"Republicans have one path to victory in this election and that's false equivalency. They can't deny that Trump is horrible - it's on tape. So they want voters to believe that Hillary is just as bad. And in pursuit of this goal they have a very powerful ally: lazy people.
People who like to say "They're ALL bad!" Because when you say that, you don't have to do any homework. Say "They're ALL the same", and then you can sound justafiably jaded by the entire process when really you just don't know anything.
You say you're cynical about politics? Don't flatter yourself! Cynicism comes when you know too much. You on the other hand haven't bother to learn anything. Which Americans, by the way, are capable of.
Noam Chomsky once observed that when he listens to a sports call-in-show he said "it's plain that quite a high degree of thought and analysis is going into that. People know all sorts of complicated details. On the other hand, when I hear people talk about say international affairs or domestic problems it's at a level of superficiality that's beyond believe. In other words: We're not clueless, we just apply our brainpower to bullshit!
It's true! Before people go out for a Taco they will spend an hour on YELP in searching for the most authentic one - all for something that will be out of your body in 15 minutes. People will use six different websites to get a plane ticket for a weekend trip but they don't care who runs the world the next four years!?"
