accomplish more if “we are led by calm and not chaos”
Am I a crazy person for finding this kind of liberal “empowerment dialect” extremely vacuous and cringe-worthy? It’s like a sanitised version of the pep talk a pirate captain would give his men before pillaging a village, only it is for unconditionally supporting the blandest version possible of the status quo and limiting your political actions to harmless protest and voting.
The language is atrocious, the politics is abysmal and empty, yet it is being presented as something highly inspiring.
It’s important to understand that the 21st century American has internalized Fascism’s myth of the responsible, righteous strongman in lieu of collective participation in politics. The alienation from civic duty is the point, they want to be distant.
Am I a crazy person for finding this kind of liberal “empowerment dialect” extremely vacuous and cringe-worthy? It’s like a sanitised version of the pep talk a pirate captain would give his men before pillaging a village, only it is for unconditionally supporting the blandest version possible of the status quo and limiting your political actions to harmless protest and voting.
The language is atrocious, the politics is abysmal and empty, yet it is being presented as something highly inspiring.
Because to libs, it is inspiring. It’s hidden meaning is “you can go back to brunch.”
It’s important to understand that the 21st century American has internalized Fascism’s myth of the responsible, righteous strongman in lieu of collective participation in politics. The alienation from civic duty is the point, they want to be distant.
It’s because you have an unrealistic expectation that words should mean something.