Comment by testing22321
2 days ago
Always interesting seeing Americans justify the dysfunction of their system.
This is terrible, and simply shouldn’t happen in what is ostensibly the best country in the world. Don’t justify it.
2 days ago
Always interesting seeing Americans justify the dysfunction of their system.
This is terrible, and simply shouldn’t happen in what is ostensibly the best country in the world. Don’t justify it.
I wish you had something more substantive than "don't justify it".
The system is behaving correctly in the face of political dysfunction. Republicans don't want to fund healthcare subsidies and they don't want to negotiate appropriations in the house because Epstein. Democrats want healthcare subsidies. They have failed to compromise.
It is good that the system is gradually grinding to a halt. It forces a resolution and provides valuable data for voters. It would be worse if the government could carry on indefinitely using pretend money. I especially don't trust this administration with the power of pretend money. It is also good that the government didn't fully deadlock on day 1. Many critical services remain functional.
This isn't a great situation but I would be interested to hear about systems that handle deadlocks more gracefully. For sure I am cautiously on board with the idea of holding new elections in the event of legislative dysfunction.
All money is "pretend money"
Only if you fundamentally ignore like, exceedingly basic macro economics.
The US is $38 TRILLION Dollars in debt. I think it’s safe to say it’s been operating on pretend money for a long while.
Also it’s bizarre you're fine with millionaires who are still getting paid while doing nothing to resolve their lack of agreement withholding the pay of people going to work who can’t afford rent, food and healthcare. There is no world where that is ok.
I don't recall saying that was fine.
I recommend you seek a better familiarity with nuance. It'll help you understand the difference between debt and pretend money.
Have a good day.
"Explanation" and "justification" are not synonyms, even if you just want an excuse for a Twitter-esque slap at Americans.
> It sucks but the alternative is
This is plain justification regardless of context.
With context it’s even worse, because the real alternative is to have a functional government, and a non far right president, who doesn’t happily kill people, if we want to talk about hypotheticals like using real money way after genie was let out of the bottle.
.... That's not a justification. That's an explanation of how our system, in reality, works.
Also, "the real alternative is a completely hypothetical, made up universe" is bizarro nonsense. In the actual, real world, that actually exists today, there are two ways of doing a thing. That you don't like those isn't particularly relevant.
But hey, America/Americans suck, right? That's really all you wanted to get across in the first place.