Divide and conquer has been the M.O. of two-party "democracy" in this country for a long time, with the general aim of keeping a small wealthy class ensconced at the top, a dwindling middle-class as a buffer, and pacifying a growing underclass of poor people so they don't unify and interrupt the cash-flow.

Now that government itself is being made into a reality show, and people have once again been tricked into voting against their own interests, these artificial divisions of red and blue are being made into institutions, while the people at the top are laughing all the way to the bank.

Our dysfunctional political climate can not be compared to a marriage.  It's more like a pimp and a bunch of prostitutes:  Someone's raking in the money, and everyone else is getting screwed.