WizardOfFrobozz

“Sankar did not name any researchers or provide evidence for the claim.”

Cool. Excellent thing to write a news article about, Business Insider.

Beautiful.

No Americans care enough to stop it

For Americans, doing the protest is an end in itself. They’re a way for comfortable white liberals to telegraph that they’re “on the right side” and “the good ones” so that they can return to doing nothing after a few hours of waving signs around and posting photos.

There is never any plan to escalate, never any thought to what happens if their demands aren’t met. The US does parades. Bring the kids, it’ll be fun- you can LARP participation in democracy.

People forget how much was going right in the 90s, especially in the states. Boomers were in their prime working years (paying into Social Security instead of collecting it), women’s participation in the workforce had hugely expanded, and a decade of strong economic growth and job creation meant more people working, lower unemployment, and more money going into the system. Obviously some of that was demographic luck, but the Clinton economy was actually putting people to work.

100%. It makes more sense when you understand that the only intended outcome of Americans’ protests is to reassure the do-nothing cowards participating that they’re “the good ones.” Protesting isn’t a means to an end- protesting is an end in itself, if you’re a fuckin’ clown.

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Cowardice.

Oh. Missed that

“Guys, I think I fucked up.”

Very cute to imply that “outside” is meaningful here, allowing you to pretend you’ve dodged responsibility

Yeah, and we all agreed about what was necessary to stop them- but Americans chose cowardice.

Maybe start fighting back?

Or, you know, sit there and get old and take it like a coward

Or, more likely, keep pretending that you’re not still WAY too comfortable to do fuck all

ITT: a bunch of “miserable” people who are way too comfortable and happy with their lives to fight back against what they claim is making them so (performatively) “miserable”

Oh, I thought you were done. Well, then, let’s have it, please. What kind of reaction would you like? Happy to accommodate you; you absolute fucking clown.

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Sure, nothing you can do. Obviously. You’re immune to criticism. But you sure do really care a lot about pretending you’re one of the good ones, don’t you? Keep responding, it’s fine.

Good intentions mean NOTHING.

You are a coward. It’s fine. It’s not like you’re the only one. Just wait for someone else to come take care of it for you. I’m sure they’ll be along any minute now.

The fact that you think Trump is the problem and not the 30% of your citizens embodying the absolute rot at the cwnter of your culture tells me all I need to know about you

Your grandchildren will pretend you didn’t exist. Enabler.