I suspect the largest problem is that most people don't pay much attention to politics.
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I suspect the largest problem is that most people don't pay much attention to politics.
NiftyNiblick
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And isn't that a very serious indictment of those not paying much attention to politics?
Do responsible people have the right to not pay attention to politics?
Isn't that an irredeemable character flaw?
It's one thing to not care,
but another thing to not make the effort to notice what's going on and how it's affecting people.
Don't pay much attention to all the gaslighting by media and politicians. How do we know what to believe?
Research. It's a fair amount of work though. Most people would rather be entertained in their spare time, so that's what they do instead.
I think it's more a reflection of the current system as a whole. On the whole, it doesn't really reward people who are into politics enough, which is why so few people do. It reminds me of a saying I heard recently:
"Hard times create hard men. Hard men create good times. Good times create soft men. Soft men create hard times."
I think we're in a "soft men" times. Hard times are coming though, and at that point, spending one's time being entertained instead of watching the political ball may cost people their lives. At which point, I believe "hard/smart men" will become to repopulate the scene.
The current system is CCP/WEF/WOKE....and that wont be changing for a long time.
I may not like putting ambiguous acronyms on what I'd rather just label "soft times", but I'd wager that it'll be changing a lot faster than you think. The key is sustainability. Do you think the current system is sustainable? I don't.
They control the tech, they will control the guns, and they dont mind in the least if you die...... they are sure that there are too many humans on this planet, a huge portion of the humans going away is just what the planet needs.
I certainly don't know what the exact trigger will be, but it may be that it will take a certain amount of deaths with the current system to galvanize people into taking politics seriously.
What the people think/want/need is already irrelevant.
I've never believed that. In my view, what people think/want/need is the soul of a society. As far as I'm concerned, the problem right now is that America is a nation divided over petty squabbles. The whole "left/right" divide is perhaps the most obvious one in my mind. The real divide is more elites vs. non elites, but as long as they've got around half the population hating the other half of the population on various details, the deep state elites will continue to rule from both parties.
The Constitution is over, the current world order is over, the Chinese will design and run the new world order , and America will be the worlds primier shit-hole country (for as much as countries will still matter in the new order) as justice for our various crimes......the Chinese will insist.
I definitely believe that China's role is increasing even as the U.S.'s role is decreasing, but that doesn't mean that the U.S. won't still play a large role, though less so in far flung regions. Also, China has its own problems. I certainly wouldn't want to live there.
As to the U.S. constitution being over, I don't believe that either. What I -do- believe, however, is that Americans are probably going to have to learn the hard way why that constitution was so important. I think that in the end, the U.S. will come back stronger, though I'm not sure when that'll be. It's the hold hard times-> hard men-> good times-> soft men-> hard times cycle. Once the hard times are over, creating hard men again, things should get better.
I disagree. China has certainly not been happy with the U.S.'s approach in Ukraine, but Ukraine is not in its backyard. However, the U.S.'s continual arming of Tawain is clearly provoking China.
NiftyNiblick
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Interesting possibility, but it's hard to explain how we're so starkly polarized if we're not paying attention to politics.
We live in a time where major segments of our population literally loathe one another.
If it's not based on politics, than it's based on something else.
It's clearly true in either case.
I personally get a kick out of people who love the Constitution but hate the system.
That kind of non-sequitur logic puts me in a state of what I can only compare to road rage.
The Constitution is 100% responsible for the "system."
Some people subconsciously believe that there are things one is not allowed to criticize as a patriotic American.
I've never been afflicted with that kind of true-believerism.
Nor, to my own detriment it sometimes appears, have I ever developed an understanding for the majority that appear to be so-afflicted.
You make a good point. There is generally a -superficial- level of political knowledge. I think the problem is that most people only see blue or red. They are distracted from the fact that most members of both parties belong to the ruling elite. I suspect a lot of said ruling elite just press the buttons that works with their respective party like a bullfighter leads a bull, surreptitiously spearing the bull in passing, before waving the cape again, so that the bull keeps on charging at the cape until it dies.
Truth is, most members of both parties ruthlessly exploit the working class via taxes so that they can continue to feed the military industrial complex in wars of aggression and finance big pharma and big agriculture, which in turn poisons said working class even more with their frequently toxic concoctions, which they ofcourse bill the taxpayer for directly as well.
No it's not. The constitution is a document created by the founding fathers of the U.S. Successive U.S. governments have worked hard to shred some of its most important provisions. Biden continues along this line, and it's certainly not just the right that's saying this:
In Just 10 Months, President Biden Has Shredded the Constitution and Put Life, Religious Liberty, and National Security In Jeopardy | aclj.org
It depends on where you're criticizing it. I've found few places where I can voice my views when it comes to Russia, the western (but mainly U.S.) military industrial complex, vaccines and issues related to Covid.
Facebook's given me some warnings, so I've stopped posting anything controversial there for the most part, because I use facebook mainly to keep in touch with family and friends and I don't want to lose it. Various online forums have moderators that will come up with some handy excuse to warn you that if you continue to step out of line with your views, they'll ban you. And unless you've been hiding under a rock in the last year, everyone knows what a cesspool Twitter was for government oversight until Elon took over. Elon himself is now apparently afraid of substack (one of the few sources of news that I really appreciate) and is now banning links from them. So yeah, if you look hard enough (and I certainly looked hard), I think you can still find some corner of the internet where contentious views are allowed. But the fact that it can be so hard to find is indicative of the level of censorship that's in the world today.
NiftyNiblick
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Respectfully but completely disagree.
I believe the founders did the best that they could but TOTALLY botched the constitution.
In any top tier law school, the document would get a "D" in a first year law class.
The US Constitution created the most inefficient form of government in recorded history.
Rural conservatives love it because they're afforded representation far in excess of what their population warrants.
I, however, share virtually no core values with them, so I, as a literate person, easily recognize its blatant flaws.
Not having studied in any law school period, I'll pass on critiquing that, but I think it's rather unfair to grade the U.S. constitution today, considering it was made over 200 years ago. I think it was a great document considering the time it was made. In an ideal world, it would have been much improved since then. Instead, some of its best features are basically being nullified.
According to who?
I have heard a bit about this, and I certainly agree that representation should be equal.
Well, I hope you are at least against the way farming is going. It was pretty bad 10 years ago:
The Family Farm Is Being Systematically Wiped Out Of Existence In America | ajgraves.com
It's only gotten worse from what I can see:
Congressman Reveals Disturbing Reason Why Bill Gates Is Buying Up American Farmland | en-volve.com
That article concludes:
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The billionaire is buying vast amounts of farmland at the same time as his friends at Davos are telling Americans, “You’ll own nothing and be happy.”
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