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Originally Posted by Adder
Meanwhile, Erick Erickson last week:
When I was interviewing for Summer Associate gigs, during the 2000 election, dude said that W running on education was yet further proof that women shouldn't have the right to vote (such silly things wouldn't be on the national agenda, you see).
Neither troll likely "really" meant it, but shit's definitely gone the wrong way. |
What's shocking to me right now is the muted response to the possibility of
Roe being overturned. I think it demonstrates an exhaustion among the public.
Rerun the history:
2008 - Insane financial crisis
2009 - Extreme polarization initiated by right wing after Obama elected
2009-2015 - "Meh" economy/Terrible uptick in inequality
2016 - Orange guy gets elected
2016 - Fake News/National gaslighting
2017-2019 - Trump insanity/Impeachment/More extreme polarization
2020 - Covid
2022 - Putin invades Ukraine
The destruction of bedrock norms seems to have become a norm in itself. I surmise people are simply exhausted. What the fuck happens next?
There's also a feeling, and you can ask anyone this question, that we're in some form of entropy that's going to resolve to the positive, with an emergence of better institutions, or to the negative, with a further degradation into a technically governed but not really governed form of plutocracy/fascist state controlled by monopolies, financiers, and professional politicians doing their bidding. Things are, objectively, fraying a bit.
The more people feel like they are not being heard, demonstrated by things like SCOTUS chucking
Roe out the window, the less see the see a need to respect the institutions that govern them. When it gets to a point that govt has no real respect, and can only attempt to keep control by force, you've got a state in name only.
If you think any of this is untrue, think back to Charlie Rangel's statement 20 years ago that the surest way to start a Civil War would be to attempt to have a draft. Imagine Putin nuked something in Europe. Imagine for some reason we had to fight a WWIII in some traditional fashion (yes, I know it wouldn't go that way, but don't fight the hypo). Would Americans allow their kids to be drafted?
I certainly wouldn't. There's no way in hell. And I think about 90% of the country is on the same page with me, for numerous and varied but all valid reasons.
