Nick Sevilla wrote on Fri, 19 September 2008 12:10 |
One word : IGNORANCE.
There's plenty of it in the middle of the country, where most of the Republican states are. As long as they are fed, have a job, and a little entertainment, they will do nothing to change the country.
Perhaps if 9/11 happened in Missouri or Georgia, things would have been a little different...
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Ignorance and complacency are not the same.
There's plenty of ignorance no matter where you go, or what "color" state you happen to live in.
Those people you mention, who will do nothing as long as they are fed and have jobs and can go to the movies or download their porno or whatever people do for fun..... you're describing complacency, not ignorance.
People are smart enough to know where their money goes. You don't have to watch the news to be informed, you just have to buy gasoline once in a while. Because it's right under their nose. It doesn't take a genius. It just takes the ordinary sort.
Those ordinary sorts have made their voices heard in the past. I just don't see why that isn't happening now (despite reccomended readings on the topic). How many more disasters is it going to take to shake people from complacency?
But as I said, I'm just content to sit back and watch at this point. People simply do not care, and I find that highly disturbing. And until they start to care, they're getting what they deserve. And that disturbs me as well.
So I've stopped trying to fathom it. Life will go on, and eventually I'll die just like I was destined to before all this Bush/Global Warming/2nd Great Depression/Etc. stuff started.