[scythe]

It's hard to think about anything but this:

https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2013/09/how_does_the_shutdow...

>If Senator X "makes a concession" the relevant media will proclaim him a loser and a coward, they don't want representatives, they want cage fighters. There's no reward for compromise and there's no safe place to attempt it, either.

>[...]

>Or, said differently, if there was a government shut down at a time when the news came out only weekly, it would mean we were getting a new flag.

[spaetzleesser]

I think this would stop if the media would report about issues and not mostly political gossip.