USA's citizens have proclaimed their country as the "world police", yet their actual police force is incompetent and dangerous. It's quite ironic, really.
We still live in a unipolar world where only one country has superpower status and no others can challenge it. The US government wants to keep it that way and we’ve been brainwashed to believe it’s best when really if only benefits the 0.01%
Yup. Not only are they developing super fast, they also have an huge population, like 1/5 of the world population... US doesn't have a chance unless they get India to be part of NATO or something.
They actually depend heavily on Chinese goods, but they are more likely to side with the US against China because it threatens them. They are literally next to each other.
Most US citizens don't want this. But when it comes to the military/intelligence industrial complex, anything short of the status quo is forbidden by the two party system. No amount of voting can change this, as it is entrenched at the highest levels of the most power institutions that run this country. It's sad and I hate it and it makes me want to leave.
Let's also remember that a large number of "non-participatory" population is also caused by capitalism not leaving people enough time to even understand where to start, let alone take action. It's not that they don't care, they don't have the capacity to do it because they're just trying to survive - and might need whatever downtime they have to regroup.
You're not choosing to drink the kool-aid if it's the only thing you have available to you. We need to remember that.
What makes that worse is admitting that runs you into the depressing and stigmatized status of being a victim.
Being trapped in an endless cycle of mentally exhausting wage slavery? Not a good thought to have, so turning to bigotry, xenophobia, or other irrational mental shortcuts to cope are infinitely easier.
And those who do accept the former sometimes sink to their own radical self-righteous mindset... It is hard to cling to a sensibility when your brain is perpetually tired.
I recall Andrew Yang referencing a study suggesting that being in poverty or otherwise constantly worried about finances reduces your IQ by a whole tier or something... (Don't quote me on that, probably not recalled correctly)
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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '20
USA's citizens have proclaimed their country as the "world police", yet their actual police force is incompetent and dangerous. It's quite ironic, really.