Alexis de Tocqueville, author of
Democracy in America, said that “in a democracy, the people get the government they deserve.”
By most indicators, the United States governments--at all levels--are either the worst or at the bottom of the heap compared to other western democracies. It's difficult to argue at this stage--given the two party lock on elections, gerrymandering, voter suppression laws, and campaign finance practices--that the U.S. is even much of a democracy.
Assuming de Tocqueville's observation is valid, what is wrong with American citizens that they keep getting, by their own admissions, such truly awful governments?