I get what you are saying, and you’re not exactly wrong, albeit quite smug about it. These days I find myself thinking often about how older generations in my home of Austria and in Germany are being held accountable (morally at least) for “not doing anything about it” when the Nazis came to power way back then. And rightfully so.
But then again, it turns out when the call to “do something about it” comes to your own door, it ain’t that easy. Posting pictures with guillotines on the internet won’t fix things.
There is the fig leaf of “democracy”, but really what choice do Americans usually have? Bog standard democrat politicians are just marginally less evil than republicans and voting for them won’t fix shit. It remains to be seen if one of the truly social-oriented candidates can be elected and if that happens, it will restore a bit of my faith in the possibility of a working U.S. democracy. As far as I understand the workings of American “democracy” that is an unlikely outcome.
