Politics Is Just Theater

Politics gets sold as this grand clash of ideas. Left vs right, progress vs tradition, people vs elites. But strip away the slogans and you’ll see the same recycled playbook: distract, divide, and sell the illusion of choice.

Debates? Scripted drama for TV ratings. Campaigns? Marketing campaigns dressed up as “vision.” Laws? Negotiated deals between whoever pays the most. The whole thing is less about governance and more about stage-managing public perception.

The “conflict” between sides is just branding. Coke vs Pepsi. You’re told it’s life-or-death differences, but behind closed doors they agree on the fundamentals: keep power concentrated, keep money flowing, and keep citizens busy arguing over scraps.

And it works. People treat politics like sports, cheering their team, booing the other, never realizing both jerseys belong to the same league. The outrage cycles, the scandals, the “gotcha” moments — all theater to keep eyes glued to the show while the real deals happen offstage.

Politics isn’t broken. It’s running exactly as designed: a spectacle to pacify the crowd while the machine runs itself.