One often hears or reads of an everyday American who is frustrated with the antics, words, or performance of a politician (or politicians in general), who says something like “we deserve better.” The plain truth is that the list of things Americans “deserve” is quite short, and good politicians/better politics is surely not among them. No, we have the politics we deserve, and we vote for it year after year.
We Get What We Deserve
One often hears or reads of an everyday American who is frustrated with the antics, words, or performance of a politician (or politicians in general), who says something like “we deserve better.” The plain truth is that the list of things Americans “deserve” is quite short, and good politicians/better politics is surely not among them. No, we have the politics we deserve, and we vote for it year after year.