I’m getting quite strained from the sentiment I’m gathering from people who possess a level of cynicism to where, they believe all Americans deserve what’s happening and been happening. I don’t agree with that.

There are 75 million Americans, who tried, really tried to get out there and prevent what was to come. We just didn’t expect to be outnumbered by two million more people. But I think it’s unfair to say that those 75 million americans who tried to prevent the floodgates from opening, deserve this. Because they don’t.

There are other countries out in the world right now, who have just as bad leadership if not worse. Should we just assume the people there deserve it? No. Because there are probably people who are likely against their corrupt leaders. America is no different in that field.

We will try again come mid-terms, provided there are mid-terms. Hopefully the 77 million americans who did in fact vote for trump, have gotten enough of a wake-up call, that maybe their poor judgment and poorer decision making wasn’t as good as they thought. Because it is they that have damned us to this mess and we know it, we’ve seen it.

But don’t get this idea in your head that every American endorse the idea that we like what we have.

  • adhd_traco@piefed.socialEnglish
    181·
    9 days ago

    I know this is Off My Chest, so I’m glad you could get it out there :) But here are some thoughts, if you wanna have a look.

    I don’t blame the average Russian for having Putin in power, I don’t blame the over-worked people who get sucked into brainwashing. If you expect people with worse resources to perform as well as you with better resources, then shouldn’t you expect even more of yourself? I don’t really care for blame generally. Everything is ultimately very interconnected. I just want change, and try to focus on that and am happy for any positive actions people take.

    I also think it’s a bit silly to just look at voting, when that’s such a small part of upholding/creating justice and democracy. What about the people who work on transparency, social and ecological justice, regardless of who’s in power? Just a few of the things that contribute to direction an entire nation state takes.

    Here’s a related excerpt from MLK’s Riverside Speech

    Really, I think the entire speech is just as powerful and relevant today.

    Now, I’ve chosen to preach about the war in Vietnam because I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal.

    The truth of these words is beyond doubt, but the mission to which they call us is a most difficult one. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government’s policy, especially in time of war. Nor does the human spirit move without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought within one’s own bosom and in the surrounding world. Moreover, when the issues at hand seem as perplexing, as they often do in the case of this dreadful conflict, we’re always on the verge of being mesmerized by uncertainty. But we must move on. Some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony. But we must speak. We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak. And we must rejoice as well, for in all our history there has never been such a monumental dissent during a war, by the American people.

    • MotoAsh@piefed.socialEnglish
      99·
      9 days ago

      Americans haven’t been sitting around letting it happen. Not all, anyways. If you do not blame Russians for Putin, then it is pure hypocrisy to blame US citizens. Period.

      I don’t think the people taking your stance actually understand how poor and uneducated most US citizens are. The majority of people have been one paycheck away from homelessness for years. Even before Trump. The US likes to talk a big game, but it is nothing like the GDP would suggest for most Americans…

      Again, if you don’t blame Russians, yet do blame the US, you’re simply being an ignorant hypocrite.

      • adhd_traco@piefed.socialEnglish
        12·
        9 days ago

        You completely misunderstood me.

        Everything I said is to say precisely that I don’t blame the average American. I mean, I even talked about people generally, not Russians after the first sentence, and specifically said that I don’t care for blame generally…

        I don’t blame the average Russian for having Putin in power, I don’t blame the over-worked people who get sucked into brainwashing. If you expect people with worse resources to perform as well as you with better resources, then shouldn’t you expect even more of yourself? I don’t really care for blame generally.