I’m not trying to fedpost or any form of illegal-to-say-posting in any form, more just marveling at the entirely lackluster response of the American public to the maddeningly absurd state of American politics.

Of course Americans are the most propagandized people on Earth, but it’s been that way for generations, and at this point I feel like the sheer amount of shit that is allowed to just fly by with full knowledge of the public with little or no cool-zone moments is preposterous. Not to mention the fact that as things continue to get worse, there are more and more people who are desperate and/or unwell, and in such a position as to incite some crazy shit.

Like… at this point, it’s just open knowledge that the government is a cabal of bloated parasitic pedophiles, and it has been so for quite some time now. Not just “they MIGHT be doing some creepy shit”, but rather they definitely, 100%, without any question have been, are, and will continue to do the most abhorrent type of shit anyone can imagine, for their own sick satisfaction and greed. Conversely, the number of people who’ve lost someone to the soul-sucking nightmare that is our healthcare system, or who’ve lost a child or loved one in any of our many shootings, or any number of other reasons to be righteously revolted by this manufactured reality we live in, is surely immense.

While some people are obviously acting out in all the most disgustingly wrong ways (i.e. said shootings), there’s quite a lot of people who know the correct people to blame for our collective misery, who also have nothing left to lose, because they’ve tragically lost it all already.

So… am I just wrong to expect that more cool-zone type shit should be going down by now?

  • Omegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]@hexbear.netEnglish
    24·
    9 days ago

    Conditions haven’t declined enough yet. Well, that’s my take after visiting various poor countries. The average American prole just hasn’t felt enough pain, yet. The real sad thing is how many have been absolutely primed to become fascists, though.

    • XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      27·
      9 days ago

      i disagree with this. it’s not only a question of how much suffering american workers endure, but rather of their class consciousness (which is 0) and the organizing capacity of the american left (also 0).

      americans are so thoroughly propagandized that they’ll thank god their government isn’t communist even while they starve to death

      the suffering is one part of the equation, but it’s wrong to think that there’s a threshold past which people will suddenly organize themselves into a revolutionary left movement. that can’t happen without class consciousness and a revolutionary vanguard, so it wont happen

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netEnglish
      2·
      9 days ago

      I am hoping that when the supply chain has a critical breakdown that leaves the US without replacement car parts, that the would-be fascists are not able to get their cars back up and running. If they can’t get out of their exurbs, that really tips the balance.