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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper
It's not in my interest to read backwards. My concern is what happened to Switzerland? Everyone is in one clique or another. Few are floating inbetween. It leaves people susceptible to manipulation and further down rabbit holes to extremism in every direction.
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I think there is quite a few of us that float, I think the issue is that more and more people cannot hold complex thoughts together.
For instance, on something topical; its possible to think Rittenhouse is innocent, without being a MAGA type.
But functionally, that's not possible on the internet. That has to be a binary option. If you think he's innocent as the courts have proven the only possible option is you are MAGA. These positions are not negotiable for so many people.
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Politics around the world has been heading in this direction for a long time but we are now at that stage where inexperienced populism has control of most of the positions of power in government and the voters are either are all in or all out. Voters aligning to one party whether they like the direction its going or not is the end of democracy.
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I completely agree.
But I think there's a deeper issue here; the inability of democracies to produce benefit for the majority.
I firmly belive that despite all the craziness if there was more wealth in the hands of more people, rather than the hyper centralization of welath, none of the politics would matter.
People are drawn to authoritarians because they promise to produce results. Thats really the core of their value proposition, they cast themselves as the sole being able to produce desirable results.
If democracies actually produced those results, there would be nothing to sell for the authoritarian types.
This is a tale as old as time; people with full bellies and roofs over head tend to not throw stones.
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Personally, expressing oneself through memes is not nearly as humourous as one may think. I'm clearly not as witty either but, I won't stop trying. You guys really need to watch more mainstream movies
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Not sure if I agree here. The mainstream I think is a wrong way to articulate this concept, I think legacy media is more apt.
And I disagree, legacy media is in its final death throes using anything possible to maintain relevance. That anything possible is the most extreme division possible, its precisely targeting reptile brains of ours to get view and clicks as a means to profit and survive.
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You guys know the strong feelings I have over Justin Trudeau and his handling of our government affairs for his personal benefit. I try but occasionally fail to avoid in bringing him up in conversation as some people find his government sufficient, good and, even great. The thing that boggles my mind are those that share my sentiments but still vote for this government out of fear of things that have been dealt and buried decades ago.
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I think this is actually a great jump off point.
People are largely voting for JT not because of a particular desire to, but because the other options did not seem compelling enough.
Our society has become too complacent and not demanding enough of politicians, think about how crazy it is that its just the accepted norm that one must vote "for the lesser evil, the known quantity."
This is nuts - these people are governing us, creating laws, making decisions that meaningfully affect the present and future, literally affect our ability to make a living.
And yet we fail to make the connection between substandard options and substandard results.
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