A neutral-to-negative take on US politics: both parties are seen as embracing government handouts in different forms, fueling division.

• Different versions of socialism are catching on in America, on the left and the right.
• One version takes from the rich to help the poor; the other prints money and hands it to the rich.
• The fight driving social unrest is really over who gets the handouts, not whether they happen.
• Republicans, Democrats, rich and poor, local and national — nearly everyone is playing the same game.
• What's worrying is that almost no one is pushing back against the trend.

Outlook: Expect more political division as both sides keep fighting over who benefits from government money.