Possibly the most telling words of this article - Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum, tinkering at the edges of policy but still propped up by the faceless (or sometimes not so faceless, like Musk) fiscal beneficiaries of the military-industrial complex. Whoever wins the Big Chair in the White House is still beholden to huge dollar interests and they must toe the line.

While Democrats in policy terms are marginally better than Republicans, the ultimate outcome for US citizens who are less well-off is dire and worsening.

Before the US bleats about threats from climes distant, perhaps it would do better to look towards internal matters and issues of social dislocation and despair.