Political rhetoric is replete with references to the “conservative agenda,” the “liberal agenda,” etc.
The reality: whereas activists and voters have legitimate ideologies, nationally elected politicians, by and large, are unburdened by sincere belief.
With few exceptions, they have no conviction; they have no ideology; they have no “agenda” beyond personal career advancement; as empirical fact, they are wildly disproportionately sociopathic.
Aside from Lizzo twerking onstage with James Madison’s flute as a kind of passive-aggressive power move, in total desecration of the Founders’ legacy, I can think of nothing more personally radicalizing than Congressional hearings regarding the pharmaceutical industry.
While these people might appear innocently ignorant of anything related to health, the darker truth is that their displays of ignorance are deliberate, performed in the service of their paymasters.