The problem is the perspective of thirds …
a third of the population supports authoritarianism
a third doesn’t support authoritarianism
a third don’t care about anything and just want to get by no matter which side of the debate wins
… and from my point of view, the first third of supporters is not actually a third of the population, it’s just a small fraction of population but it exercises so much influence because it has all the wealth … the second third of non-supporters is larger but it is also small and doesn’t add up to a third, they are vocal but not vocal enough … the largest grouping is the ignorant masses who just don’t care as long as they get a bit of money, some food, access to shelter and an internet connection and some entertainment, they really don’t care what the world turns into.
the largest grouping is the ignorant masses who just don’t care as long as they get a bit of money, some food, access to shelter and an internet connection and some entertainment, they really don’t care what the world turns into.
The thing about that third group is that they only get a bit of money, some food, access to shelter and an internet connection and some entertainment, and so they can’t afford to care about what the world turns into. When your next paycheck is the result of a daily life and death struggle there isn’t any cognitive energy remaining to devote to social struggles. And so the distraction of ethno-class warfare is an easy siren song to follow.
I just wish we could get along.
The fact that other people are starting to notice what I have noticed for the past few years means it might actually be real, and that fucking terrifies me. I don’t want genocide or civil war. But apparently that’s where we’re headed.
I too, wish our political problems would just go away and we could get back to being Americans again.
The crux of the issue is that a good portion of the US has been convinced the only way back to “being American” is through use of their amassed arsenal. They’re aging out. With fewer and fewer voters leaning their way they try and go dirty which didn’t work, leaving them their only card left to play, “civil war”. The issue none of them care to address is the fact that 90+% of their forces are on daily medication just to live. If war really broke out, access to those medications get severed. Another thing is it may seem enjoyable for them to feel like they’re participating at a turning point in our history but war isn’t something an individual can just stop doing because it’s been a hard day and they need to unwind with a cold one.
Mostly it feels like bluster but I’ve seen plenty of stupid transpire in my short lifetime to know anything can and does happen.
God save us all.
Fuck God
