What distinguishes Americans, in my mind, is that they're rule followers. As long as the rules are followed, they will accept decisions that they disagree with, or even think are quite unjust. Folks on the subcontinent typically think in terms of right and wrong, or even lower than that, in terms of tribalism such as Hindus versus Muslims. I see Americans devolving into both those lesser forms of politics.

It's understandable that someone would reach that conclusion if all they observed was the J6 committee hearing videos. But on a day-to-day basis, people are behaving essentially the way they always have. People still call in zoning violations expecting issues to get resolved, and they still jaywalk. Nobody's asking for a bribe to install the cable.

We’re not there yet, but we are well on the way to becoming a third world country politically. Trump is a politician fit for a third world country. But we also had members of Congress recently abandon their institutional roles and get themselves arrested at protests. I think even Sanders had more dignity than that.

John Lewis was arrested at protests five times as a member of congress and the republic was fine and likely better for it.

Like many thousands of people, Sanders was arrested at civil rights protests. I don't like Sanders, at all, but he certainly gained "dignity points" for that. The logic you're using to flatten things down isn't working; it's equating things that can't reasonably be equated.

Surely this happened in the 60s (getting arrested)