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> hopeful vision of the future that rings true to a majority of people 77+ million Americans don't want a "hopeful vision of the future". They want to be angry
by feoren 2y ago
> hopeful vision of the future that rings true to a majority of people
77+ million Americans don't want a "hopeful vision of the future". They want to be angry. They're addicted to the anger. They want to hurt people. Present them any vision you want; they are not ever going to pay attention to it.
- tayo42 2y agoI think your right for some. I think there is also some aspect of identity. "I identify with <these set of ideals> and that's just what we do" kind of thing.
- idle_zealot 2y agoThey want populism. That requires an enemy. It doesn't, however, require hurting anyone. If you're doing populism, you can either identify a set of scapegoats to slaughter or identify the actual impediments to solving the problems people experience in their lives. No party will identify such impediments, though. It would be very bad for business.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoMost people don't want to be angry. But it's easy to be angry in times like this, and people just need to point to a target to justify the anger. The answer is to ignore the theater and focus on improving lives anyway. The few truly hateful ones will be resolved quickly once people aren't worrying about rent, groceries, and making a living wage.