Americans intentionally vote in a divided government (between 30 and 40% of voters do this on purpose in recent elections! Vote downballot for the opposite of whoever they think will win the white house), and then they bitch and moan about how ineffective and bloated government is.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead