The current state of the U.S government is one of disarray. Both Democratic and Republican parties are in constant disagreement, which causes conflict on almost any topic that is being discussed. Each party is trying to make the other party seem as if they are unintelligent on the matter they are discussing.
While this is nothing new to our government, it has gotten substantially worse surrounding the most recent election. All this disagreement can be problematic because it creates a weak form of government. The disagreement divides people into two different parties or causes people to become inactive in government all together because they don't want to bother with all the disagreement.
I believe that the inflation in disagreement can be attributed to the use of social media. Representatives now have a very easy platform to reach other representatives as well as the people very easily. Many times representatives can say hurtful things on social media without proof reading their statements thoroughly, so it in turn offends many people.
I also believe that we have lost a substantial amount of trust within the government because of the rise of technology. We are now able to access tons of information, much of which has not been fact checked or is a very biased opinion. While it is important that people have access to tons of information, the fact that it is not regulation more thoroughly can be discerning in regard to formulating trust.
In short, trust and disagreement are the two main issues that are making government much harder to follow or trust. Once the government solves these two issues I believe we will be able to progress at a much faster rate as a nation.
