What’s happening is the results of decades of short sighted greed having consequences. America people have been doubling down on stupidity and greed decade after decade and are still doing it and they LOVE it.
We started de-invested in american life in the 70s, and accelerated in the 80s and 90s, and now here we are. And a lot of politcal energy is being fueled by nitwits who have no grasp that things can be better than they are… so they just want them to get worse to capitalize on the rage dividend.
Rage is profitable. Reasonable discourse and complex problems are not. I used to be able to talk to people of various faiths, politics, and backgrounds. Now I can’t because they refuse to acknowledge any commonality at all and everyone simple shouts louder that everyone else is the problem and wonders why nobody is fixing anything.
As for Stewart, he’s pretty good, but oftentimes he is often a stereotypical coastal elitist and condescends towards anyone who isn’t. His assumptions are the typical educated rich liberal assumptions… which erase large swathes of the USA population from the discussion, who are not educated, rich, or liberal. He himself very much preaches to the choir of his own audience, he isn’t really a unifying figure in anyway. I wish he was but often when I’m laughing at his show I wonder realize it would piss off someone who isn’t like me.
What’s happening is the results of decades of short sighted greed having consequences. America people have been doubling down on stupidity and greed decade after decade and are still doing it and they LOVE it.
We started de-invested in american life in the 70s, and accelerated in the 80s and 90s, and now here we are. And a lot of politcal energy is being fueled by nitwits who have no grasp that things can be better than they are… so they just want them to get worse to capitalize on the rage dividend.
Rage is profitable. Reasonable discourse and complex problems are not. I used to be able to talk to people of various faiths, politics, and backgrounds. Now I can’t because they refuse to acknowledge any commonality at all and everyone simple shouts louder that everyone else is the problem and wonders why nobody is fixing anything.
As for Stewart, he’s pretty good, but oftentimes he is often a stereotypical coastal elitist and condescends towards anyone who isn’t. His assumptions are the typical educated rich liberal assumptions… which erase large swathes of the USA population from the discussion, who are not educated, rich, or liberal. He himself very much preaches to the choir of his own audience, he isn’t really a unifying figure in anyway. I wish he was but often when I’m laughing at his show I wonder realize it would piss off someone who isn’t like me.