Sure, something&#x27;s different. It&#x27;s the nature of politics. The game is changing. This guy makes the argument that America has changed. It hasn&#x27;t. Still the same ole&#x27; &#x27;Murica. What&#x27;s changed is social media.<p>Everybody gets excited over their pet independent candidate every single election. But now these indies can get their issues taken seriously by end-running establishment control over the news cycle.<p>The media creates the perception of who is winning and who is losing. Politicians trick the media into giving them coverage. They can build momentum by building awareness. Voters can only choose who they&#x27;re aware of, for the reasons the media gives them. American voters are only a fraction of the population, only a quarter of Americans vote.<p>Three quarters of Americans don&#x27;t care enough about politics to cast a vote. I&#x27;m one of them. This 4 year endeavor to place someone in the most powerful office in the world better resembles a bush-league pro wrestling circuit than anything like Serious Business.<p>But that&#x27;s not even the strangest part. The strange part is that this is how it&#x27;s been running for decades.<p>Sanders is not worshipped by the masses. He&#x27;s merely running a flashier campaign than Hillary, so we see him more in the media. Ditto for Trump.<p>America is the same, it&#x27;s politics that&#x27;s changing. I&#x27;d prefer Hillary over Trump or Sanders, but any of them would do a decent job. Trump&#x27;s basically a liberal anyway, if you look at his positions over time, he actually looks fairly reasonable. I&#x27;d prefer Hillary because she&#x27;d be able to actually get things done with Congress.