Comment by kubb

There’s a tendency to backwards rationalize anything that is established in the US, that comes from a place of identity.

The current shape of the US is already the best and people consider it a part of who they are, so suggesting a course correction may be seen as both wrong think and a personal attack and wanting radical change would be outright treason.

There’s an array of standard stencils for defense against change: this is the only thing that can work here, this is the only thing that guarantees freedom, this is actually not that bad, I actually prefer it like this, anything else would be expensive/impossible/unamerican.

It’s not even unique to the US, but who cares about other places.