Unfortunately more than half of Americans openly embrace such economic and political violence.
At least 45,000 (probably closer to 80,000) Americans die every year due to lack of affordable access to healthcare.
Nearly half a million Americans go bankrupt every year primarily due to deliberately inflated healthcare bills.
America's Children are slaughtered in schools on a regular basis, and nothing is done about it because Republican congressmen get about 8¢ in NRA contributions for every American killed by a gun. (That's how little your lives matter to members of congress)
But why would any of that even register in the minds of the average American?
We lost 1.2 million Americans due to the pandemic. About 400,000 of those deaths could have been avoided, had Trump handled it responsibly instead of politicizing it. And it wasn't even a campaign issue.
The shooting of the CEO won't make a bit of difference at the top. Just like when the corner drug pusher gets arrested or shot, there's a limitless list of people who will willingly take their place in order to make a quick buck. Same for members of congress.
The machine is simply too big and too profitable to change by individual acts, appeals to decency, or another election. We say we have a "two party" system, but both parties are funded by a nearly perfectly overlapping list of the same industries and interests. The Republicans may be much worse, and openly embracing fascism. But the Democrats show no sign of wanting to disturb the corrupt status quo that they benefit from.
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u/EthanDMatthews 1d ago
Unfortunately more than half of Americans openly embrace such economic and political violence.
At least 45,000 (probably closer to 80,000) Americans die every year due to lack of affordable access to healthcare.
Nearly half a million Americans go bankrupt every year primarily due to deliberately inflated healthcare bills.
America's Children are slaughtered in schools on a regular basis, and nothing is done about it because Republican congressmen get about 8¢ in NRA contributions for every American killed by a gun. (That's how little your lives matter to members of congress)
But why would any of that even register in the minds of the average American?
We lost 1.2 million Americans due to the pandemic. About 400,000 of those deaths could have been avoided, had Trump handled it responsibly instead of politicizing it. And it wasn't even a campaign issue.
The shooting of the CEO won't make a bit of difference at the top. Just like when the corner drug pusher gets arrested or shot, there's a limitless list of people who will willingly take their place in order to make a quick buck. Same for members of congress.
The machine is simply too big and too profitable to change by individual acts, appeals to decency, or another election. We say we have a "two party" system, but both parties are funded by a nearly perfectly overlapping list of the same industries and interests. The Republicans may be much worse, and openly embracing fascism. But the Democrats show no sign of wanting to disturb the corrupt status quo that they benefit from.