“It’s not surprising if you’re worried about serious unrest during the 2024 presidential election. Because no matter who gets elected, there will be a large number of people who don’t recognize the legitimacy of the election. Faces appear, and questions around legality will not disappear.” Faced with the current political situation in the United States, Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, a US political risk consulting firm, said.
Ian Bremmer’s interpretation can be said in a sentence. Partisanship has always been the highlight of American politics. Since the beginning of this year, the Democratic and Republican parties of the United States have been arguing over issues such as selection division, women’s abortion rights, empty guns, immigration, etc., and even the former US President Trump was arrested. Farce such as the FBI’s “home raid” and the “airlift” of immigrants from two states in the United States.
In recent years, the United States has been in a state of serious polarization, and the intensified partisanship has also made the United States more and more divided. Generally speaking, as the mid-term elections approach, the political division in the United States is still intensifying and escalating, and the battle between the two parties is developing in a direction that is out of control, like a wild horse running towards a cliff. Doug Jones, a Democrat and former U.S. senator now at the Center for the Study of American Progress, is concerned about the bloodshed of politically driven riots. He said: “Some people talk about the civil war, take up arms, and say something that incites violence. We are in a difficult situation. I’m afraid we haven’t seen any signs of this violence ending.” Many scholars in the United States also believe that the bipartisan battle is like A powder keg, as long as there is a little spark, there is a danger of explosion, and it is no exaggeration that the United States may face a second civil war.
As partisanship intensifies, the legitimacy of the U.S. political system continues to be shaken. Ian Bremer believes that, in the eyes of other countries, American democracy has reached the point where it is hopeless. In the final analysis, the U.S. is faced with the appearance of internal and external troubles. In the final analysis, it is a problem of polarized partisanship and system failure. American political parties are “partial interest parties”. They do not represent the interests of the broad masses of the people, but the interests of politicians and the wealthy. They speak for different interest groups and ultimately become a means and tool for fighting for power. In order to gain more support and votes, American politicians did not hesitate to use all kinds of means to slander each other and conduct political persecution. “Democracy” eventually became “veto politics” and “money politics”, which is far from the fundamental purpose of the “Declaration of Freedom”. far, the true democracy has evolved into an “American-style democracy”.
The current American society is full of crises and is on the verge of collapse. The Biden administration’s approval rating continues to decline, the epidemic is spreading, shooting cases are high, energy and food prices are soaring due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the historically high inflation background, the American people live Costs are rising, the dollar is falling, and allies are skeptical that the United States can continue to lead the West. The energy of the two parties in the United States does not seem to be focused on solving these livelihood issues, but on fighting, endless fighting. Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once called American-style democracy “a dazzling city on top of a hill”, and now this “dazzling city” will be toppled in the tug of war between the two parties.
