The narrative has been pushed since very long ago.  Mainly because people like to have complex ideas reduced to simplistic catchphrase.  So the right and alt-right start making short, catchy phrase to promote their ideas.  It's short, catchy, easy to remember, and most importantly of all, it stays.  Even if they're lies.

But reality can never be summarized in three words.  Reality looks like this:

There's also a lot of false equivalence of Democrats and Republicans here ("but both sides!" and Democrats "do whatever their corporate owners tell them to do" are tactics Republicans use successfully) even though their voting records are not equivalent at all:

The Democrats are getting funding from different source. Republicans gets their donations from big corps wanting to control Americans and Democrats don’t. Their voting record on policies reflects that:

**[House Vote for Net Neutrality](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/112-2011/h252)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  2|**234**
**Dem**|**177**|  6

**[Senate Vote for Net Neutrality](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/112-2011/s200)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  0|  **46**
**Dem** |**52**|  0

#**Money in Elections and Voting**

**[Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/32154)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|   0|**39**
**Dem**|**59**|  0

**[DISCLOSE Act](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/41152)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  0|**45**
**Dem**|**53**|  0

**[Backup Paper Ballots - Voting Record](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/21011)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  20|**170**
**Dem** |**228**|  0

**[Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act](http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2002/roll034.xml)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|8|**38**
**Dem**|**51**|3

**[Sets reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by electoral candidates to influence elections](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/49906)** (Reverse Citizens United)

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  0|**42**
**Dem** |**54**|  0

#**The Economy/Jobs**

**[Limits Interest Rates for Certain Federal Student Loans](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/45797)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  0|**46**
**Dem**|**46**|  6

**[Student Loan Affordability Act](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/44550)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  0|**51**
**Dem**|**45**|  1

**[Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Funding Amendment](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/9034)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  1|**41**
**Dem**|**54**|  0

**[End the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/30296)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**39**|  1
**Dem**|  1| **54**

**[Kill Credit Default Swap Regulations](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/30364)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**38**|   2
**Dem**|  18|**36**

**[Revokes tax credits for businesses that move jobs overseas](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/49616)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  10|**32**
**Dem**|**53**|  1

**[Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/37606)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**233**|   1
**Dem**|  6|**175**

**[Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/37876)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**42**|   1
**Dem**|  2|**51**

**[Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/23361)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  3|**173**
**Dem**|**247**|  4

**[Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/23313)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  4|**36**
**Dem**|**57**|  0

**[Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Bureau Act](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/30346)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  4 |**39**
**Dem**|**55**|  2|

**[American Jobs Act of 2011 - $50 billion for infrastructure projects](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/36879)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  0|**48**
**Dem**|**50**|  2

**[Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/46392)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  1|**44**
**Dem**|**54**|  1

**[Reduces Funding for Food Stamps](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/40315)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**33**|   13
**Dem**|  0|**52**

**[Minimum Wage Fairness Act](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/47753)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  1|**41**
**Dem**|**53**|  1

**[Paycheck Fairness Act](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/32830)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  0|**40**
**Dem**|**58**|  1

#**"War on Terror"**

**[Time Between Troop Deployments](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/15831)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  6|**43**
**Dem**|**50**|  1

**[Habeas Corpus for Detainees of the United States](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/15833)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  5|**42**
**Dem**|**50**|  0

**[Habeas Review Amendment](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/8730)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|   3|**50**
**Dem**|**45**|  1

**[Prohibits Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Trial](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/37420)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  5|**42**
**Dem**|**39**|  12

**[Authorizes Further Detention After Trial During Wartime](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/37433)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**38**|  2
**Dem**|  9| **49**

**[Prohibits Prosecution of Enemy Combatants in Civilian Courts](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/37095)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**46**|  2
**Dem**|  1|**49**

**[Repeal Indefinite Military Detention](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/48229)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|15|**214**
**Dem**|**176**|  16

**[Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention Amendment](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/8795)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|   1|**52**
**Dem** |**45**|   1

**[Patriot Act Reauthorization](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/35224)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**196**|  31
**Dem** |  54|**122**

**[FISA Act Reauthorization of 2008](http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll437.xml)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**188**|   1
**Dem**|  105|**128**

**[FISA Reauthorization of 2012](http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/112-2012/h569)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**227**|   7
**Dem**|  74|**111**

**[House Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison](http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll237.xml)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  2|**228**
**Dem** |**172**|  21

**[Senate Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/46301)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  3|**32**
**Dem** | **52**|  3

**[Prohibits the Use of Funds for the Transfer or Release of Individuals Detained at Guantanamo](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/42002)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**44**|  0
**Dem**|  9| **41**

**[Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/8795)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|   1|**52**
**Dem**|**45**|  1

#**Civil Rights**

**[Same Sex Marriage Resolution 2006](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/11729)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  6|**47**
**Dem**|**42**|  2

**[Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/46286)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  1|**41**
**Dem**|**54**|  0

**[Exempts Religiously Affiliated Employers from the Prohibition on Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/46288)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**41**|  3
**Dem**|  2| **52**

#**Family Planning**

**[Teen Pregnancy Education Amendment](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/8830)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  4|**50**
**Dem**|**44**|  1

**[Family Planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/20713)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  3|**51**
**Dem**|**44**|  1

**[Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/49362)** The 'anti-Hobby Lobby' bill.

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|  3|**42**
**Dem**|**53**|  1

#**Environment**

**[Stop "the War on Coal" Act of 2012](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/41688)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**214**|13
**Dem**|  19|**162**

**[EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2013](https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/50594)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**225**|1
**Dem**|  4|**190**

**[Prohibit the Social Cost of Carbon in Agency Determinations](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/46997)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**218**|   2
**Dem**|  4|**186**

#**Misc**

**[Prohibit the Use of Funds to Carry Out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/43144)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**45**|   0
**Dem**|  0|**52**

**[Prohibiting Federal Funding of National Public Radio](http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/34089)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**228**|   7
**Dem**|  0|**185**

**[Allow employers to penalize employees that don't submit genetic testing for health insurance (Committee vote)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/03/11/employees-who-decline-genetic-testing-could-face-penalities-under-proposed-bill/?utm_term=.33f566f5ce5c)**

 |For|Against
   -|-|-
**Rep**|**22**|   0
**Dem**|  0|**17**

Which do you suppose looks more easy to remember? (I doubt you even reached this line! Gimme a reply to let me know you did so I can shit my pants!)