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Yes, there's a point to what you're saying, but to paint with the same broad brush upon them both is not only delusional at best, but in real-world terms, actually toxic in terms of influencing voting bases. Shame on you.
Just look at the public voting records of Congress going back ages, and see how Dems (warts and all) actually do the right thing most of the time. Decade after decade...
When people bang their drums upon 'money playing a part of politics' being outrageous, unexpected and 'breaking the system,' what they're really saying is that they fundamentally don't understand capitalism... the very system they grew up in.
"Both sides being the same" is beyond an idiotic, false narrative, and any decent history or political scholar can tell you just that. It's the message of dictators and oligarchs really, upon close examination.
There may have been more difference in the past, but after watching the Dems do literally NOTHING to blunt MAGA's return during the entire Biden administration, and almost helping them take back the country. Biden put the case in the hands of his AG, and he managed to find the most unmotivated REPUBLICAN of all time to do the job, who gave them a 2 year head start. The Dems deserve a significant amount of the blame.
The Dems obviously don't want to make things to difficult for the Sociopathic Oligarchs. Look at the last shutdown. They let people lose their food assistance for a few weeks, but the minute it started to hit the airports, and the corporations couldn't move their operatives around, the Dems folded within 48 hours, and surrendered with absolutely nothing in return.
Either the Dems are in cahoots, or they are cowardly and negligent. Either way, the result is the same, so who cares if there is a technical distinction?