(10-13-2023, 08:14 PM)copycat Wrote:

(10-13-2023, 02:14 PM)Wmikesez Wrote: True, but if this little game ends, public order and elections end along with it.

So are saying you are content with the status quo as opposed to fixing this thing that we all agree is broken?

I am content with my own life, the thing I have the most control over.
I am not content with how our government has worked, and how many people have not voted at all, and how those who have voted have chosen bombastic charlatans more and more often.  
I am all for exposing the corruption of some of the people playing the game.  And that is happening more than it used to.
I am all for educating people about the value of compromise, which fewer and fewer people appreciate.  If a politician today stood up and said, "I do not like this idea, but I will vote for it if you vote for my idea," most of us would say "gross."  It reads inauthentic to us.  People on this board would say "no!! Single subject bills only!" But 50 years ago, the Americans paying attention  would have said, "good. That's your job."  It's definitely a both sides deal as early on in his term Trump was offering Democrats deals that they should have taken.  We have more Americans paying attention today, but they don't understand political science and are expecting to see something more like a wrestling show where there is just a bit of excitement until one guy gets everything he wanted.
My message is, if you want to pay attention to the sausage getting made, learn what it's actually supposed to look like, dig into the history.  If you don't want to do that work, you're better off just disengaging and avoiding the hot take machine that tries to make the hero of the day and the villain of the day.

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