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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 09:24 AM Jan 2020

They rely on a general lack of outrage as they screw everyone over



It is not the nutters that cheer them on they need to do the real damage, it is the 'I'm all right jack' crowd, that keep quiet in the face of such destruction of norms pf governance who give them the space and power that they need to destroy...

A lack of a point of view in these times of ours is a very dangerous thing indeed.
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They rely on a general lack of outrage as they screw everyone over (Original Post) Soph0571 Jan 2020 OP
Even when it's your ox that's getting gored Cirque du So-What Jan 2020 #1
They also DISTRACT so that voters are outraged about something else while... CousinIT Jan 2020 #2
Many are outraged... lame54 Jan 2020 #3

Cirque du So-What

(25,927 posts)
1. Even when it's your ox that's getting gored
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 10:03 AM
Jan 2020

too many people have a fatalistic attitude and do or say nothing.

CousinIT

(9,239 posts)
2. They also DISTRACT so that voters are outraged about something else while...
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 01:03 PM
Jan 2020

...behind the scenes they're fucking people over from every direction: financial/economic, environment, healthcare, education, infrastructure.

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