Wouldn't it be convenient if we could apply the same excuses used for obtaining annulments to also escape other contracts that prove burdensome over the long haul? How can anyone who possesses the ability to understand basic language (i.e. the wedding vows), and who is mentally capable of engaging in other contracts (e.g. car loan, library card, gym membership agreement) claim not to understand that they were agreeing to forge a bond that the Church (and the broader society) considers permanent? Obviously coercion or mental incompetence would be reasonable grounds, but some of the other excuses are simply rationalizations for revising history.
There’s a whole industry that will teach you how to get an annulment, and many clergy and religious are active participants.
Look, I think the bishops in annulment-rich nations, with USA #1, hate the fact that anyone who says the right words and who isn’t going to cause a scandal gets one. They just don’t know how to stop.
And, I suspect, that Rome agrees that there is no way to stop but that Rome would also like to stop the constant subornation of perjury that the staff of the annulment machine procures, every day.
So, I think the EO “sacramental economy” solution is the only way out. It may be that a quickie annulment process will be put in place for a few years.
But if tens of thousands of divorced and remarried Catholics (many of whom are heads of families with children) can be allowed to stop the lying (”I didn’t really intend matrimony the first time” is most popular), I think the bishops will see it as a win.