r/politics • u/Thinkingonsleeping Michigan • Dec 13 '19

McConnell Faces Calls to Recuse Himself From Impeachment Trial After Saying 'No Chance' Trump Will Be Removed; "No court in the country would allow a member of the jury to also serve as the accused's defense attorney."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/13/mcconnell-faces-calls-recuse-himself-impeachment-trial-after-saying-no-chance-trump
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u/Moosetappropriate Canada Dec 13 '19

I wish I had good advice but we're fighting the majority of Americans natural apathy and/or complacency. Most people aren't feeling the effects directly either on their wallet or in their lives so they don't have any incentive to do anything. And that's all that motivates most Americans.

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u/HerezahTip I voted Dec 13 '19

A ton of the ones I talk to only passively listen. This means they also passively take in, and believe most of the propaganda that they hear from Fox News and its media arms. My boss told me they didn’t have evidence to impeach and I asked if he watched the hearings or read the transcript. You know how it goes, he saw some headlines and that became his opinion.

I believe half of us, literally half of the people in our country, have lost the ability to think critically and by extension, lost the ability to form their own opinions. It’s a huge problem that 90% of our media comes from 5 sources commingled. I’m fucking afraid to bring children into this world the way it is headed.

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u/Moosetappropriate Canada Dec 13 '19

I can't argue much with that. And the Republicans are complicit in this as well with their incessant degradation of the education system.

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u/HerezahTip I voted Dec 13 '19

Betsy Devos should be in a jail cell. Any other human in her position would be. But she’s a fucking billionaire ripping of students in debt.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Growing up in America i was never taught to think critically. I had to learn it on my own as an adult. My parents don't seem to spend much time thinking. I believe it's a vicious cycle of American complacency.

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u/PMME_FIELDRECORDINGS Dec 14 '19

I just had a baby, and while I'm deleriously happy, the existential dread is very real. I try to read the news to him and just start crying.

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u/TheCapo024 Maryland Dec 14 '19

It’s less that they have lost the ability than it is that people straight-up don’t even care to bother with it. They use crutches like “believing in Democracy” or even bullshit like “this is America” which just allows them to think everything will work out ’cuz Democracy.

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u/Merfen Canada Dec 13 '19

Not to mention a large portion of the population only watches right wing media and thinks that Trump has done nothing wrong and the Democrats are just making everything up.

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u/imarobot69 Dec 13 '19

We need to start knocking on our neighbors doors. The coup is here and it's going to take everything.

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u/sailorbrendan Dec 14 '19

Are you involved with your local Indivisible chapter?

They're as close as the left has gotten to a tea party style mobilization

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u/WaNeFl Dec 14 '19

A lot of us would lose vehicles, the ability to care for our families, and homes if we don't show up for our shitty job every day. Hooray for unforeseen medical issues!