Each politician is trying his hardest to gather his followers together to oppose others who think and feel differently.

This cartoon is only meaningful if the Torchists actually DON'T want to disarm the Forkists.

As a proud, lifelong Forkist, it seems to me that the Torchists legitimately want to undermine my pitchfork rights.

Therefore, unfortunately, the King isn't fabricating conflict where none exists naturally. He's capitalizing on an extant one and is correct about the Torchist Party. If only it weren't so.

Alas, we remain divided not because those in power seize that power by deceptive means, but because we entrust that power to them in order to control others.