Why still cling to the left - right paradigm?

Question

This is in reference to a question I'd posed earlier - Why do so many individuals still cling to yesteryear's political paradigm that the republicans and democrats are two different parties with a real, principled difference of opinion as to how the country should be run? Isn't it obvious that the entire Liberal / Conservative idea is broken, and that at the top both sides of the "fence" are controlled, in tandem, from the top by the same companies and think-tanks (Such as the Bilderbergers)?
In response to my last question, HicHefHeidi blamed capitalism for everything wrong with our country. Read The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith or any Ayn Rand. You'll learn that what's happening today with multinational consortiums of industry and government is NOT capitalism - it's totalitarianism. Communism was invented as an antithesis by capitalists to create a conflict - which only the New World Order can solve. D or R, it's 2 mgmt teams after the CEO position of slavery, Inc! INFOWARS.COM

Answer 1

You are seeing what it seems the majority of everyone else seems to be so embedded within that they are absolutely blind to. The two party system is an institution in which each party feeds upon interests of groups to perpetuate themselves, while fundamentally there are power-hoarding coalitions that transcend both parties. These coalitions do what they need to perpetuate their power. Yet, the public seems content with ephemeral issues like flag burning or the "death tax" being bad for the US, or homeland security is out to get us all.
A lot of this can be explained through rational choice/strategic behavior, of which you might look at Duverger's law which our system absolutely follows. It explains exactly the point of frustration you are dealing with. Both parties are shopping for new interest groups that fit with their incumbent interest groups to increase their "base" rather than standing for any principle whatsover. It's all about strategy rather than principle.
Keep talking about it.

Answer 2

I dont know why they do, but You are right.