The U.S. is crumbling and huge swaths of the population are in a sort of a trance where they only care about which female celebrity is being smeared on social media this week
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But seriously, yes. I want to ask my mom, are you unaware of what’s happening by choice or are you just deeply committed to this “every day is a blessing” thing?
10000 truths but celebrity culture/labor aristocrats are not part of them. begging the people to snap out of it and stop feeding into right wing bad faith negative feedback loop bullshit that goes nowhere.
While ever fox propaganda is on the air the brainwashing will continue. You have to find a way to wake up those oblivious to their surroundings. There are so many ignorant ppl totally switched off until it affects them. Something impactful is needed.
What I'm seeing is Trump budgets getting passed with Dem support, courts and companies which include progressives at the top folding to the White House's whims, and US citizens being deported without trial.
I'm not seeing much in terms of the effects of fights against that.
As for the courts that's the one thing that is doing something. There are courts every day issuing injunctions and stuff against the admin but he just. Isn't listening to them. Basically the only fight against the admin is grassroots support. And bernie/aoc. It sucks man but we're trying.
Dem politicians outside of a few aren't doing anything either. Schumer bent the knee which is why most democrats are pushing for primarys for most of them. Trust me I wish our institutions would fight they just. Aren't.
Companies do not have progressives at the top. Democrats are part of the problem. Buddy I don't know what to tell you. The average American liberal is pissed, our institutions and organizations aren't doing anything I agree. I don't know how to make them. They just don't care.
We're also human. People need breaks or you explode, crash out, burn out or worse. We need to have some moments of joy and take a break or you literally can't function. If you cant sleep, you're not going to be able to do a lot to change things.
It's been like this for a long long time. People care more about "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" then they do about their actual freedom. But this is what the government wants. They don't want the electorate to be informed.
They are immersed in a corrupt media machine. Protests are not covered, international response too America ignored while prices are blamed on Biden. People have been lobotomized by their phones and are being fed information from the oligarch owned media. We must, must develop a louder megaphone.
This is so true. Under a post about local protests I read comments like “what is this about?” And “what are they mad about now?” There people must be completely checked out.
Exactly! I’d like to respond to their questions but I struggle with how to word a response that’s going to be understood by people who are oblivious to what is happening all around them.
It’s like ordinary Germans who just sleepwalked through the first few years of fascism and whoa why are we annexing Czechoslovakia and invading Poland and why’d they take away the dear Cohen family down the street, what happened?
In many ways this worship of celebrities allowed for us to ignore the Oligarchs and their behavior. See celebrities where weird rich people and stars we could dream about while those with the actual power we ignored. Has their ever been gossip with billionares and hedge fund managers ?
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Stuff moments of joy. If you forget for a minute that you're in an existential war, you might find yourself just accepting the new status quo.
What I'm seeing is Trump budgets getting passed with Dem support, courts and companies which include progressives at the top folding to the White House's whims, and US citizens being deported without trial.
I'm not seeing much in terms of the effects of fights against that.
They may wake up when they feel physical pain
It will be too late