Being able to disengage from politics and even to consider that disengagement a virtue all the while living a prosperous and mostly safe life is a privilege that Americans have enjoyed. But the result of them steadfastly refusing to even think about who they want at the wheel has finally led to an utter lunatic driving. Theyre still sleepwalking, hoping they don’t need to engage. The shortest path out of this is acute economic pain.
My response to that is always the same:
“Oh, you don’t do/like politics? I get it.
But do you know who does? Your bank, your landlord, your boss, cops, judges, pretty much anyone with any amount of control over your life.”
The whole “I don’t do politics” angle makes me so angry. They’re getting mugged and saying, “I didn’t see a mugging”
Being able to disengage from politics and even to consider that disengagement a virtue all the while living a prosperous and mostly safe life is a privilege that Americans have enjoyed. But the result of them steadfastly refusing to even think about who they want at the wheel has finally led to an utter lunatic driving. Theyre still sleepwalking, hoping they don’t need to engage. The shortest path out of this is acute economic pain.
My response to that is always the same:
“Oh, you don’t do/like politics? I get it.
But do you know who does? Your bank, your landlord, your boss, cops, judges, pretty much anyone with any amount of control over your life.”