I’m an American who has been living abroad for 20 years. I’m shocked, as I watch my home country being dismantled by oligarchs who sold US democracy. And I talk to other Americans and they’re just like “Oh, well, both sides, you know?”
Do y’all not realize what you’ve done? The US literally has no allies now, no rule of law, and no democracy. You’re living in an authoritarian dictatorship now, run by clowns.
How are so many Americans just going on with their lives like normal?
The Americans I know outside the US (including me and my family) are devastated at the state of the US.
The Americans I know who still live there fully agree with my sentiments, but also are coping because they have to. Some of the cope is not reading news as much, not talking about it as often, shrugging and trying to just get by. It’s not good long term but it helps get through things like this. I think that’s actually part of the point from the fascists– make things so shitty you can’t keep up the anger.
steve bannon calls it flooding the zone. it’s a classic russian trick, too. the government lashes out omnidirectionally because it’s just about seeing what the people are capable of preventing right now