And, Herein Lies The Problem...

[Soph0571]

...People have a marvellous ability to ignore how shitty things are for other people as long as they are insulated from any nasty that is occurring. It is not Chicken Little to say that the sky is about to start falling and people had better sit up and take notice before a big chunk falls on them...

The Destroyers of Democracy, those who wish for us all to live in a dystopian future today rely on the masses not paying attention... it has been ever thus.

Just sayin'

[usaf-vet]

1. Then it's too late!

[Perseus]

2. It gets worst, people who vote republican think they are excempt of all the evil being done

They think they won't be affected by the evil the administration is bringing upon us and the World. There is this "insulation mentality" which I am still trying to figure out where it comes from, I know in part is due to ignorance, but even basic logic would tell people that if the World explodes in massive war, you will also see bullets flying by you, and one of them will hit you, at the end of the day bullets don't know who you voted for, what demented bill you supported.

[luvtheGWN]

5. I like your term "insulation mentality".

It explains why so many don't believe that healthcare should be a right, not a privilege. And why they don't care about the desperately poor. They are immune to the term "There but for the grace of god go I".

They also don't know history. If they knew that a single bullet fired by a protester which killed an Austrian Arch-Duke (an insignificant person in the European hierarchy) led to millions being killed in a war that never should have happened, and that indirectly led to a second world war killing many, many millions more, would they stop to consider that the dolt they voted for could cause their very own destruction?

No. After all, they consider themselves protected by a sky fairy.

I just noticed something on facebook about a Mormon elder who believes in shading the truth (or outright denying it) is the least hurtful thing to do. Could it be because if Mormons actually knew the truth about their founder, they'd be too, too hurt?????

[FakeNoose]

3. I need to read Margaret Atwood's new book

She's an amazing author, so prescient that "The Handmaid's Tale" was written over 30 years ago.

[Soph0571]

4. It is brilliant. I finished it over the weekend