While the media fixate on partisan blame, Russ Vought and a hard-right GOP faction are quietly using the shutdown to sidestep Congress and reshape government.
What I don’t understand is that “the media” is staffed by ordinary people that are suffering as much as everyone else. Every single one of these organisations has the option to disagree, but nobody does. It’s impossible that they are all staffed only by by magats - why doesn’t anything happen against this fascism?
Many Americans, especially white men who haven’t been targeted much so far, don’t feel that the problems matter to them personally. They think “everything is cyclical, it’s all just hype, I’m doing OK, I can’t risk my job, fuck it”.
And that will work for them, until some day it won’t, because fascists are never satisfied with what they have. But it’s sad, too, because it shows a clear lack of community values.
The media are not missing it, they are complacent in helping the power grab
What I don’t understand is that “the media” is staffed by ordinary people that are suffering as much as everyone else. Every single one of these organisations has the option to disagree, but nobody does. It’s impossible that they are all staffed only by by magats - why doesn’t anything happen against this fascism?
Many Americans, especially white men who haven’t been targeted much so far, don’t feel that the problems matter to them personally. They think “everything is cyclical, it’s all just hype, I’m doing OK, I can’t risk my job, fuck it”.
And that will work for them, until some day it won’t, because fascists are never satisfied with what they have. But it’s sad, too, because it shows a clear lack of community values.