I see it as a sabotage of the public rather than self sabotage, the Democrats have been secretly furthering the agenda of the .001% by pretending to represent the majority of people while the Republicans have been openly courting the .001% while denigrating the majority of the people.
Its quite literally a “good cop/bad cop” routine. The good cop is a sneaky type who leads you to believe he’s on your side when all he cares about is furthering the agenda of the police department, the bad cop makes his alliances obvious.
Trump may lie about details, but he’s up front about whom he really represents, on the other hand Clinton gets her details in order but is not up front about whom she really represents
The USA is like an over managed old growth forest full of huge trees composed of mostly dry dead wood. Clinton represents a fire fighter protecting those old trees such that every fire that is put out by fire fighters leads to the greater danger of an even bigger fire later, at a certain point fighting the fire is the worse strategy.
Trump is like a simpleton with matches, he is sure to set the fire, but that is sometimes the only way to clear away an area for the small and medium sized trees to take root so there will be a greener healthier forest. Often the fire setter perishes in the flames they themselves set.
