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milestogo

(19,015 posts)
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 02:12 PM 18 hrs ago

There are probably a lot of people who have no clue what is going on.

They watch game shows and soap operas, no news. In fact, they strenuously avoid it because its too hard. They will notice when prices go up but they wont know why. They don't vote because they don't think it matters.

This is America.

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There are probably a lot of people who have no clue what is going on. (Original Post) milestogo 18 hrs ago OP
Just watch Traildogbob 18 hrs ago #1
Those things need to be shown to everyone... SleeplessinSoCal 16 hrs ago #19
You're absolutely right, Americans are largely completely unaware SheltieLover 18 hrs ago #2
Yes I have friends and neighbors who are oblivious to what is going on. Irish_Dem 18 hrs ago #3
I believe a lot of it is deliberate. This is a result of decades of the Republican party running filthy campaigns Walleye 18 hrs ago #4
We are in the midst of The Butterfly Revolution SoCal Roomba 17 hrs ago #5
They won't be oblivious in 2 years orangecrush 17 hrs ago #6
Two months more likely Evolve Dammit 16 hrs ago #17
Yep orangecrush 11 hrs ago #24
What news has FOX been discussing these days? IcyPeas 17 hrs ago #7
Since i boycott both that is a great question. Boomerproud 26 min ago #32
Hardly anyone Cirsium 17 hrs ago #8
When your premise is to steal from and kill the people already here LuvLoogie 17 hrs ago #9
That is the most terrifying thing of all. Most Americans have been successfully conditioned to be as docile and Karasu 17 hrs ago #10
The terminally somnolent may have their blissfully non-aware state Aussie105 17 hrs ago #11
all of the above mokeyz 16 hrs ago #18
Could you please recall Rupert Murdoch et al.? He's spooky3 10 hrs ago #26
They think it doesn't matter in large part because of the "both sides are the same" message * Oopsie Daisy 16 hrs ago #12
You can add the flame-thrower BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago #20
Oh, god! I forgot about him. 🤮🤮 Oopsie Daisy 16 hrs ago #21
A lot of people who have no clue? LilElf70 16 hrs ago #13
Nailed it Evolve Dammit 16 hrs ago #14
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; yowzayowzayowza 16 hrs ago #15
DEI socialism is the reason for the higher prices IronLionZion 16 hrs ago #16
As FDR said... ancianita 15 hrs ago #22
Back in 2019, during the Democratic presidential primary season - DeeDeeNY 15 hrs ago #23
I watch zero news. Iggo 10 hrs ago #25
They won't JustAnotherGen 10 hrs ago #27
That's exactly the problem. They don't know. summer_in_TX 8 hrs ago #28
I blame "No Child Left Behind." Qutzupalotl 8 hrs ago #29
Why isn't this the headline in every newspaper in the LARGEST FONT? Martin Eden 37 min ago #30
My own family is tuned out except for my older sister Beringia 34 min ago #31

Traildogbob

(10,480 posts)
1. Just watch
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 02:15 PM
18 hrs ago

Jimmy Kimmel’s street interviews. Slugs are more aware of the shit coming.
The dumbest species on the planet. Oblivious to anything.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,834 posts)
19. Those things need to be shown to everyone...
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 04:39 PM
16 hrs ago

... so that we get Civics back in the schools. SERIOUSLY!

SheltieLover

(61,787 posts)
2. You're absolutely right, Americans are largely completely unaware
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 02:17 PM
18 hrs ago

I spent yesterday running errands and informing complete strangers that our country is under seige by slobby's handler.

The looks I got were priceless and would be funny if this weren't so serious. I sent people to various websites to verify & what seemed to really get their attention was when I would tell them "Freeze your credit!"

Absolutely criminal failure to report of pertinent news, imo. Why do we have to look over the pond to get real news about our country?

Irish_Dem

(62,851 posts)
3. Yes I have friends and neighbors who are oblivious to what is going on.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 02:18 PM
18 hrs ago

Even some smart Dems who blithely think that someone will swat down Trump and Musk.
Certainly there is some easy remedy and of course Trump and Musk will have some guardrails
and back down.

So we have ignorant and uninformed people and those who engage in magical thinking
and no understanding how psychopaths and fascists operate.

Walleye

(37,344 posts)
4. I believe a lot of it is deliberate. This is a result of decades of the Republican party running filthy campaigns
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 02:46 PM
18 hrs ago

And making politics so distasteful, that nobody wants to participate

SoCal Roomba

(59 posts)
5. We are in the midst of The Butterfly Revolution
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 02:53 PM
17 hrs ago

This has been in the works for awhile, read Curtis Yarvins Substack and see it for yourself.

https://nd8ed.substack.com/p/curtsyarvn?utm_medium=ios

orangecrush

(22,866 posts)
6. They won't be oblivious in 2 years
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 03:11 PM
17 hrs ago

After the shit has hit the fan.

We may see a massive wake up call.

Boomerproud

(8,569 posts)
32. Since i boycott both that is a great question.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 08:25 AM
26 min ago

Do they spend 100% of their time defending the sludge? I know DUers post what Eloon has to say on the 1000 radio podcasts he's on daily. What is he on? Never stops.

Cirsium

(1,590 posts)
8. Hardly anyone
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 03:14 PM
17 hrs ago

Hardly anyone is out of the reach of the 24/7 right wing media propaganda.

That is America.

LuvLoogie

(7,714 posts)
9. When your premise is to steal from and kill the people already here
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 03:34 PM
17 hrs ago

then kidnap and imprison people to do your work

Then to tell your populace of your Manifest Destiny heroism

As long as there is a McDs on the corner and a new season of your favorite show on the tube

They'll let you keep on doing what your doing in the name of god

Karasu

(496 posts)
10. That is the most terrifying thing of all. Most Americans have been successfully conditioned to be as docile and
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 03:42 PM
17 hrs ago

uninformed as fuck. Their lives evolve entirely around work to the point that they really don't think let alone care about much of anything else.

Aussie105

(6,658 posts)
11. The terminally somnolent may have their blissfully non-aware state
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 03:45 PM
17 hrs ago

kicked in the guts when the current situation affects them in practical ways.

Some mental activity may be detected when they discover prices are on the up and up.
Becoming uncomfortable is a great brain stimulant.
The question 'why is it so?' will bounce inside their heads, and some conclusions may be forthcoming.

How did a large part of the American population get to be like this?
Drugs?
Something in the water?
The education system?
The pervasive propaganda media that tells them to just consume, and not think?

spooky3

(36,824 posts)
26. Could you please recall Rupert Murdoch et al.? He's
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:35 PM
10 hrs ago

A big reason, in answer to your question.

Oopsie Daisy

(5,085 posts)
12. They think it doesn't matter in large part because of the "both sides are the same" message *
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 04:01 PM
16 hrs ago

* that we frequently hear from a certain segment who relate closely and sympathize with folks like Nina Turner, Michael Moore, Ralph Nader, Brihana Joy Gray, Cornell West, Jill Stein, Bill Maher, Susan Sarandon, et al. These are the ones who are angry at the Democratic party (for various reasons) and would rather burn it down and give the win to the GOP. Their message definitely suppresses the vote and support for Democrats.

yowzayowzayowza

(7,035 posts)
15. "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 04:15 PM
16 hrs ago

and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

IronLionZion

(47,361 posts)
16. DEI socialism is the reason for the higher prices
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 04:19 PM
16 hrs ago

those foreigners keep raising the prices higher because they're foreign like that. Elon Musk is finding so many efficiencies in government. Where's my Social Security check this month?

DeeDeeNY

(3,632 posts)
23. Back in 2019, during the Democratic presidential primary season -
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 05:03 PM
15 hrs ago

my son attended one of Elizabeth Warren's speeches when she was in NY and stayed afterward to take a selfie with her. I proudly showed that picture to someone I knew, and she looked at it blankly and asked who the woman with my son was!!! She honestly didn't know of Elizabeth Warren. But she could identify all the winners of reality shows.

JustAnotherGen

(34,222 posts)
27. They won't
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:36 PM
10 hrs ago

Until Musk interrupts all television and someho, streaming services to advise them he's now taken control.

I'd say during the Superbowl.

summer_in_TX

(3,415 posts)
28. That's exactly the problem. They don't know.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:33 AM
8 hrs ago

But they are the exact ones, especially the Republicans, who need to know. Elon has breached the US Treasury and has access to their data? Making them aware, and very rapidly, is what Heather Cox Richardson is calling for. That with all of us calling our federal and state representatives demanding to know WTAF?

Heather Cox Richardson
Politics Chat: February 22, 2025



It's doable, but can we overcome our inertia, our excuses for not doing that out of social fear? Can we?

Qutzupalotl

(15,185 posts)
29. I blame "No Child Left Behind."
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:44 AM
8 hrs ago

Twenty years later, we're in deep shit. Nobody understands civics or history, but they know how to take a test in 2005.

Martin Eden

(13,741 posts)
30. Why isn't this the headline in every newspaper in the LARGEST FONT?
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 08:14 AM
37 min ago

Stating that this is the CRIME OF THE CENTURY is an understatement.

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