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I've been reading about how crappy our government is my entire life and barely anything changes or improves. Realistically, things are getting worse, more expen
by diogenescynic 4y ago
I've been reading about how crappy our government is my entire life and barely anything changes or improves. Realistically, things are getting worse, more expensive, and I don't see anyone who really votes for things not on an emotional level so we don't ever address real problems. I don't think anything will change about this for another 20 years.
- Mathnerd314 4y agoWell if you read https://peterturchin.com/cliodynamica/ https://peterturchin.com/cliodynamica/ he is saying that we are in the "Turbulent Twenties" and compared to the recent past there is significant political and social upheaval. Essentially the US is in a "chaotic period" where a spark could start a civil war or government collapse. But on an absolute scale, though, I guess this trend is easy to miss. The riots have only involved a few thousand people, and they haven't been incredibly violent or anything, a few people dead but not a lot. If you don't follow the news closely you could probably miss everything but the Capitol riot.
- notch898a 4y ago99.9% of people won't do anything so long as the tele and McDonalds is available.
- anticrymactic 4y ago> [The riots] haven't been incredibly violent or anything, a few people dead but not a lot. This is unimaginable to me. I can only speak for Germany here, but there was a single death[1] in the last 25 years on a protests. I'm so sorry for everyone living in America. [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Todesopfern_bei_Demonstrationen_in_der_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Todesopfern_bei_Demo... ( excluding accidents )