Fragmentation of the Political System and Veto Players

Abstract

The political system of the USA is characterised by American exceptionalism. The United States cannot be understood without her founding myth of a chosen people. The American nation manifests itself in religious and moral terms. The religious notion is reaffirmed by evoking the Old Testament a nation under God, whereas the moral justification is brought forward to ascertain that the American nation embodies the Good in the world.