![]() Republicans in the Senate are blocking the effort to raise the debt ceiling, risking a potential economic crisis while Democrats are threatening one another with mutually-assured destruction over infrastructure and social spending bills. ![]() But if they get it wrong, everybody dies. They are egged on by supporters and fans who urge them not to blink. In the game, both sides imagine that they are seeking an advantage by seeming inflexible. Of course, if neither swerves, they will crash.” If one of them swerves before the other, he is called a chicken. In the classic version of the game of chicken, “two people drive two very fast cars towards each other from opposite ends of a long straight road. Perhaps you were under the impression that the political class was comprised of very serious people who recognize that we are facing multiple existential challenges: Coups, insurrections, disinformation, fraudits, violence, pandemics, and the very real prospect of a constitutional crisis.Īnd yet, Congress has chosen this moment to play multiple games of high-stakes political chicken, because, apparently, we do get the government we deserve. ![]() “It’s not a good negotiating tactic to threaten to shoot yourself if you don’t get what you want.” - Me, remembering a certain scene from “Blazing Saddles.” (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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