Political Memes

As an American, I think we go well beyond that. The average person here totally ignores every other country's suffering and problems most of the time. And then we (on average) whine like small children as soon as we face any serious problem that's been widespread around the world. This is more than just "I have my own things to do deal with". It's more like "It's only a problem because it's happening to me". IMO, of course.

The Nordics are as capitalist as any most countries and still have billionaires. The difference is that they hold their politicians accountable. They also have strong unions (in fact, there is no minimum wage but rather it is negotiated between unions and employers). They have progressive taxation, and to deter rich people leaving with their assets, Nordic countries have capital flight tax.

The Nordics prove that capitalism with democracy works, but the difference is that they know they have to work for it. A lot of people around the world forget they hold the power as a collective and could pressure their representatives to do the right thing.

I fear there might be too many people that will just want to go back to status quo, and not change things to prevent this from happening again. Especially since the banks and corporations will be wanting nothing to fundamentally change so they can keep exploiting people.

But hopefully I'm just being pessimistic

The problem is that unorganized resistance is impossible. It will result in martyrs and nothing more. No one wants to be a martyr for a doomed cause except fanatics who aren’t much use to anyone. And most people are willing to endure extreme pains if it means they get to live. The tipping point comes when there is a plausible way out through resistance. That has not yet show itself.

Organizing is difficult because it must be secret. The US government is proficient in infiltrating and destroying organized resistance and countering the same. (See all the revolutions it has fucked over the years.) An open rebellion will be quashed immediately with the media demonizing any participants.

To the extent that there is a successful or potentially successful resistance, we will not hear about it until it makes a major move. It will then be destroyed or rallied behind depending on how it deals with propoganda and whether it can garner general public support.

A military coup by a high ranking officer who takes their oath to uphold the constitution seriously is more likely to succeed. But such a person is likely not to exist because of the right wing nature of the military in the US.

If things keep going how they are going the rest of the world will need to take military action to end it a la WW1 and 2.

Most foreigners are putting the blame on potential allies in the US for not acting fast enough thus helping to fracture any movement before it can begin.

I voted but a billionaire unironically bribed people to vote against me. The remaining options are grim and not enough people are at that point.