Title couldn’t say it all.
Americans on the extreme right and left are motivated to defend their pre-existing beliefs (ego-justification) and their political ideology (system-justification).
The UNDENIABLE REALITY IS THAT:
The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.
Yep. It's a chess game. We're on the board and if we get taken off, and one side loses, we're gone, they shake hands, reset the board and play again.