>>Although, the repair issues just mean that American is going to have to put on it's grown-up panties and start acting like a mature society and not the Wild-West it used to be.<<
That's a nice idea. But a lot of us are gona pitch a fit, like a little kid being told he can't play cops and robbers anymore. (We -or at least many of the dominant classes- are as a culture, very attatched to the Wild West as a cultural metaphor.)
A horrifying number of people seem to have a "these days are those days" mentality, with a thin veneer of modern social palatability over top.
I've actually had conversations where (reasonable, compassionate) people believe things like: "They're not a slaves [prisoners and wage slaves], they're criminals or uneducated louts," that conquerors are fair, that the American dream works, that you don't have to listen to "No" you are genuinely trying to help (nor do you have to stop/apoligise if happiness goes wrong, just blame the helpee for being uncooperatve and unappreciative).
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Date: 2021-06-04 02:17 pm (UTC)That's a nice idea. But a lot of us are gona pitch a fit, like a little kid being told he can't play cops and robbers anymore. (We -or at least many of the dominant classes- are as a culture, very attatched to the Wild West as a cultural metaphor.)
A horrifying number of people seem to have a "these days are those days" mentality, with a thin veneer of modern social palatability over top.
I've actually had conversations where (reasonable, compassionate) people believe things like: "They're not a slaves [prisoners and wage slaves], they're criminals or uneducated louts," that conquerors are fair, that the American dream works, that you don't have to listen to "No" you are genuinely trying to help (nor do you have to stop/apoligise if happiness goes wrong, just blame the helpee for being uncooperatve and unappreciative).