The question the professor raises is the right one for this moment: where is the outrage? Two thoughts come to mind. Ten years into the political virago that is Donald Trump, people are exhausted. And also, has there been for some time a bit of complacency? Have we taken for granted too much, assuming that our democracy is a fortress that has always landed on its feet? And was there a kind of asleep at the switch that cracked open a path for this person to squeeze through?
It's not that people are happy, or not outraged. They're: afraid, in daily shock at his law busting actions, exhausted, and haven't woken up from the hazy faith that somehow, things will take care of themselves. We survived a civli war, after all. The luxury of that thinking is no longer affordable. People haven't absorbed that reality, yet.
Any thoughts on the meeting tomorrow with the all the military leaders and generals.
The question the professor raises is the right one for this moment: where is the outrage? Two thoughts come to mind. Ten years into the political virago that is Donald Trump, people are exhausted. And also, has there been for some time a bit of complacency? Have we taken for granted too much, assuming that our democracy is a fortress that has always landed on its feet? And was there a kind of asleep at the switch that cracked open a path for this person to squeeze through?
It's not that people are happy, or not outraged. They're: afraid, in daily shock at his law busting actions, exhausted, and haven't woken up from the hazy faith that somehow, things will take care of themselves. We survived a civli war, after all. The luxury of that thinking is no longer affordable. People haven't absorbed that reality, yet.