Because Americans are cowards. Not saying this to mock them but they have grown incredibly lazy over the decades, they are not ready to lose any comfort so they mostly keep quiet.
Pair that with a surveillance state that they have been specifically and repeatedly warned about over last 2 decades - they are fucked.
I wonder how are “I have nothing to hide” and “They are not going to spy on me” geniuses rationalizing it now.
I used to be mocked and laughed at when I tried warning people about what awaits them in the future (never mind that it is also my area of expertise and those people knew it). I don’t give a fuck anymore and they are screaming and posting angry messages on social media expecting someone else will fight for them.
I suppose that’s the end result of brain washing your population with super hero movies.
Unfortunately the “comforts” are basic life things like medications to live and being able to live in your home.
We aren’t talking about having Netflix. You protest, you miss work, you are fired, you lose your income, no safety net, no healthcare, loans and debts take your home car (very little public transport that works in much of the country) and life away, and you and your entire family are homeless on a street corner and possibly dying. Inside of 2 weeks for a majority of Americans. Even insulin is hard to acquire without “the system”.
I think something a lot of people miss is the actual scale of the US as a country. My state is pure blue. My local government is mostly tolerable although not as far left as I’d prefer. Rioting here accomplishes nothing because democrats aren’t in control of the government so we’re just trapped along for the ride.
For me to join a protest with a meaningful impact I would need to travel to Washington D.C… For a west-coast American to actually protest at the capitol of America it would be a similar travel scale to an Irishman traveling to Moscow to protest the EU. That trip alone would cost me ~450 euros before fees and before the cost of any food/shelter. It would require that I leave my job if I stayed for more than a week and because I have no job I can’t pay rent so I must surrender my belongings and uproot my family.
This just isn’t achievable for the average person without your life already having entirely collapsed in the first place. The most any of us out here can realistically do is try to throw money and other forms of support at the problem and hope other states can get their shit together.
Yeah, fuck off mate with your virtue signaling. You have no idea how many fucking revolutions and civil wars I went through, which is why I know a thing or two about how this shit works.
What is new for you is something other people have been through, some even few times before. Seems like people don’t understand that this is always done pretty much the same way. And they never listen, either.
Kiddo, I was trying to let you know that I don’t give a fuck about you or what you think. I have been through this countless times and over the decades (you see, I am giving you a hint that I am an old fart) I’ve learned that’s it’s better to just ignore dummies. You are right, I have not been through anything, I am just pretend posting because I have a strong need for validation from random fools or bots on what once was an Internet.
WE should be endorsing them. This pretending that violence isn’t the answer to violence, is the problem. We keep giving our abusers a pass, because we don’t want to be “violent”. We keep pretending “two wrongs don’t make a right” but that’s been bullshit since it first came out of someone’s mouth while any form of justice system exists, as violence is needed to apprehend criminals, which literally takes a series of wrongs(Kidnapping, imprisonment, seizure of assets(AKA theft)) to make things right.
Trump needs to be assassinated, as does his minions. We need to stop pretending there are other solutions besides “violence”.
The system is set up to keep us busy and living hand to mouth.
Not to mention Fox News and the right wing media exists entirely to lie straight to our faces and fill our brains with culture wars so the average person has no idea which way is up.
Right. I actually completely ignored the fact you guys are literally forced to just think about survival (day to day survival, I suppose for lots of people), you don’t get to plan a revolution 😕
Yeah, it is incredible what has happened. I hope you all find strength.
A lot of people I see on here lambasting Americans for not acting really don’t seem to grasp how hard it is to think about solving systemic problems when your every waking moment is consumed by worrying whether you’ll be able to feed your family today or keep a roof over their head tomorrow. Much of the US lives one or two missed paychecks from destitution. The fact that the standard of living generally is higher than in many countries doesn’t mean your kids are eating dinner tonight, and it certainly doesn’t mean you have leisure time to think about complex ideas like systems of government or equitable tax policy. We have few safety nets, our culture actively maligns those who use them, and those in power are actively trying to eliminate them.
A revolution under these conditions will only happen when sufficient masses have lost all access to basic needs.
I get that a lot of people need two jobs, that there is no safety net, that education is expensive, etc.
But let’s not forget that, even though the middle class has been shrinking in the last decades, there is still a significant part of the US population is doing “ok”, people for whom feeding the kids tonight or keeping their house is not always on their mind.
A lot of Republicans elected Trump on the promise that he would release the files. He didn’t, nothing happened, and now he’s openly defying a judgement.
Because Americans are cowards. Not saying this to mock them but they have grown incredibly lazy over the decades, they are not ready to lose any comfort so they mostly keep quiet.
Pair that with a surveillance state that they have been specifically and repeatedly warned about over last 2 decades - they are fucked.
I wonder how are “I have nothing to hide” and “They are not going to spy on me” geniuses rationalizing it now.
I used to be mocked and laughed at when I tried warning people about what awaits them in the future (never mind that it is also my area of expertise and those people knew it). I don’t give a fuck anymore and they are screaming and posting angry messages on social media expecting someone else will fight for them.
I suppose that’s the end result of brain washing your population with super hero movies.
But noone is coming to save them.
Unfortunately the “comforts” are basic life things like medications to live and being able to live in your home.
We aren’t talking about having Netflix. You protest, you miss work, you are fired, you lose your income, no safety net, no healthcare, loans and debts take your home car (very little public transport that works in much of the country) and life away, and you and your entire family are homeless on a street corner and possibly dying. Inside of 2 weeks for a majority of Americans. Even insulin is hard to acquire without “the system”.
I think something a lot of people miss is the actual scale of the US as a country. My state is pure blue. My local government is mostly tolerable although not as far left as I’d prefer. Rioting here accomplishes nothing because democrats aren’t in control of the government so we’re just trapped along for the ride.
For me to join a protest with a meaningful impact I would need to travel to Washington D.C… For a west-coast American to actually protest at the capitol of America it would be a similar travel scale to an Irishman traveling to Moscow to protest the EU. That trip alone would cost me ~450 euros before fees and before the cost of any food/shelter. It would require that I leave my job if I stayed for more than a week and because I have no job I can’t pay rent so I must surrender my belongings and uproot my family.
This just isn’t achievable for the average person without your life already having entirely collapsed in the first place. The most any of us out here can realistically do is try to throw money and other forms of support at the problem and hope other states can get their shit together.
American here.
What should I be brave enough to do individually, specifically (I live paycheck to paycheck).
Every time someone calls USA cowards, they leave out their own country for some reason.
Because they’re so brave! So very, very brave, that they can’t even have their own nation criticized. Truly heroic!
Was Renee a coward?
How about Alex?
Sit down and stop making a fool of yourself. You don’t know anything about what’s going on, and you shouldn’t be generalizing.
Yeah, fuck off mate with your virtue signaling. You have no idea how many fucking revolutions and civil wars I went through, which is why I know a thing or two about how this shit works.
What is new for you is something other people have been through, some even few times before. Seems like people don’t understand that this is always done pretty much the same way. And they never listen, either.
But hey, keep posting, that will help 👍
Or just fuck off. I don’t care either way.
I know how many fucking revolutions and civil wars you’ve been through, zero.
Oh no! You’ll tell me to fuck off. Whatever will I do? So powerful. I’m scared!
Kiddo, I was trying to let you know that I don’t give a fuck about you or what you think. I have been through this countless times and over the decades (you see, I am giving you a hint that I am an old fart) I’ve learned that’s it’s better to just ignore dummies. You are right, I have not been through anything, I am just pretend posting because I have a strong need for validation from random fools or bots on what once was an Internet.
Never stop posting 👍
How many assassination atte.pts have been made? Lol
Not endorsing them but seriously.
WE should be endorsing them. This pretending that violence isn’t the answer to violence, is the problem. We keep giving our abusers a pass, because we don’t want to be “violent”. We keep pretending “two wrongs don’t make a right” but that’s been bullshit since it first came out of someone’s mouth while any form of justice system exists, as violence is needed to apprehend criminals, which literally takes a series of wrongs(Kidnapping, imprisonment, seizure of assets(AKA theft)) to make things right.
Trump needs to be assassinated, as does his minions. We need to stop pretending there are other solutions besides “violence”.
The system is set up to keep us busy and living hand to mouth.
Not to mention Fox News and the right wing media exists entirely to lie straight to our faces and fill our brains with culture wars so the average person has no idea which way is up.
People living hand to mouth have even FEWER excuses for not taking action
Right. I actually completely ignored the fact you guys are literally forced to just think about survival (day to day survival, I suppose for lots of people), you don’t get to plan a revolution 😕
Yeah, it is incredible what has happened. I hope you all find strength.
A lot of people I see on here lambasting Americans for not acting really don’t seem to grasp how hard it is to think about solving systemic problems when your every waking moment is consumed by worrying whether you’ll be able to feed your family today or keep a roof over their head tomorrow. Much of the US lives one or two missed paychecks from destitution. The fact that the standard of living generally is higher than in many countries doesn’t mean your kids are eating dinner tonight, and it certainly doesn’t mean you have leisure time to think about complex ideas like systems of government or equitable tax policy. We have few safety nets, our culture actively maligns those who use them, and those in power are actively trying to eliminate them.
A revolution under these conditions will only happen when sufficient masses have lost all access to basic needs.
I get that a lot of people need two jobs, that there is no safety net, that education is expensive, etc.
But let’s not forget that, even though the middle class has been shrinking in the last decades, there is still a significant part of the US population is doing “ok”, people for whom feeding the kids tonight or keeping their house is not always on their mind.
A lot of Republicans elected Trump on the promise that he would release the files. He didn’t, nothing happened, and now he’s openly defying a judgement.
Apathy is a real problem.
I wouldn’t rule out owners being fine with the military mowing down US civilians with machine guns
It wouldn’t be the first time.