I've been seeing post like Fang's and wondering if some people legit just took the analysis of base and superstructure and didn't understand it to the point where they think the superstructure is fake politics for dummies. Like, yes, Clinton and Trump did act to maintain power and self interest. One of those interest was violating children and getting away with it, another was preserving the colonial white supremacist structures they've been indoctrinated to believe in since birth. It's idiotic to try and weasel around saying it's "emotionally driven" because of course it is dipshit, the entire system is made out of people.