Two Wings, One Vulture

Two Wings, One Vulture

How Democrats and Republicans Serve the Same Masters

Let’s play a game. I’m going to describe a political party, and you try to guess if I’m talking about Democrats or Republicans.

This party supports a bloated military budget that gets rubber-stamped year after year. They’ve taken millions in donations from billionaires, corporate PACs, and weapons manufacturers. They prop up Wall Street while preaching “tough choices” to working families. They love surveillance, endless war, and performative patriotism. They’ll throw you a bone on social issues, maybe a rainbow flag or a tweet about workers’ rights, but they’ll never challenge the economic system that’s screwing you.

Stumped? Don’t be. The answer is: both.

Despite the WWE-style theatrics on your TV, the Democrats and Republicans are not enemies. They’re business partners. The illusion of opposition is the product they sell you every four years, while behind the curtain, both parties are sponsored by the same executives: Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, ExxonMobil, Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, Amazon, Comcast, BlackRock. You know, the usual suspects.

They’re not here to represent you. They’re here to manage you.