It always still sticks in my craw that Republicans have managed to dress themselves up as the party of fiscal responsibility, when they are the exact opposite.
I suspect that is an important part of it. But it's not all of it, I don't think. Some things become important from the ground up, and I am a little baffled that regular people aren't appalled at the idea that the government doesn't pay its bills.
I think that many people who're not directly affected in a way that they'd notice, are just tuning all that stuff out. That also accounts for the low voter turnout IMO; as far as they're concerned government runs by itself and they only feel mildly inconvenienced when they have to interact with it.>
It's probably a bane of government that's generally competent and somewhat at a distance -- people become complacent, accustomed to things being mostly alright no matter which party is on top. I don't think they've noticed the giant fire yet, and if they do, they still won't riot in the streets.
I'm not ecstatic about it either. I wish Americans had a bit more revolutionary anti-tyrant spirit left.
Though I like my theory better than the idea that they're quietly supporting all this garbage. Keeping your head down is a survival strategy, which is better than supporting fascists.
The US government, right this instant, is refusing to pay farmers for performing on contracts to do things. They are, right this instant, refusing to pay out for services already rendered through USAID. These are flat out defaults.
Also, I presume you mean if we _fail_ to raise the debt ceiling? If we don't raise the debt ceiling, then we cannot pay off the debts we have already incurred, it's a stupid fake game that the Rs like to play.
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This is all going to end very badly and very quickly.
Though I like my theory better than the idea that they're quietly supporting all this garbage. Keeping your head down is a survival strategy, which is better than supporting fascists.