'They're bringing Jim Crow from DC to all across the country... The bet is that people will be numb or will be afraid.'

[FirstLight]

3. I agree about people not taking action...

Usually that would be true... But here's my take:

The tanking economy/oligarchy has weakened the workforce, and cuts to programs on top on inflation and tarrifs are driving people into desperation - That's never been a good thing for kings & dictators.

I keep thinking of the French Revolution..historians love to remind us people were freaking out ofer bread of all things geez! *clutches pearls*

If everyone is losing their job or on shaky ground...what's gonna keep them from walking out of that job and into the street?
If people are losing their hmes and desperate for food, they will get pretty rowdy.

There's a big *something* that is gonna push us to the brink and it's not far away. People ith nothing left to lose will fight like you've never seen before.
Unfortunately, it will take more damage for the majority of folks to get shook enough to unplug from the matrix and join the rebellion. But I think there's a reason this behemoth of government/oligarchy/corporate machine needs to get broken even more - because we have ti dismantle a LOT before we can put it back together better.

So, I'm bracing for a bad turn and some rough times... but I also think we as a whole will finally get it right.
Huge collective devastation tends to bring people together... I am hoping to see more of that than the other probability of civil war (though we might have a bit of that too, if you look at the polarization of beliefs)

Sorry to ramble off when this was also about Jim Crow etc... I just wanted to address the apathy issue...