An ICE operation spiraled into chaos in Worcester, Massachusetts street after agents detained a woman as she clung to her baby—without showing a warrant.
And yet people would rather hold on to a terrible status quo than risk it. Especially in times of desperation, and as long as they’re aware things could be worse (for them personally).
It’s the big catch-22 of modern civics and political engagement. Terrible conditions make many people look towards the systems and rulers that bring about those terrible conditions.
It isn’t. The modern law is a fig leaf over naked plutocracy and apartheid.
It’s what we have in the same way a knife in your back is something you have
And yet people would rather hold on to a terrible status quo than risk it. Especially in times of desperation, and as long as they’re aware things could be worse (for them personally).
It’s the big catch-22 of modern civics and political engagement. Terrible conditions make many people look towards the systems and rulers that bring about those terrible conditions.