It’s a means of control. Convincing everyone that the bad people are whoever is the other side keeps us divided and is very useful to the people who are actually in control, the little elves that live in the tree up the street from my house. Oop I mean the ultra wealthy who control the media. Sorry couldn’t resist the opportunity to be silly for a minute.

Bicameral political Stockholm Syndrome at its finest, they know no better so that's all they have <shrug>.

( #NotAllAmericans, of course - but it's certainly a sizable and vocal chunk )

Its divide and conquer at its finest.