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They get to pick the topic. Trans people are a tiny fraction of a percent of the population. Whatever issues there are with them, whichever side you are on, it doesn't matter to national politics one single bit. So why is this the prime political topic?
With just a sprinkling of tinfoil, it's not hard to see the utility of winding people up about inconsequential bullshit while, say a european land war is being escalated, or the Chinese and Saudis make moves on the dollar as the world reserve currency, or inflation is killing everyone's (well, everyone with jobs) savings and wages.
Conservatives got baited into boycotting Bud Light with another InBev product so they can all rage about some troon influencer, and the policies we're talking about is building a prison next to Disney to own the libs. The establishment, the joint party of the permanent parties, is engaging in its usual controlled-opposition hijinks, distracting us with idiocy while they vote in bipartisan lockstep about the important stuff.
However cynical you are, it's not nearly cynical enough. We're gonna have to become russian about this stuff.
Well my tinfoil hat days are over now. Now I only believe in incompetence theories(as per my new online persona) with a heavy dose of corruption. But a big part why I'm trying to be less involved is because I'm not American. Conservatives boycotting piss-water is not worthy my time and I'm trying(fairly unsuccessfully since I'm aware of it) to stop in caring about it. My only goal here is to adjust my worldview towards something more accurate, testing it and/or share my findings hoping that someone else might find them useful.
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