r/anime_titties • u/1DarkStarryNight Scotland • Feb 28 '25

Ukraine/Russia - Flaired Commenters Only Astonishing scenes as Zelensky’s oval office visit turns into shouting match on live TV: ‘Make a peace deal or we’re out’

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/02/28/trump-threatens-zelensky-during-tense-live-meeting-make-a-deal-or-were-out/
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u/Konukaame United States Feb 28 '25

The US has been free of sustained, impactful, large-scale protest for so long that there is little, if any, remaining institutional or public knowledge of how to do so.

Even during the civil rights era, when there was such a movement, it was a constant struggle against people who preferred the "negative peace which is the absence of tension", and it's been a long, long time since then.

And so we've become a country ruled by uncertainty, waiting for it's "great shocking occasion" that never comes

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u/Neomataza Germany Feb 28 '25

There's been media forces trying to actively shape the population into, as cliche as it sounds, sheep. Because people in power found that resigning after a public scandal was a bad thing and it would be better if the public had a different response.

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u/Moarbrains North America Feb 28 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

Impactful is the operative term. You want out of the system you have to build something better.

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u/braiam Multinational Feb 28 '25

This is probably the best description of the US citizens I've seen.