How American Politics Went Insane By Jonathan Rauch

Article Review Most people in today’s society are unaware of their political atmosphere. Political matters have become a great concern to some and less of a concern to others. People are either completely engaged and informed about governmental issues or closed off about what goes on in the political world. The truth of the matter is, it is critical for the people to know and fully understand what takes place in today’s government, due to all emerging issues that we see unfold. In the article “How American Politics Went Insane” by Jonathan Rauch, we see how the American government, its leaders, offices, and so on have gone downward spiral compared to the last decades. In the article, the author starts by pointing out all the problems that are currently on the swing of the economy. One of the things that he …show more content…
In other words people who were and are running in election this year are not our typical experienced politicians or have a proven record of politics. Trump is a good example of this because he basically has no political history. Trump is a wealthy businessman who seems to run everyone and everything around him, does and says what pleases him and finally decides that his way of doing things will change America and decides to run for presidency. This is currently a scary situation to many. The author also mentions another candidate who like Trump is a self-sufficient outsider without customary political debts or party loyalty. Sanders, like Trump neither acknowledge nor cared- because his supporters acknowledged nor cared that his plans for governing were delusional. The author concludes this and calls them political sociopaths, not to state that their crazy, but because they don’t care what other politicians think about their