@Tilopa@convo.casa

Part the issue i see is the US or at least a huge proportion of the population is simply asleep at the wheel, while this is happening, MAGA are getting stronger, not weaker, gun crime and mass shootings are a way of life, healthcare is in crisis, and a host of other issues.

If the US did default it may provide the wake up call the country / world needs, BUT at a terrible cost. However, based on another fedi post (not related directly) if a lot of people in the US thinks that a 1/3lb burger is smaller than a 1/4 lb burger then the chances of them understanding about the debt problem are perhaps minimal.