Machine Politics. I believe in conspiracies. That's why Trump lost the 2020 election. He lost to machine politics in this country. Trump may have had the largest vote of any sitting president in history, but it wasn't enough to defeat a debilitated 40 year politician in the basement of his house who knew how to use machine politics. Machine politics aren't all bad, it just produces bloated bureaucracies. You're guaranteed a job if you're part of the machine. The machine always wins elections. It's what makes big cities run and the voices of the people are the propagandists that work for the machine.