Why are Americans so gullible when it comes to politics....

I haven't spent my life studying politics and there are many people that would embarrass me in a political setting but some things just seem like common sense to me.

• People genuinely believe the government has our best interests in mind. Some will even die voluntarily on that hill. How is this possible?
• People genuinely believe one party versus the other is right and are willing to throw away family and friends as a result. Are we really this dumb as a whole?
• The government operates on a divide and conquer approach. How do people not see this?
• Are people afraid of independent thought? Are most people incapable of independent thought or is laziness the culprit? It scares me how easily people just blindly agree with that they see on TV and read on the internet.
• I am often made to feel like some sort of conspiracy theorist for just allowing common sense to confirm to me that the entire world of government/politics is just complete nonsense.

None of our best interests are kept in mind. Our well-being is not on any of their agendas yet we continually look to them for answers. The divided will fall, without question, every single time.

"Those who have put out the people's eyes, reproach them of their blindness." -John Milton