I challenge your premise: They are mad. Not all of them, but plenty of people are upset and angry. More to follow the way things are going: The worse things get, the angrier they’ll get.
If you’re not angry enough to even mention it in your daily life, are you really angry?
Who the fuck said they aren’t?
You?
Fuck outta here.
Oh so angry. I’m going to go to work and do my masters bidding tomorrow I’m so angry!
Those guys killed in slave uprisings must have been fucking cool as shit. Imagin how hard it must of been to stand up to these very same bullies, in heart, mind, and spirit, back then.
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Because a third of Americans are uninformed, another third is misinformed and thinks the current administration is in line with their goals, the other third is being gaslit by the other 2/3s that this is normal… And for those not buying the gaslighting, they are ignored and still too small of a group to do much.
30 years of watching progressive movements flounder and civil action lead to absolutely zero substantial changes has given me a defeatist attitude. What good is getting mad? It’s not like it will change anything.
Because I’m not mad about it. In fact, a LOT of the country isn’t mad about it. That’s how and why Trump won the election.
Lemmy needs to come to terms with the fact that Lemmy’s opinions are not the majority right now.
Not yet 🙂
You’re in trouble like the rest of us. You just don’t know it yet.I’m not in trouble at all. I’m financially independent, in a rural town, with my own place and land, and I don’t work for anyone.
And I also know that you the world isn’t going to end just because Trump is president. You all just doomscroll all day. Go outside. No one takes this as seriously as Lemmy does. lol
You think you’re in the clear and you’re cool with Trump and all. But there’s one thing I know: the minute he wrongs you - be it your tax return check not being mailed because the IRS is in shambles, or the water at your tap tasting like shit because the EPA is in shambles and someone started fracking in your area, or ICE invading your property because someone told them you’re harboring illegal migrants… you’ll become the most ardent Trump hater.
It’s always the same with evangelists: all it takes is one little thing and they flip so hard they become rabid haters of what they used to believe in.
It’s the typical conservative mindset, “It doesn’t affect me so I don’t care.”
None of that is gonna happen. I’m not worried. You have a chance to vote for some democrat next election. Do do that. I like Trump.
Good luck
I’m having a great time so far.
What do you like most? The rampant corruption, the oligarchs siphoning money directly out of your taxes, the farmers being hurt and some who are yet to know it, or just the growth of racism and sexism brought on by this?
Number of working class people hurt: millions Number of billionaires helped, hundreds Number of idiots who think the trickle down effect works: To many illiterate people. Helping China and Russia daily.
Mothers of our kids and those kids, hurt daily. Enjoy yourself. But everything I said is true and some day maybe you’ll see it. Until then, your ignorance is bliss
All that happened before Trump took office. You think this just started in the last month or so?! lmao
Were you this angry when Biden was in office and did nothing to help you?
Hahahahaha
Both sides nonsense with no evidence always helps nothing. Please show me what you are referring too
The feeling that nobody else really gives a shit is what does it for me.
I care too, what can I do to prove that I care to you?
I believe you, but this is also a very left-leaning site that pretty much filters out all of the conservative idiocy from it. The general public doesn’t seem to give a shit and when I go out and about in the world it’s like nothing has even changed. I suspect it will be this way for a while even if eventually there is full-blown fascism with a world war and death camps. I remember reading remarks by people who were around during the formation of the Third Reich in Germany and I remember them writing something like all the shops and everything were open and people were going to work like normal for a large portion of it. There was even a person that didn’t realize how crazy the country had gotten until he saw his small child imitating Hitler and saying antisemitic shit about Jews.
A sense of entitlement and superiority I would imagine.
I don’t know. Talking to everyone in this thread no one has told me they feel superior or beyond reproach. Mostly they just say their drawn too thin.
It is an ingrained attitude seen through statements like “leaders of the freeworld”, “the great american experiment”, “the most powerful person in the world (potus)”, etc.
Americans have too much pride in a shithole country. There just isnt much justifiable pride to be found in modern america yet the leading party over every part of government maintains this greatest countrt ever bs.
I don’t know, there are lots of really good things about America. I am happy to be here rather then a laundry list of other counties.
Great, a lot of times this attitude comes from having not been elsewhere but maybe not with you. I cant personally see any great benefit.other than weather and landmarks but that is just down to size and ability to travel negates it.
They’re rasict and it’s exactly what they want.
If you’re keeping your self from being angry because the rascist want you to be angry you’re still basing your behavior based on what racists want.
Not sure I understand your comment. Maybe mine wasn’t clear either. The question was: What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country? My clarified response is: Because most Americans are racist and voted for a racist and they’re not mad because the current state of their country is exact what they want.
Maybe not a nuianced or particularly fair response but, regardless, I’m not sure what that has to do with my behavior or feelings.
I thought you were saying they were racists and the want you to be angry. You know, “own the libs.”
I don’t know man, I’m so disheartened right now. Trump just declared he was the only person who could interpret law and the courts have dismissed all the cases against doge.
All I see is memes and and memes and memes when my country just changed its status to oligarchy. I’m tired. I’ll be better in the morning. Sorry I didn’t catch your meaning. You’re good.
I’m mad, but what? Once we pull out the guillotines there’s no going back, so right now I’m hoping that checks and balances thing starts to kick in soon.
I dunno, they seem to be mad. It’s just most of them are wrong about who they should be mad at and why
Brainwashing from the moment they were born
My education in California was only to facilitate me becoming a wage slave.
The majority aren’t at the point where they are willing to sacrifice everything yet. They have families, homes, food, friends. Currently the administration hasn’t taken away enough from enough people to get it really going. It will be coming though. People just haven’t felt the affects yet
Why not?
Because people believe that they might be able keep what they have if they keep quiet and also believe they might loose their way or life or in general their life if they take up arms
Serious question: wouldn’t the MAGA/Republicans just pick up arms in return?
It feels like the divide in the US is so massive right now that you can’t agree on anything at all. No offence intended…
Republicans have majority control over the media. They don’t know what’s happening because their news doesn’t cover it.
Most of my countrymen are very, very fucking stupid.
The rest are generally angry
The stupid ones are angry too… They’re just so stupid they are angry at the wrong things/people
Busy with day to day affairs, gotta pay rent/mortgage/medical bills, gotta feed the family, gotta keep working, can’t take risks, …
People only revolt when they can no longer do those things. Literal starvation is often the cause of revolution in history. Let’s face it America is not there. Yes life is becoming a crushing grind. Yes we have statistics from policy institutes about food insecurity blah blah. But America is not fucking starving. If a few are, they do not have the strength to overpower the many others who still have something left to lose.
Those of us who are extremely upset about the state of our country are constantly wondering WTF is wrong with the other ones. I think a large part of it is a slow, progressive dumbing down by our growing addiction to entertainment and convenience. We’ve become a nation of 13-year-olds who think mom is a bitch for making us go to the dentist.
