In my humble opinion America is infected with a debilitating and possibly fatal case of Apathy. Most of us just don't care to look out from our blinders to see what's going on. Many of us are so busy just trying to make a living/support themselves and/or family that they haven't the energy or ambition to look anywhere outside their own lives, whether for selfishness or just overwhelming fatigue.
I haven't fallen prey to that Apathetic Illness much myself, as I'm a cynical serial voter and active in politics to the extent my energy allows. But I know, and know of, too many people who just don't give a damn, either cause they don't care or cause they don't believe their opinion/vote counts for anything.
I used to work in a typical factory - ugh - and was always speaking out against management's bad policies etc. My coworkers would cheer me on, but when I asked them to speak up as well, most wouldn't do it. Some were afraid of repercussions, some just wanted 'someone else' to speak up on their behalf... and like the frog in the pot of water on the stove, they didn't notice the water was getting hotter til it was too late. Or, just as bad, they didn't believe in speaking up for "the other guy", as in, "if it doesn't affect me directly, I don't want to get involved." Sad, so sad...:sad:
Some can be convinced of the necessity of speaking and acting for the greater good, some will just tune you out cause they don't want to hear it. Either way, if we don't start screaming in the streets pretty soon it may be the end of our so-called 'civilized world'. I'm a big fan of that popular quotation about "not speaking up for the Poles cause I wasn't Polish, not speaking up for the French cause I wasn't French... and when they came for me, there was no one left to speak..."
Sorry for the long rant, just sick to death of the "me me me" attitude and the not caring for anyone else.
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only 759 more days of the shrub's reign of terror...