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[A Simple Game]

95. I like what you are saying. I would only like to expand on it.

Like you say if our, or their, guy bucks the party there is no support. We need to understand where the support comes from. Ultimately it doesn't come from any elected official, it comes form someone(s) behind the scene. These behind the scene people are the problem. Many of them exert control over both parties, that way they can accelerate their agenda. This has become very noticeable in the last 10 to 20 years as these individuals become so rich they can just throw money away and still increase their net value.

You also mention that we have the "other guy" and the "other guy light", this is by design, see the previous paragraph.

So I use an analogy of going to the grocery store to represent an election; say you go to the store for orange juice. You get to the store and you are offered a choice of whole milk and 2% milk. But you went for orange juice, why would you ever go home with milk? There usually is orange juice there, in an obscure place, you just have to look for it. But you say they have a sale on the milk and everyone else is buying it, why would I ever not buy it? Because if you want orange juice the only way you will ever get it is if you don't buy the milk. There is a reason the store is pushing the milk, and it has nothing to do with what you want. And be careful, some store are selling milk but put it in an opaque bottle and label it as orange juice.

The only way to get the store to promote orange juice is for you to not buy the milk. You may go thirsty for a while, but if enough people don't settle for milk the stores will start promoting orange juice instead, their only other option will be to go out of business.