Whatever gets people to wake up is fine with me, but it speaks volumes to the total lack of empathy for others the average American has for issues they believe don’t directly affect them that the Switch 2 pre-order/price debacle was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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(Think they were living off their pensions in Spain on top of that, but it's a bit foggy)
it takes a lot of strength to be 'an empathetic person, entirely alone in this, because those surrounding you aren't interested in that'.
Also I know a non-zero number number of people really didn't have a stance until now which...yeck
Not asking for active campaigning or speaking out every day but like, treating it like an annoyance to ignore when possible is why we're here.
Like did these fuckers not cite gas prices or some shit as an excuse for yeeting vulnerable people under the bus
The only place I hear about it is online.
And now the prospect of both those being taken away is very real
This is the opposite to how it’s been my entire lifetime - that Americans get things cheaper than the rest of the developed world.
Damn phone
like, the reason tuition is so high is literally because they knew students in debt would have less time for social issues
Trump is blowing it up for -everyone-.
When I was a kid in New York the definition of a hot summer was different from what we think of today.
Is this when America was "Great"
???
Politics in itself is viewed as impersonal and is treated no differently than sports talk, so why would they use empathy when talking about it?
It's all so myopic
the government funding a genocide for one
Whilst i think it is genuinely hard to get a grasp on the interconnectedness of modern life i also think americans are very shielded from anything outside their sphere