Political parties exist so that people can feel their interests are represented without their having to personally investigate every single issue. Demagoguery exists for the same reason, except instead of putting their trust in an organization people put their trust in an individual. "We're against everything Trump says" had plenty of people do an about-face on the Trans Pacific Partnership, for example, and made a whole lot of people give a shit about Net Neutrality when every vaguely-online hipster screaming at the top of their lungs for three years did nothing. I get it. Thinking is exhausting. There's other shit going on in your life. Polarization is hard to let go of. But maybe we're starting. Maybe we can start letting go of the football team and focus on the game.