They’re saying that from the perspective of non-US countries, this is a failing on our country’s part. Not that that is factually the case. Obviously for those of us on the inside, it’s clear that one party is holding the country hostage, but on the outside that’s not always clear – and it doesn’t necessarily even matter because at the end of the day, the US is failing them.
The reason one party is holding the country hostage is because the United States’s political system has massive problems that are readily apparent to anyone who pays even the slightest attention to US politics, but the majority of Americans have done absolutely nothing about it. Political dysfunction has been getting measurably worse for decades and only a fraction of Americans do anything of substance. Hell, a significant portion of the population actually votes in SUPPORT of antics like this. The Republicans have been pulling stunts like this for decades now.
So yes, in an indirect way, this is also on United States citizens. The Republicans are the ones directly causing the issue, but the population can be seen as complicit as it does so little to prevent them from acting as such or by actually supporting this behavior.
They’re saying that from the perspective of non-US countries, this is a failing on our country’s part. Not that that is factually the case. Obviously for those of us on the inside, it’s clear that one party is holding the country hostage, but on the outside that’s not always clear – and it doesn’t necessarily even matter because at the end of the day, the US is failing them.
The reason one party is holding the country hostage is because the United States’s political system has massive problems that are readily apparent to anyone who pays even the slightest attention to US politics, but the majority of Americans have done absolutely nothing about it. Political dysfunction has been getting measurably worse for decades and only a fraction of Americans do anything of substance. Hell, a significant portion of the population actually votes in SUPPORT of antics like this. The Republicans have been pulling stunts like this for decades now.
So yes, in an indirect way, this is also on United States citizens. The Republicans are the ones directly causing the issue, but the population can be seen as complicit as it does so little to prevent them from acting as such or by actually supporting this behavior.