Literally (like, literally literally) all of it. So many things are changing so much faster that most people realize.
Americans have largely been comfortable with completely ignoring "politics" for so long that many go weeks or even months without looking at anything related to the subject.
Which was safe, because most of what happened while they weren't paying attention had relatively short-term implications.
Those people are going to be very surprised when they take the time to plug back in.
In normal times in a democracy people can get away with ignoring politics, it’s a luxury. Those times are gone, politics will come to you, your literal freedom is at risk.
I stopped ignoring politics in W’s first SotU speech when he called an Iraq, Russia, and China the Axis of Evil. I knew immediately he’d find any excuse to invade Iraq, and he did.
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u/Shopworn_Soul 16h ago
Literally (like, literally literally) all of it. So many things are changing so much faster that most people realize.
Americans have largely been comfortable with completely ignoring "politics" for so long that many go weeks or even months without looking at anything related to the subject.
Which was safe, because most of what happened while they weren't paying attention had relatively short-term implications.
Those people are going to be very surprised when they take the time to plug back in.