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> That people will get more angry at congress for doing nothing is icing on the cake. I want to be optimistic about this. In practice it seems that the strateg
by ajmurmann 2y ago
> That people will get more angry at congress for doing nothing is icing on the cake.
I want to be optimistic about this. In practice it seems that the strategy created by McConnel to block any legislation at all has been doing/tricking the voter really well. As he predicted, credit for anything good goes to the current admin while anything bad also gets blamed on the current admin. I can see a likely scenario where "people getting more angry" will only make this strategy to block everything work even better. I hope I am wrong and the "nuance" that congress exists and isn't controlled by the president will finally get into people heads. I also hope that once it gets into their heads, the conclusion won't be that a authoritarian dictator is needed.
- xp84 2y agoI agree with you: frustrated by a Congress that can’t pass any legislation, the one thing it doesn’t seem like anyone is willing to try is to consider compromises. Everyone seems fully convinced that if only the 50% (or more) of the voters who disagree with them would just drop dead, we could fix everything. And as a result, voters punish lawmakers, who horse trade and negotiate. Even though that’s the only way things used to get done until everything broke 10 or 15 years ago.
- immibis 2y agoCompromising in the current congress: "Let's meet in the middle" says the unjust man. You take a step towards him. He takes a step back. "Let's meet in the middle" says the unjust man.
- xp84 2y agoMaybe that’s how it started and maybe that’s a cause of the unwillingness, but how it’s going is that both sides see it as a failing to compromise, even when your opponent has a mandate.