This country hasn't been free for decades, if not longer. It is no longer a democracy, it is a fascism pretending to be a democracy. The "elected leaders" are a bad joke, because it doesn't matter who you vote for, they're all working for the rich bastards who run this country. Republican, Democrat, it's all the same. Bad cop/good cop, they're both working for the same people and toward the same ends. All their "fighting" is a show meant to deceive the gullible.