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Arguably, if our culture didn't offload essentially all responsibility for running society off to "democracy" (a magical term that no one really considers the p

Arguably, if our culture didn't offload essentially all responsibility for running society off to "democracy" (a magical term that no one really considers the precise, real world manifestation of...another cultural norm/shortcoming, that is strongly culturally enforced, often using conveniently existent memes/psychological-exploits) people may be more interested in problems and insist that they are addressed one way or another. But alas, this seems to be the equilibrium we're satisfied with (or insist upon) for now.

stevenwoo 4y ago
Also, any of the programs addressing the issues are often associated with the catchall terms "socialism" and "communism" pejoratively.
- mistermann 4y ago
  Magical words on top of magical words, yielding a magical reality. Strangely, it seems to be almost an unassailable phenomenon, like there is an intuition in people to defend the perspective. Granted, there is substantial propaganda in play, but one would think that at least some people would be able to transcend it.
Aunche 4y ago
Civics and government ought to be mandatory subjects in American schools. In school, we learn about the Civil Rights protests, and we learn about laws that made in response to these protests. What's completely neglected is are the lobbying and legislative process that lead to the creation of these laws. Nowadays, lobbying is a dirty word which for the average person means literal political bribery, which only leads to more political apathy.
- mistermann 4y ago
  There is a massive and extremely wide variety of things that occur that people either do not know of, or have an incorrect understanding of (which they do not realize). I wonder if holding conversations haphazardly across various social media platforms with essentially zero coordination or teaching/enforcement of skilful thinking and speech is an optimal way to run a planet. I've never encountered it in a corporation (at least not to the same degree), which suggests that it is not optimal. Oh well, I guess we will never know!

stevenwoo 4y ago

Also, any of the programs addressing the issues are often associated with the catchall terms "socialism" and "communism" pejoratively.

mistermann 4y ago
Magical words on top of magical words, yielding a magical reality. Strangely, it seems to be almost an unassailable phenomenon, like there is an intuition in people to defend the perspective. Granted, there is substantial propaganda in play, but one would think that at least some people would be able to transcend it.

Aunche 4y ago

Civics and government ought to be mandatory subjects in American schools. In school, we learn about the Civil Rights protests, and we learn about laws that made in response to these protests. What's completely neglected is are the lobbying and legislative process that lead to the creation of these laws. Nowadays, lobbying is a dirty word which for the average person means literal political bribery, which only leads to more political apathy.

mistermann 4y ago
There is a massive and extremely wide variety of things that occur that people either do not know of, or have an incorrect understanding of (which they do not realize). I wonder if holding conversations haphazardly across various social media platforms with essentially zero coordination or teaching/enforcement of skilful thinking and speech is an optimal way to run a planet. I've never encountered it in a corporation (at least not to the same degree), which suggests that it is not optimal. Oh well, I guess we will never know!