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Well... we voted in all the Representatives, Senators and Presidents who, in turn, voted to implement the programs though. We do have some culpability.

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• rob05c 13y ago
  The US is a two-party system. First Past The Post voting ensures a vote for a third party is wasted. No significant percentage of people will ever vote for a third party (excluding transition periods between party systems). The current ruling party is widely recognized as less warmongering and less surveillance-state than the other party. Americans aren't completely inculpable. Our societal inability to work together (see: Prisoner's Dilemma), combined with our unwillingness to risk contentment, contributes. But I fail to see how American citizens have any real say in the government. We present a "democracy," but the two-party system is a thinly veiled autocracy.