[munk-a]

Sorta, it's also a broken political system. Polls about whether we should increase the stringency of background checks prior to gun ownership are overwhelmingly in favor of increased checks but nothing happens. In this case it's not a populace being tricked into expressing an interest in policy that harms them - it's politicians just outright ignoring the populace.

I agree about the way this is going and, well, I've emigrated, I hope the rest of my family follows.