Deeply insightful response! Might be a great book! We really do have to look at the power of advertising to sideline our civil responsibilities. This is a cultural issue before it’s political, but then needs to become political. No time to lose in getting our civic culture back! Notice how people speak in soundbites rather than original thoughts. Take time to turn inward and become firm in your emotional stability, your values, your decision-making. Take walks in nature, pay attention to all the creatures making real choices.