I honestly feel like as a society, we aren’t angry enough.
Remember just a few months ago when everyone was hyper-fixated on ICE, Trump, the files, and even the hantavirus? You couldn’t escape it. it was all over the news, tiktok, etc. But after like, 2 weeks everyone just moved on and forgot.
This isn’t really new. Something massive and terrible drops, it goes viral for two weeks, and then the collective attention span resets and everyone moves on to the next trend. Now, all anyone cares about is the World Cup.
We should really be outraged. We are dealing with massive corruption at the highest levels of government, and our response is basically non-existent. Sure, we (had) a few protests, but what is cosplaying as bakugo going to solve? It’s wild to me that people will start a riot over a basketball game, but when it comes to the people running our country, we just shrug.
And I know what you’re gonna say, “Knives if you care so much what SHOULD we do then?” And honestly, I don’t know. If we get more aggressive with protests and start riots and go buck crazy, it’ll probably just cause more harm than good. We’re trapped in a cycle where we feel completely powerless to change anything, so I can’t even fully blame people for just moving on and not worrying. The best-case scenario is just sitting tight for four years and praying for a better president, or just some sort of change at least.
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rusababy
I want to think it's because of us bein' so caught up in recommendation-algorithm platforms like TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, etc; social media definitely has its place in this mess. I remember learnin' in history class about all the types of change we had made as a society, but now all I can feel like is happenin' is straight regression....
savvluvsllamas__
so right. change was happening, but it seems soicety stops trying to make change happen as much when it does happen. when change stops happening, people give up. it seems to be a never ending loop of change happening, society not fighting as much for change, change stops happening, people giving up.
xXellie.exorcismXx
you're so right, the majority is only angry when its a trend and they'll get attention from it. nobody cares enough.