Failing the Basics, Government Undermines the Bigger Picture
Americans are really generous people and most Americans understand and appreciate the Ukrainians did not deserve a Russian invasion and we should help them. Former President George W. Bush recently said the United States should be able to help Americans and help the world. But that’s the point. We’re not. The American government is failing at the basics. The Biden Administration would rather advance DEI goals in government than fight crime. They’d rather have transgender indoctrination than basic education. It’s hard to convince Americans we should spend money to help Ukraine when the federal government can’t even deliver the mail competently. If the Biden Administration wants to solve the world’s problems, it needs to get better at solving the real world basic problems of governance in the United States.
It seems that since Obama (a bit since Clinton), the Democrats in office are operating to advance their politics rather than focusing on good governance for the people.
At the heart of this are two broken institutions. The education system and our media... specifically our news media. Because, without those two systems being broken the voters would be demanding better governance. But because the education system indoctrinates sleep-walking non-critical thinking activist clones, and the core of the media and big tech where voters get their news performs as a propaganda arm of the Democrat party, the Democrat get away with exploiting their office positions as a perpetual political campaign position (leveraging their screen time for name recognition... and appealing to their base) ...instead of the general voter interests and needs.
The good news is that this is making the individual Democrat politicians and candidates weak... they don't get challenged. The performance bar is set so low that Nancy Pelosi can twerk it. Democrats like Pete think he can get away with doing nothing. Maybe he can. Maybe the voters don't care. I think they do care... and they see Pete as almost completely useless.
It has been said many times, you simply can not fix stupid. And unfortunately, too many people in positions of power or authority are not qualified or have the skills to do the job. Also, way too many have not earned the right to walk the earth. Liberalism is a debilitating mental disorder.