Now now, let's not make a false equivalency. Democrats want you to be a wage slave, while Republicans want you to be a regular slave. Cruelty is the point for Republicans, but merely a regrettable necessity for Democrats. The dems aren't all bad, and can actually nice when they aren't being incentivized not to be: Democrats will be mean to you if it means they get money and power, where as Republicans will spend money and power for the opportunity to be mean to you. So there really are important distinctions here...