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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey rely on a general lack of outrage as they screw everyone over

It is not the nutters that cheer them on they need to do the real damage, it is the 'I'm all right jack' crowd, that keep quiet in the face of such destruction of norms pf governance who give them the space and power that they need to destroy...
A lack of a point of view in these times of ours is a very dangerous thing indeed.
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They rely on a general lack of outrage as they screw everyone over (Original Post)
Soph0571
Jan 2020
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Cirque du So-What
(29,525 posts)1. Even when it's your ox that's getting gored
too many people have a fatalistic attitude and do or say nothing.
CousinIT
(12,366 posts)2. They also DISTRACT so that voters are outraged about something else while...
...behind the scenes they're fucking people over from every direction: financial/economic, environment, healthcare, education, infrastructure.
lame54
(39,321 posts)3. Many are outraged...
But feel powerless to do anything about it
They need leadership
