"Demoralized" is a good way of describing the American public.
They have little experience with a functional national government and have ceased to expect it.
Their leaders rarely show any willingness to deal with important issues, preferring to tilt at windmills over TikTok or whatever. Stuff just randomly happens because the SCOTUS said so or because lobbyists bribed Congress. Oh, and Trump got away with crimes again because he's rich and they're not.
And the media are willfully useless.
Americans feel increasingly powerless because the rich and powerful can do whatever they want.
Republicans just break shit and make it legal retroactively.
The Democratic response is a Rube Goldberg machine that requires 50 years of winning every election, replacing every member of the judiciary as they retire, Congressional supermajorities, and a solar eclipse for good luck.
@gwynnion - Yeah, it sucks.
Got a better idea that doesn't amount to "trust the rich and powerful - but different rich and powerful"?
Because that's what everything except "vote the bastards out" is.
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