I began with "Who is financially benefiting from all this national strife? Follow the 1%ers money." Then I gave a practical example of how the 1%ers set the stage for everyone else. You either go with the flow, or end up with "trickle-down".
I included mentioning how people tend to ignore learned reasoning and factual information, which is part of the problem. People aren't stupid, just too busy making a bare living, and coping with the daily struggle. They're too mentally and emotionally exhausted to look into matters in depth.
That's why we elect people to office, to look into matters in depth, to make those things their priority, to make wise decisions, for our collective good.
Alaska's elected officials have abdicated that responsibility. They have fallen on party dogma, and become concerned with special interests. It is as if they collectively have been promoted beyond their "Peter Principle".