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There must always be one or more distractions to keep the American people from thinking too hard about why we still don't have universal healthcare, sane vacati

There must always be one or more distractions to keep the American people from thinking too hard about why we still don't have universal healthcare, sane vacation time, or any number of other European standards. Wars were the pastime of old, they've gone more or less out of fashion, you'd think a pandemic would encourage universal healthcare but of course those in power made sure that would not get any media cycles, and now we have aliens.

mc32 5y ago
Oh, there are so many other distractions, they don't need one more. In any case, people have been complacent with regards to your list of complaints anyway, it's not as though we're on the verge of a revolution (we're not VZ or NK or IR, needing vigorous distractions)
- meetups323 5y ago
  Or maybe we're not VZ, NK, or IR precisely because our distraction machine is so darn productive, in that it gives us new distractions even when we don't need more. All the nonsense surrounding the Jan 6 riots goes in hand with this. Remember all the talk a year ago about the tremendous good that would come from Dem controlled house, prez, and senate? Yeah nah, we're just stuck debating possibly starting an investigation of a one time event from half a year ago.
  - mc32 5y ago
    I think a lot of that is just playing to a base. The Dem base is upset that they cannot achieve "a dream scenario" prog agenda, so the mainstream Dems throws them a bone. On the Repub side, the mainstream would throw the 'repeal ACA bone' in lieu of not being able to deliver their own "dream scenario." But I don't think that's classic redirection to avoid revolution Cuba-style. In those places it's eternally the day-after the revolution. Marches, efforts, pronouncements, denouncements, mobilizations, speeches, external scapegoating, etc.)

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There must always be one or more distractions to keep the American people from thinking too hard about why we still don't have universal healthcare, sane vacati

by meetups323 5y ago

mc32 5y ago
Oh, there are so many other distractions, they don't need one more. In any case, people have been complacent with regards to your list of complaints anyway, it's not as though we're on the verge of a revolution (we're not VZ or NK or IR, needing vigorous distractions)
- meetups323 5y ago
  Or maybe we're not VZ, NK, or IR precisely because our distraction machine is so darn productive, in that it gives us new distractions even when we don't need more. All the nonsense surrounding the Jan 6 riots goes in hand with this. Remember all the talk a year ago about the tremendous good that would come from Dem controlled house, prez, and senate? Yeah nah, we're just stuck debating possibly starting an investigation of a one time event from half a year ago.
  - mc32 5y ago
    I think a lot of that is just playing to a base. The Dem base is upset that they cannot achieve "a dream scenario" prog agenda, so the mainstream Dems throws them a bone. On the Repub side, the mainstream would throw the 'repeal ACA bone' in lieu of not being able to deliver their own "dream scenario." But I don't think that's classic redirection to avoid revolution Cuba-style. In those places it's eternally the day-after the revolution. Marches, efforts, pronouncements, denouncements, mobilizations, speeches, external scapegoating, etc.)