Don't kid yourself, most Americans know instinctively what's going on, they just refuse to admit they don't care and can't be bothered to do anything about it. It's called plausible deniability. People who don't act when they see such evil are cowards plain and simple. That is how the world really views Americans and rightfully so.
That's not even close to what "plausible deniability" is, Bob. I find myself agreeing that motivation for taking major change is below threshold, largely. I might even agree that many (how do you claim "most", did you do a survey?) have good instincts generally about how governments lie and steal. However, without concrete details on a given issue (like the war in Ukraine) these people are suckers for narratives like "China is our biggest threat." Let's be honest; neither of us knows how "the world really views Americans", yet you have your belief. And even if we knew that, a collective belief about something does not constitute evidence. So, I have to reject your dead end conclusion that plain and simple cowardice is the problem. Unless you can spell out how to propose to take that as a starting point for some meaningful change. Actually, I wrote my piece precisely because I hoped people would read it and muse some on how to start to untangle a really tight, complicated knot, as opposed to pointing the finger and accusing everyone of character weakness.
Here they are greatly aided by no shortage of distractions to throw themselves into: NFL, NBA, “reality TV”, “Influencers” on InstaFaceSnapTok, latest identity politics weather balloon - you name it
Don't kid yourself, most Americans know instinctively what's going on, they just refuse to admit they don't care and can't be bothered to do anything about it. It's called plausible deniability. People who don't act when they see such evil are cowards plain and simple. That is how the world really views Americans and rightfully so.
That's not even close to what "plausible deniability" is, Bob. I find myself agreeing that motivation for taking major change is below threshold, largely. I might even agree that many (how do you claim "most", did you do a survey?) have good instincts generally about how governments lie and steal. However, without concrete details on a given issue (like the war in Ukraine) these people are suckers for narratives like "China is our biggest threat." Let's be honest; neither of us knows how "the world really views Americans", yet you have your belief. And even if we knew that, a collective belief about something does not constitute evidence. So, I have to reject your dead end conclusion that plain and simple cowardice is the problem. Unless you can spell out how to propose to take that as a starting point for some meaningful change. Actually, I wrote my piece precisely because I hoped people would read it and muse some on how to start to untangle a really tight, complicated knot, as opposed to pointing the finger and accusing everyone of character weakness.
Here they are greatly aided by no shortage of distractions to throw themselves into: NFL, NBA, “reality TV”, “Influencers” on InstaFaceSnapTok, latest identity politics weather balloon - you name it