What I see in USA, and see it on the increase in the UK, is a culture that promotes “I don’t care if it doesn’t affect me” - then if things in your life change and it DOES affect you, you become furious and bleat that the very thing you condoned is SO UNFAIR - ThreadSky

robinince.bsky.social • 91 days ago

What I see in USA, and see it on the increase in the UK, is a culture that promotes “I don’t care if it doesn’t affect me” - then if things in your life change and it DOES affect you, you become furious and bleat that the very thing you condoned is SO UNFAIR

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jscarbee.bsky.social•91 days ago

Absolutely! It’s a disease

chornayakoshka.bsky.social•91 days ago

'Theres no such thing as society' seems to been fully implemented under the Tories and not sure current govt are reversing it.

moon-elle.bsky.social•91 days ago

The increasingly selfish nature of a percentage of people is rearing its ugly head in Australia too.

moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social•91 days ago

You're absolutely correct. That's exactly what is going on in the USA right now. Very disheartening.

jimbopaints.bsky.social•91 days ago

I feel like for some it's the only way to stop everything just making you feel depressed and helpless. I don't feel good about dissociating cognitively and thinking 'well it's not me at least' about it all but the alternative is I feel utterly powerless, and worry for my children till I can't sleep

robinince.bsky.social•91 days ago

That’s not the same as vocally supporting regression

jimbopaints.bsky.social•91 days ago

Agreed, I think it's the guilt of me being thankful 'its not me at the moment' making me feel like. I'm supporting it by inaction, if that makes sense. If I'm not against something I'm for it

bergsauce.bsky.social•91 days ago

All these numbskulls care about is having bibles in every classroom and a pledge of allegiance to the flag before every school day begins. To them this is insignificant collateral damage in the quest to fulfill the Project 2025 Christian version of an Islamic caliphate.

pauliom.bsky.social•90 days ago

I remember an interview, unfortunately not the person, who said, 'there are 2 types of person, those with a disability or those not yet with a disability'

mistlethrushb.bsky.social•90 days ago

Discussing this focus on rights rather than responsibilities yesterday with family, we noted that in most “counselling” situations clients are encouraged to focus on being personally happy and fulfilled. Why does such fulfilment have to be so egocentric? Why is there no joy in seeing others thrive?

pirsta.bsky.social•91 days ago

There has to be a point where someone gets through to them and says the far right will never look after you. It’s depressing.

hunt1976.bsky.social•91 days ago

"You can't educate pork", as the saying goes.

richardazia.bsky.social•91 days ago

It's worse than that. We hear "I didn't know it would affect my wife/girlfriend/friends/me" within days, weeks or months. Look at British Retired emigrants around Europe. They call themselves ekh-spats (I hate the term).

jameswoodfield.bsky.social•91 days ago

First they came..

mrs-hughesie.bsky.social•91 days ago

AKA The 'I'm alright Jack' culture that comes to the fore usually when the right is in power. I say usually as I am currently sceptical about the UK gov. 🙃😥

paulharris13.bsky.social•91 days ago

I think you're missing the point a bit. Many seem to not to care or realise that they're negatively affected as long as they can see the people they hate being fucked over.

robinince.bsky.social•91 days ago

Oh no, I get that

shadowcat-mdk.bsky.social•91 days ago

In short words, the higher classes only care when it is their resources that are affected, that is when it becomes a crisis. In an equitable society the percentage of wealth would not be based on earnings but on buying power. Lets balance not what you earn but what you have left to spend.

mistlethrushb.bsky.social•90 days ago

To be frank, it may seem more likely that this is an attitude seen amongst the wealthy, but it’s certainly not restricted to them. USA MAGA supporters expressing these views seem just as likely to be from poorer classes.

shadowcat-mdk.bsky.social•91 days ago

There is an almost concerted attack on 'empathy'. It has become a watch word for caring too much, or being too soft, avoiding hard lessons. When you have a resource crisis those people who are benefitted the most become the scapegoat because the resource deficit hits more people.

dozzaj.bsky.social•91 days ago

🎶don’t it always seem to show that you don’t know what you’ve lost til it’s gone🎶

opensussex.bsky.social•91 days ago

Decades of Neoliberalism.

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