• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    That’s not something you can just undo or walk away from.

    I don’t disagree with any of what you said, I am saying that they will absolutely try to walk away from it, from the ignorant base to the cowardly, evil grifters, pundits and politicians. And largely, it will work. Because American attention spans are shot from being overworked, overstimulated and under-nurished. This country elected Trump twice after some of the highest voter turnouts in history despite his first term being some of the lowest approval ratings of all presidents. That’s not a sign of a healthy population.

    There is a systemic problem in American society, and while a lot of it is manufactured and deliberately imposed on us, we can all do a lot more to combat it. It requires a lot more involvement and a lot more effort to remind people of atrocities and problems of the past that we’re risking repeating over and over.

    And I don’t mean online either. We have to get a lot more active in the physical world. Talk to people, volunteer, do phone-banking for actual leaders in your community who represent you. We’re all stuck on social media sites like this one, screaming into the void and thinking something will change or someone is coming.

    Nobody is coming.