But in this case, i almost see no fight. It is the most depressing aspect of this thing, so far. Plenty of forum posts, but not a single demonstration, no nothing. The all-american laziness surrounding it is quite a sight.
Well, the good news is the most depressing aspect you posited isn’t true.
Also, there is very much a fight. Many average Americans are spreading the worst kind of high-casualty, figurative carpet bombs authoritarian regimes fear the most… facts spiked with critical thinking.
Sure, there’s still an embarrassing amount of Americans who still don’t “get it”, but you’re also talking about the same people who voted in GW Bush… twice. But as we continue to educate one another by spreading facts and information, so spreads more dissent.
The American middle-class who is already struggling for mere survival isn’t going to quit their scarce jobs to hop up and down in the streets en masse. But, what many are doing is asking questions, spreading information and demanding better. This struggle is timeless… it’s nothing new. It’s all just a little bit if history repeating.
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” - Plato
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” - Thomas Jefferson
“Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.” - Davy Crockett
“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” - P.J. O’Rourke
“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” - Thomas Jefferson
“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.” - Patrick Henry
“I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act.” - Edward Snowden
"EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me and the release of the Pentagon Papers at the time.” - Daniel Ellsberg
There IS a fight and please don’t discount those that participate and/or support it by ignoring it…
