In defense of Susan Sarandon, and by extension Jill Stein et. al. ?

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125. What you call complacency may also be considered disillusionment

Less people turned out to vote during the midterm elections because President Obama had both houses of Congress and they were still stymied by a minority party. People may have stayed home because, "We're fine, we got this" but more because of an sentiment of why bother to participate if the Democratic representation is so weak that the party in control of both houses can't push through its agenda.

People are scared today because the Republicans have seemed able to push through a good deal of their policies without both the legislative and executive branch. Now they have both and are poised to have a conservative court. We are fighting for our lives. That is not a good thing. That is not a silver lining. That is an attempt to justify recalcitrance and put a shinola on shit.

Change is either made by people working within a party structure, like the Tea Party did within the Republican party, or it is made externally. The problem with the external route is that you need a significant crisis to motivate people and that usually entails a great deal of pain. I know of many immigrants, both documented and not, that are in fear and in hiding at this point because they are afraid of deportation. For people like Sarandon to be out there smugly and safely stating that with crisis comes opportunity, is beyond insensitive.