Another suckered response. You are being manipulated and sadly don't know it.
When everything is down to binary choices, you are being manipulated and it makes it easier to rule over.
Everything is a game now -- Blue versus Red. Or in your case, the ever-present, foreign enemy, from Commies to Muslims to dictators etc.
Have you not noticed that the country is constant on a war footing? How else do you justify a defence budget that exceeds that of the cumulative total of the next 8 countries in the world? Is the foreign policy to bully your way around the world, taking on everyone?
Not sick of (fake) wars and enemies at every corner yet?
Meanwhile, the country's being robbed, fecked up by politicians who go to DC who just want to disrupt, steal or worse, going against the rule of law -- while telling you that its the Dems, blacks, Asians, Hispanics and foreigners who are coming after your pay check, guns, house, wife and children's future ie the American way of life?
Not sure if you realise this; there is a much better approach to living -- and trust me there is; or looking at the world and certainly how to govern the greatest country though I must admit that there may be recency bias at play.
Though at this rate, a soon to be, dysfunctional country (if not already) that used to be great --- with Blue versus Red on steroids while beating your chest on how much you love the country and yet hate the other side.
And the only thing it has going is to do gunboat diplomacy in order to prosper or survive.
How sustainable a future is that?