In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
- Noam Chomsky
A Chomsky quote for the downvoters:
People not only don't know what's happening to them, they don't even know that they don't know.[^1]
Developing real media literacy is a good place to start knowing: https://lemmy.ml/comment/12094932
[^1]: From a 1992 interview by David Barsamian. Audio | Transcript