[firesteelrain]

You wrote three paragraphs and never once answered “what do you propose I do?” because there isn’t an answer, just a vibe you wanted to deliver.

Congrats on discovering that people claim credit collectively and blame individually. That’s not a uniquely American sin, that’s every human tribe since forever and you just gave it a paragraph structure and called it a diagnosis.

[anonymars]

It's easier to throw stones than realize "this could happen to my society too and in all likelihood I'd be just as screwed as the Americans, Russians, 1930s Germans..."

COVID was another vivid illustration of how you're just along for the ride with people who can act contrary to everyone's collective self-interest

Seems it's people with outsized media influence that have the most agency for change, beyond that a fish rots from the top down

[close04]

At the very least don’t point the finger at others, obviously. It’s your people, even if different individuals. You are a democracy, there’s no “not my fault, someone else must have voted wrong”. Whatever the result, good or bad, it comes from all of the votes, including the ones not given.

If the question was “what do I do to fix it” that’s not something you’ll get answered in a comment.