Do I have to come right out and tell you everything?

Is this serious but not literal or the other way around?

This is from the June 2019 Wall-a-Thon hosted by those lovable scamps, Steve Bannon and Brian Kolfage.

It’s difficult to overstate to extent to which right wing politics in the United States consist of an elaborate series of ongoing schemes to separate frightened mostly old and overwhelmingly white people from their money.

Rick Perlstein’s 2012 article remains essential reading (or re-reading) on this general topic.