10 years would you say our society has become more liberal or more conservative?" and 2.) "Do you think our country is now in a better or worse place compared to 10 years ago" At the moment, one can see a growing dislike among Americans regarding this dynamic of politicizing all things. If you were to look at our 2016 Presidential election polls 4 of the 5 top candidates are political "outsiders".