Comment on What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country?
drmoose@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I think we’re just on a down wave globally. In early 00s we got social media which helped to organize people and lead to real actionable ideas. The bad actors figured it out and took control of our tools and now people are waiting for a new opportunity.
I think Americans need a strong leader and something to break the camel’s back. Everyone’s who’s angry now doesn’t have a good “deal” for risking exposure and their complacency because the failures are just too recent.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 6 days ago
“Wanting a strong leader” is what gave us trump. You be a leader or allow yourself to be led by people in your local community. There is no perfect leader that could ever check everyone’s boxes. If there was one thi g we could all agree on I’d like to know what it fucking is.
GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 6 days ago
trump isn’t a strong leader, he’s a very accomplished con artist.
He allows people to project their vision of who he is on him.
You say I’m christian? Sure I’ll pretend I am
You say I’m anti abortion? Sure I’ll pretend that I am
You say I’m for the little guy? Sure, I’ll pretend that I care about them
You say I’m anti-vax? Sure, I’ll tell you that I am
You say I’m the second coming of Christ? Okay, I’m good with you thinking that about me
You say I’m a strong patriot? Sure, I’ll hug the flag and say the words you need me to say
He is everything to everyone of his supporters because he never tells them that they are wrong about who he is.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I don’t think so. America will never settle in one or two people to be their leader. They need you to be a leader or they need you to give your support to someone else phones a decent enough leader to represent you. What you want is a magic bullet. Some one else to solve all your problems all at once. It doesn’t exist. Americans are notorious in their purity tests and infighting. When what all the American people need to do is compromise then there is no leader that can convince them to compromise for himself.
GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I think we are talking about leadership at different points of time.
The leader that America needs right now is someone to articulate and draw people together behind the idea of “Throwing the bums out” and in that context there is a large coalition of people that agree with that sentiment.
What happens after the bums are gone is where the in-fighting and purity tests start to take hold. But having the opportunity to argue about whether Leader A’s policy of taxing the billionaires at 90% vs. Leader B’s policy of 70% tax rate on them would be a welcomed change.