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Really think the underlying problem of US politics is accountability for the GOP. The party never has to face any consequences for anything it says or does, from the smallest hypocrisies to sweeping attacks on the state abetted by foreign enemies.
Even with Trump (hopefully) leaving office, the problem of GOP unaccountability is getting worse. Their legislative majorities are protected by anti-majoritarian systems. Without the White House, their bad-faith scheming happens mostly out of the public eye.
Even when the GOP’s gleeful and reckless nihilism leads them to commit actual crimes, they usually don’t get prosecuted by timid Democrats. And just in case, their president is gearing up to offer sweeping pardons, just placing a big chunk of malefactors beyond the law.
The GOP operates as if nothing matters, as if hypocrisy and lying and scheming are the road to profit and success and everyone else is just a sucker, because for them, and specifically for them, it’s 100% true.
Democrats act as if, because voters don’t reliably reject the GOP’s atrocious behavior, nothing can be done about it.
But here’s a thought: if voters don’t react to the GOP’s abuses, they’re not going to react to Democrats punishing the GOP for those abuses, either.
But here’s a thought: if voters don’t react to the GOP’s abuses, they’re not going to react to Democrats punishing the GOP for those abuses, either.
After all, end of the day, this is just a very basic failure to enforce correct incentives. The GOP doesn’t need moral instruction, it needs a shock collar: “Do bad thing, get hurt.”
You don’t need a voter mandate for that, you just need some control over tools of government.
You don’t need a voter mandate for that, you just need some control over tools of government.
