The claim was the we “fail to alert on what is happening”, namely democratic backsliding in the US.
I pointed out that, to the contrary, this topic is absolutely on people’s minds, widely analysed and discussed. People are completely aware. There are lots of exciting things one can talk about, there is a reason this is the one people keep reaching for.
A lot of these people do not think it will come to a violent civil war like we saw previously, because they believe too many circumstances have changed. But that generally does not mean that they do not think the situation is dire.
I don’t think academia, the media, or even the average person on the street is an idiot who cannot think for themselves. I’ve talked to a lot of people who are clearly sincerely concerned, and have original thoughts on the topic that clearly arose from reading up on it, speaking with others, and reflecting alone in the dark hours, because they are very worried. The writing for this one is really on the wall.
The claim was the we “fail to alert on what is happening”, namely democratic backsliding in the US.
I pointed out that, to the contrary, this topic is absolutely on people’s minds, widely analysed and discussed. People are completely aware. There are lots of exciting things one can talk about, there is a reason this is the one people keep reaching for.
A lot of these people do not think it will come to a violent civil war like we saw previously, because they believe too many circumstances have changed. But that generally does not mean that they do not think the situation is dire.
I don’t think academia, the media, or even the average person on the street is an idiot who cannot think for themselves. I’ve talked to a lot of people who are clearly sincerely concerned, and have original thoughts on the topic that clearly arose from reading up on it, speaking with others, and reflecting alone in the dark hours, because they are very worried. The writing for this one is really on the wall.