Obviously, the US has lots and lots of stupid things. The difference is that you typically don't hear "Oh we need to make slow progress on making voting easier

Obviously, the US has lots and lots of stupid things. The difference is that you typically don't hear "Oh we need to make slow progress on making voting easier, because the EU will retaliate". That would be absurd. We recognize that it's our own fault, i.e. the politicians that we are voting in.