Republics, Democrats, it makes no difference except as an excuse. It used to be left - right. Now it’ s east - west. Problem is by the time the ideals of "freedom", "democracy", "capitalism" etc even come close to being achieved universally there won't be anything left to rule. Some people say the end justifies the means but I say the means is the end. You are what you eat. The world needs to come together to end social and environmental degradation not use each other as an excuse to remain ignorant. The world needs to admit that it's simply greedy, egoistic and selfish, and self destructive. That it's not good enough! And to have faith in something much, much greater than them.