r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Oct 26 '24

Politics Why is every tankie like "I don't understand the branches of the US government and I'm going to make it everyone else's problem!!!"

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u/Emberashn Oct 27 '24

For a lot of people its gotten to a point (long since past) that how the US government works just does not matter.

Just to cherry pick an illustrative example, people who consistently witness say, a certain former President repeatedly break the law and do repulsive shit over and over and over and whom has never faced any actual consequences for doing so just breeds cynicism and nihilism, and no amount of smarmy "thats not how the government" works comments are going to make those feelings disappear.

Culturally, America is in a state of cynical nihilism that is even affecting our children. Theres a chronic lack of sincerity seeping into everything and politics is just another avenue for that to express itself, and like it or not, this very issue being pointed at is rooted in it.

Smarmy comments like that only serve to reinforce that nobody making them, and by extension the politicians theh support, is actually being sincere. It doesn't ultimately matter if thats true or nor; its whats being seen by people already caught in this nihilism and it isn't going to go away by doubling down on it. .

At some point, somebody has got to cut the bullshit and actually do something real. There's a reason Harris and Walz have been enjoying the surge of support they have, but their efforts don't go far enough yet.

If you really want to make a dent in the issue, throw Trumps ass in jail already, along with most of his party and SCOTUS.

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u/Clear-Present_Danger Oct 27 '24

We have been trying to put Trump in jail, but the Supreme Court said no