It has nothing to do with Democrat or Republican. It all has to do with preserving and strengthening the Empire. You would've thought that smarter Americans would've figured that one out by now.

The power and influence you can wield in politics is directly proportionate to your willingness to compromise and collaborate with the plutocrats, interest groups and power structures who are causing the very problems you think you can try to solve in the first place. The party you choose to belong to in order to accomplish what amounts to nothing more than a self-aggrandizing power grab is purely secondary.