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US just needs to have their culture war done already. These words are not about the American petty fights but it appears that the new government is all for it.
by mrtksn 2y ago
US just needs to have their culture war done already. These words are not about the American petty fights but it appears that the new government is all for it.
It's kind of fascinating actually how Americans turned the whole pop culture into genitalia regulations and racist wealth redistribution. Before that in EU we had all this stuff and wasn't a problem. These stuff were about minorities and minorities stuff don't bother most people as these are just accommodations for small number of people.
I'm kind of getting sick and tired of pretending that stuff that concern %1 of the people are the mainstream thing. It's insufferable.
- hcurtiss 2y agoIt's because people see the manifestation of racism implicit in these policies affecting their daily lives. And they're done with it, no matter how much the elites hand-wave "what's the big deal?" The insufferability runs entirely the other direction.
- layer8 2y agoThat’s mainly an American phenomenon, however.
- hcurtiss 2y agoI'm not so sure. The acceptance of mass migration is rooted in many of the same principles, and push-back on that issue is fundamentally reshaping the political landscape in the UK and Europe.
- Juliate 2y agoIs it? Not sure what some "politicians" (cough Farage) promised them would happen, happened. https://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/Post-Brexit-UK-migration-trends-and-the-all-time-highs https://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/Post-...
- Dalewyn 2y agoThe rejection of woke ideals goes well beyond the US. The Japanese people also hate elements of woke getting into their culture and they don't even speak English.
- Juliate 2y agoWhat are you telling about exactly?
- Dalewyn 2y agoThat this is not "mainly an American phenomenon".
- Juliate 2y agoNo, the "rejection of woke ideals". What woke ideals? What rejection?
- Dalewyn 2y agoI tire of repeating that ad nauseum towards people engaging in bad will, so I'll just leave you some links: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/endi... https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reforming-the-federal-hiring-process-and-restoring-merit-to-government-service/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/refo... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_(video_game)
- Juliate 2y agoSorry, but I'm confused... It thought you were going to explain how "woke" is a bad thing, and how Japanese were counter progressive stuff. Instead, you give me two links to the current fascist White House propaganda - which makes me wonder if for you, woke is the exact opposite of "christian"? And a link about a video game which is... related how to woke/progress or conservative/fascism?
- milesrout 2y agoThose words are about precisely American culture war issues. It exported the culture war abroad years ago. It isn't about what % of the population is affected or number of people. It is about PRINCIPLES. Yes it matters just as much to enshrine dishonesty in law if it is dishonesty abour 1 person or 1000 people or 1m people. It matters.
- Juliate 2y agoFunny how principes are unevenly distributed too... Like, by the same principles (called, the law), the man that you made your president today should have been in jail for months, if not years; or, as in any decent democracy, should not have been able to run with so many pending lawsuits (hey, principles). But, somehow, he got a pass. And he got elected, so that gave him another pass. And now he disrupts the principles he's supposed to uphold (a thing called the Constitution). And he gets another pass. But. Sure. Principles. Of course.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoThe dominant "principle" at work in American politics domestically and in foreign relations and trade today is only this: "might makes right." As their neighbours to the north we recognize this as always having been there in the form of "manifest destiny" and talk of "God's Favoured Nation" and "greatest nation on earth" and so on, and were on the receiving end of this mindset in 1812 and prior and other times... but there's also always been (small-l) liberal counter-veiling forces that led to a more just balance and the encouragement of trade and legality and constitutionality and cultural interchange over dominance and control (for some). What we've seen from the American people is that at least 50% of them now want those guard rails completely removed. I see it all over comments sections on social media now. A bully mentality. Appeals to justice or sanity are met with a Nelson Muntz "ha-ha" and "what are you going to do about it?" It's very hard to feel hopeful right now.
- Juliate 2y agoI completely understand you as a European. I see the same thing, here, on social media, in some newspapers, even in some family. After WWII, we had found kind of an agreement of balance, and a dynamic indeed to institute legality and coordination across nations for peace and progress. And the USA were the foundation and support of that, almost even as if it had been its mission. No wonder UN is based in New York for that matter. The most striking is the pace at which this unfolds. It's hard to feel hopeful, but hard to feel hopeless too. It's like grief. Something is broken and lost forever, but also, with darkness comes clarity of where the light comes from. So resolute to speak up and organise, yes.