From the limited online research I recently conducted, mass indifference to the depravity of the aspiring autocrat and his most fanatical followers is one major cause and indicator that a democracy is descending into autocracy.
In certain instances, this indifference appears to me to be caused by a lack of empathy for those being …
From the limited online research I recently conducted, mass indifference to the depravity of the aspiring autocrat and his most fanatical followers is one major cause and indicator that a democracy is descending into autocracy.
In certain instances, this indifference appears to me to be caused by a lack of empathy for those being persecuted and demonized by the aspiring autocrat and his most rabid adherents because in the minds of the ordinary people supporting the autocrat the “undesirables” are getting what they deserve.
In other instances, it seems to me to be caused when citizens are distracted from the deranged behavior of the wannabe autocrat and his most devoted followers due to problems in their personal life, an unhealthy relationship or financial struggles, for example.
And still in other instances, it may be caused by complacency among citizens, particularly powerful and influential citizens, because they incorrectly think what is occurring is being blown way out of proportion by hysterical people. I believe that the contemporary Democratic Party fits perfectly into this third category.
The reason many Democrats might very naively think this way is because everything in America has always worked out for the better in the end and, therefore, they think it always will. And also maybe because many of them, especially their leaders in Washington, DC and in capitals in blue states, are cocooned from the rest of the nation in their offices all day and relate to very few people except each other and their fundraisers.
Thus, they are unable to observe what is actually occurring in the overwhelming majority of the United States. This detachment from reality may be why they tell the tens of millions of Americans who are struggling financially “What’s a matter with you, the economy is doing great, the stock market is up, crime is way down, and their are fewer border crossings,” seemingly oblivious to the fact that this is not the lived experience of tens of millions of Americans and may come off as condescending to many of them.
JVL wrote the other day about the failure of imagination among many of Trump’a detractors, and I think you were alluding to this as well. It should be blatantly obvious to anyone who is not completely clueless that Trump is attempting to launch a nonviolent coup in order to convert the U.S. into an autocracy, and is succeeding. He desires to rule the United States like his idol Putin rules Russia. That is why he is trying to turn the FBI into a version of the Russian FSB, the successor to the KGB.
Trump needs to somehow be removed from office immediately before any more irreparable damage is done to the nation and world. And Democrats in the Congress need to grind the Senate to a halt or even boycott Congress altogether, and there should be a general strike across the country by opponents of Trump and fascism until this madness and wickedness stops.
The fact that Democrats are treating the current situation largely like politics as usual is another good example of how are out of touch and detached from reality they are. They need to pump the volume way up, right now!
Sabrina,
From the limited online research I recently conducted, mass indifference to the depravity of the aspiring autocrat and his most fanatical followers is one major cause and indicator that a democracy is descending into autocracy.
In certain instances, this indifference appears to me to be caused by a lack of empathy for those being persecuted and demonized by the aspiring autocrat and his most rabid adherents because in the minds of the ordinary people supporting the autocrat the “undesirables” are getting what they deserve.
In other instances, it seems to me to be caused when citizens are distracted from the deranged behavior of the wannabe autocrat and his most devoted followers due to problems in their personal life, an unhealthy relationship or financial struggles, for example.
And still in other instances, it may be caused by complacency among citizens, particularly powerful and influential citizens, because they incorrectly think what is occurring is being blown way out of proportion by hysterical people. I believe that the contemporary Democratic Party fits perfectly into this third category.
The reason many Democrats might very naively think this way is because everything in America has always worked out for the better in the end and, therefore, they think it always will. And also maybe because many of them, especially their leaders in Washington, DC and in capitals in blue states, are cocooned from the rest of the nation in their offices all day and relate to very few people except each other and their fundraisers.
Thus, they are unable to observe what is actually occurring in the overwhelming majority of the United States. This detachment from reality may be why they tell the tens of millions of Americans who are struggling financially “What’s a matter with you, the economy is doing great, the stock market is up, crime is way down, and their are fewer border crossings,” seemingly oblivious to the fact that this is not the lived experience of tens of millions of Americans and may come off as condescending to many of them.
JVL wrote the other day about the failure of imagination among many of Trump’a detractors, and I think you were alluding to this as well. It should be blatantly obvious to anyone who is not completely clueless that Trump is attempting to launch a nonviolent coup in order to convert the U.S. into an autocracy, and is succeeding. He desires to rule the United States like his idol Putin rules Russia. That is why he is trying to turn the FBI into a version of the Russian FSB, the successor to the KGB.
Trump needs to somehow be removed from office immediately before any more irreparable damage is done to the nation and world. And Democrats in the Congress need to grind the Senate to a halt or even boycott Congress altogether, and there should be a general strike across the country by opponents of Trump and fascism until this madness and wickedness stops.
The fact that Democrats are treating the current situation largely like politics as usual is another good example of how are out of touch and detached from reality they are. They need to pump the volume way up, right now!