Yes, all adults of a nation are responsible for cultivating the culture of that nation. As I said in another comment, Trump (and MAGA) did not magically come from nowhere. They are the result of everyone in that country celebrating ego over humility, for turning a blind eye to real problems whilst circlejerking about moral authority and greatness, for chasing division over relatively minor issues rather than finding common ground on the major ones of our time. Americans of all political leanings have been projecting their own problems for decades whilst proclaiming to have “the greatest country in the world”.
As much as the situation in the states is infuriating we must not generalise and antagonise the good guys over there. We kindof need them to keep steering the situation for a better turn.
The “good guys” aren’t steering anything. They aren’t in control and the idea that things will be fixed if they were completely misses the point here. The American left is just as guilty of self-fellation when their chosen president stands up on a podium and jerks himself off about how his people are the greatest of all.
The adults of today? Or the children of yesterday when the cards were dealt? Maybe today’s children as well since eventually they are tomorrow’s adults…
I understand the rage but this is just too simplistic a view. And it doesn’t help, it just steer some shit.
The children of today will be adults one day, at which point they will have the same adult responsibilities as any of us. You can’t hold children accountable for the failings of adults, though. You seem to be making a backwards-looking, fatalistic argument that no one should be held responsible for anything because it all stems from somewhere in the past long before they were a responsible adult. I’m saying we have a responsibility as the adults of today to acknowledge the impact of history but choose empowerment and action to change our present and future. That starts with awareness and accountability, two things that are significantly lacking in our discourse currently (particularly discourse in the US, as I have been arguing).
Do you think that no one is trying to change things for the better? I don’t understand how you can blame every single person for the rise in facism we are witnessing in our societies.
Yes, I understand that. It was a hyperbolic response that didn’t engage with the point I was making, so rather than be drawn into a pointless debate about it I chose to interpret it in a way that allowed for more relevant discussion.
Yes, all adults of a nation are responsible for cultivating the culture of that nation. As I said in another comment, Trump (and MAGA) did not magically come from nowhere. They are the result of everyone in that country celebrating ego over humility, for turning a blind eye to real problems whilst circlejerking about moral authority and greatness, for chasing division over relatively minor issues rather than finding common ground on the major ones of our time. Americans of all political leanings have been projecting their own problems for decades whilst proclaiming to have “the greatest country in the world”.
The “good guys” aren’t steering anything. They aren’t in control and the idea that things will be fixed if they were completely misses the point here. The American left is just as guilty of self-fellation when their chosen president stands up on a podium and jerks himself off about how his people are the greatest of all.
The adults of today? Or the children of yesterday when the cards were dealt? Maybe today’s children as well since eventually they are tomorrow’s adults…
I understand the rage but this is just too simplistic a view. And it doesn’t help, it just steer some shit.
The children of today will be adults one day, at which point they will have the same adult responsibilities as any of us. You can’t hold children accountable for the failings of adults, though. You seem to be making a backwards-looking, fatalistic argument that no one should be held responsible for anything because it all stems from somewhere in the past long before they were a responsible adult. I’m saying we have a responsibility as the adults of today to acknowledge the impact of history but choose empowerment and action to change our present and future. That starts with awareness and accountability, two things that are significantly lacking in our discourse currently (particularly discourse in the US, as I have been arguing).
Do you think that no one is trying to change things for the better? I don’t understand how you can blame every single person for the rise in facism we are witnessing in our societies.
/u/an4g3l meant in terms of their ancestors. They’re not responsible for Belgiums occupation of Congo in the early 1900s.
Yes, I understand that. It was a hyperbolic response that didn’t engage with the point I was making, so rather than be drawn into a pointless debate about it I chose to interpret it in a way that allowed for more relevant discussion.